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I purchased a GH and KH test kit because I was curious what my water hardness was since my pH is 8.4 but everyone that visits my house complains about how soft my water is. So I tested the water and got the following results: GH: 1-3 (I am not sure I added the first drop and the water...

So I origionally was trying to cycle my tank with platys (who were sick when I bought them). That did not work out very well and they all ended up dying within a couple of weeks. So after reading all the good things about fishless cycling I went out and bought a bottle of ACE brand ammonia. I...

I posted this in the other folder but then it was pointed out that it would probably go better in here so I figured I would just make a new topic, I hope that is okay. Currently I am fishless cycling my 29 gallon tank. Therefore, no fish for awhile but I would like to think about what to get...

Hello, As some of you have probably seen from previous posts I have been in the process of cycling my 29 gallon tank for awhile. It started out with platys who were sick but the ammonia would never rise. Well, long story short last week the last platy died (some sort of either fungal or...

So I have been having a bit of a time resetting up my 29 gallon tank. The problems started when I bought sick platys and it has gone downhill from there. Anyway long story short three of the four platys died and the one male left came down with ich. I treated him using daily water changes and...

As some of you have probably already seen I have a 29 gallon tank that is currently cycling with one platy. Obviously I won't be getting any fish for awhile till the cycle is complete but for me just thinking about what I could put in the tank makes the waiting go quicker. Over the past...

I made a post on here a few days ago about sick platies. Well, three of them died and the fourth one got ich but with the temperature of the tank raised the platy now has no ich (however, I am still keeping the temperature raised for several more days and continuing to change the water so as to...

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone could recommend any good local fish stores in the Dallas, TX area. I am from Sherman so a drive to Dallas takes around an hour. Hence I am more looking for stores on the North side. The following are some I have researched and was just wondering what...

Hello, I have a 29 gallon tank that I actually set up and filled with water last fall (around October 2013 I believe). I was going to cycle it at that time but I noticed my heater was broke so I decided to just leave it running with the filter and the light off until Christmas at which point I...