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Aquarium Advice Regular
For those who have been following my ongoing saga...
I have a 28 gal. hex in which I managed to kill my 3 guppies
I had to do a fishless cycling.
After doing that I stocked:
9/2--4 corey julii; 10 harlequin raspboro; 5 nerite snails
9/6--4 corey julii; 10 neon tetra
I asked advice in here and debated and fought with myself and kept a close test on my tank...
and then? and then?
I succumbed.
9/9--I bought 6 guppies.
What is nice? It doesn't look as if it has overfilled the aquarium. All the fish are getting along. They swarm together and also disappear to hide in the various fake plants.
My water tests 0 for ammonia and nitrite. Nitrates are not out of control. Ph hovering in the 7.0 range.
I have been doing a lot of water changes just to play, but the water has not been over 40 (that was the first water change). Now it is at about 10 which is where I was headed. I did multiple water changes over multiple days to do a gentle change in order to not stress my fish.
I will be watching it very closely now to see how fast nitrates build up but think it will be very gradual rather than overwhelming. There was no change in 24 hours after I had added the guppies, so think I will be okay.
Pictures below including one of my cat watching. They are hilarious. This black cat (PuddyTat) races around the tank so fast, he has fallen off twice. He is still trying to catch the catfish.
My orange cat, Tweety, sleeps beside it, watching as if it is tv.
An added bonus.
I have a 28 gal. hex in which I managed to kill my 3 guppies
I had to do a fishless cycling.
After doing that I stocked:
9/2--4 corey julii; 10 harlequin raspboro; 5 nerite snails
9/6--4 corey julii; 10 neon tetra
I asked advice in here and debated and fought with myself and kept a close test on my tank...
and then? and then?
I succumbed.
9/9--I bought 6 guppies.
What is nice? It doesn't look as if it has overfilled the aquarium. All the fish are getting along. They swarm together and also disappear to hide in the various fake plants.
My water tests 0 for ammonia and nitrite. Nitrates are not out of control. Ph hovering in the 7.0 range.
I have been doing a lot of water changes just to play, but the water has not been over 40 (that was the first water change). Now it is at about 10 which is where I was headed. I did multiple water changes over multiple days to do a gentle change in order to not stress my fish.
I will be watching it very closely now to see how fast nitrates build up but think it will be very gradual rather than overwhelming. There was no change in 24 hours after I had added the guppies, so think I will be okay.
Pictures below including one of my cat watching. They are hilarious. This black cat (PuddyTat) races around the tank so fast, he has fallen off twice. He is still trying to catch the catfish.
My orange cat, Tweety, sleeps beside it, watching as if it is tv.
An added bonus.
