Hello and Wow!
this is such a great site, we've decided to stop lurking around and say hi!
We are about to expand from a 10G to a 55G.
This part's embarrasing:
We seem to have made all the usual mistakes:
(too soon, too many, overfed, and one "Tetra don't-try-this-at-home Jackass Moment" with the intake valve.)
They seem to have now survived ich (!)and now finally, we're getting nitrates, altho the amm and 'trites are still reading high.
Poseidon must be blessin' the fish cuz they are hanging in there.
The fancy guppies just had babies and the surviving fry are bold.
We gave everybody a brine shrimp treat and they gave up on the babies.
We are determined to learn quickly and not make the same mistakes with the 55G.
We now have a Eheim 2217 and have just run in the water, put aq salt (1T/5g), 11 capfuls each of Cycle and Aquaplus.
Can we use some gravel that we've taken from the orig tank if it had ich?
We've rinsed it clear, but....paranoia!
How soon can we transfer some fish to larger quarters?
We get the heater next weekend, so not 'til then
1-3" gold pleco (very active)
2-1.5" clown loaches (do everything together)
1-1" albino cory (lunatic)
1-2" upside-down catfish (loner, territorial)
2-1" fancy guppy parents (they're working it)
5- 1.5cm fry
this is such a great site, we've decided to stop lurking around and say hi!
We are about to expand from a 10G to a 55G.
This part's embarrasing:
We seem to have made all the usual mistakes:
(too soon, too many, overfed, and one "Tetra don't-try-this-at-home Jackass Moment" with the intake valve.)
They seem to have now survived ich (!)and now finally, we're getting nitrates, altho the amm and 'trites are still reading high.
Poseidon must be blessin' the fish cuz they are hanging in there.
The fancy guppies just had babies and the surviving fry are bold.
We gave everybody a brine shrimp treat and they gave up on the babies.
We are determined to learn quickly and not make the same mistakes with the 55G.
We now have a Eheim 2217 and have just run in the water, put aq salt (1T/5g), 11 capfuls each of Cycle and Aquaplus.
Can we use some gravel that we've taken from the orig tank if it had ich?
We've rinsed it clear, but....paranoia!
How soon can we transfer some fish to larger quarters?
We get the heater next weekend, so not 'til then
1-3" gold pleco (very active)
2-1.5" clown loaches (do everything together)
1-1" albino cory (lunatic)
1-2" upside-down catfish (loner, territorial)
2-1" fancy guppy parents (they're working it)
5- 1.5cm fry