Recent content by Brent

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Hey guys, haven't been on the forum in a while but I've run into a situation where I could use some advise. My earth eater cichlid injured his fin about 8 months ago. It was a small cut on his fin and healed fairly quickly in about a week. Now its been a while since that injury but area where...

That article was really good at explaining what old tank syndrome is. Thank you. I added a blue ram chiclid last night. Same acclimation procedure that I've been doing all along, just instead of an hour and a half, I did it about two to two and a half hours. I think acclimating longer and...

Also,forgot to add: I did 50% water changes the day before I added the fish that died. I did the water changes both times.

I do water changes every 2-3 days. I do about 15-20 gallons every time. The tank is a 55 gallon. Ive never heard of old tank syndrome. I'll have to read up on it.

OK so, I added 5 new tiger barbs to the tank this evening. They were small ones, and 5 for $5. It ended working out perfect since I wanted to replace the two that I lost. I acclimated them for a little over 2 hours and they have survived so far without any issues! I checked the LFS pH reading...

Yeah its really bugging me not knowing what's wrong with adding new fish. I've added crushed coral to try to get my pH up a bit. Aiming for a stable 6.8. Gonna try a new fish store and yes the old ones water. Next time I'm getting some more tiger barbs because I only have one left and I'm...

Hey everyone, I know with catfish and other fish with spikes or whiskers using s net to get them into your tank can get their fins or whiskers caught. What are some alternatives to this so that the fish is not harmed from the transfer from the bag or drip acclimating bucket into the tank? I'm...

Yeah I'll probably buy some air tubing and start drip acclimating into a bucket. I did add the crushed coral to my filter trays and hopefully I'll be able to stabilize the pH around 6.8-7.0. Thanks again everyone.

I have checked the fish stores water before and the parameters weren't bad, but I can't remember exacts or how far off exactly they were from mine. I will have to check next time I try for more fish. I do dechlorinate. I use tetra aqua safe plus when I do water changes. I put water in a 5...

Hey everyone. Hadn't been on here for a while but I've got nowhere else to go. I have a fully cycled 55 gallon tank. Its been up and running with fish for over a year. I have healthy barbs, loaches, a cichlid, peacock eel, amazon dwarf frog, and snails. I perform water changes regularly and my...

Got the 55gallon tank set up this past weekend. I've got all the plants moved over and the sand substrate from the 20gallon is on top of the new sand. I'm running both the new 55gallon filter and the old 20 gallon filter on the 55. I added a capful of ammonia last night and I'll start testing...

OK thanks I'll pick some up and give it a shot.

One more quick question: what type/brand of crushed coral do you recommend? Thanks!

Just figured I'd pop in and give an update. My ammonia is below .25ppm now. My nitrites are still spiked, and I'm at 20ppm nitrates. The pH was almost 6.0 so I did a 50% water change. It went back up to 6.4ish. Now my question is this: my tank is freshwater, can crushed coral be added to a...