Recent content by JamieB215

Thank you for the quick replies! The hatchetfish were all added at the same time about 5 years ago. I will continue with the treatment and water changes per the instructions and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks again!

I wouldn't call myself an expert by any stretch of the imagination but I have been at this long enough to know better than to add the LFS water when adding a new arrival! Doh! It's been awhile since I got a new fish and wasn't thinking. So here's the scoop 37 gallon tank had a cory cat, 2 neon...

Thank you I will do that. Just one other question: I would like to add more fist eventually a couple more cory cats maybe some glofish(danios). My question is how can I aclimate them to such a high ph? would it be a bad idea to use some sort of ph balancing product? never looked into them. ok...

ok I did the water change with 6 and 1/2 gallons distilled water (all I had) and 9 gallons treated tap water. I also added safestart-one small bottle. The med I was useing was Mardel Maracyn Two to try to cure my guppy with dropsy. *New Water Results* Ammonia-0 Nitrite-.25 Nitrate-10 Ph-7.6...

The readings from my tap water Ammonia:0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate:10 orange Hardness: Very Hard (according to test strip) Ph:8.4-8.8 very purple The last tank I had that I used tap water with was 8years ago (I'm getting back into the hobby) It had that horrible white crust that is impossible to keep...

First off thank you for responding. My tap water is very hard we had a lot of problems with algae blooms and chemicals over the summer. It tastes and smells fine but I don't trust it. I have a liquid test kit. My readings are Ammonia:0 Nitrite:5 I haven't tested it in awhile. This is a bad...

Hi everyone this is the first time I have ever posted on a forum but I am in despirate need of help. The situation: I have a 37 gal community tank. 2 cory cats, 1 dwarf gourami, 3 male guppies (1 with dropsy :( ). My tap water is unusable. I have been using the ready water and freshwater one 2...