Recent content by jiff

I always use my 5/8" hose to siphon water in/out of the tank when I do any adding or removing water. Read it is less stressful on the fish. My nitrates are reading 10ppm as of about 2 hours ago. Did a 30% pwc. Nitrites and Ammonia at 0. I'm unsure what to do at this point. Was thinking i may...

I used a relatively new trash can for a large portion of the water. Used my 5g water change bucket to hold the fish. I scrubbed the trash can very well with a sponge and dawn dish soap, then rinsed it quite a few times. I thought that would take care of anything in there that would affect the...

Let me clarify. I trip over myself typing long paragraphs, so my apologies. Got the fish about 6-8 weeks'ish ago. Set up the tank on a table, threw them in. Since then I've gotten really into it, so my father and I built and painted a new aquarium stand. I fought through cycling my tank with...

When I moved the tank onto the new stand, I didn't drain out 70% and do a water change, I used a big holding container for my water and then once the tank was moved, I siphoned the water back in and added my fish. I started testing 0ppm nitrites and ammonia 2-3 days before moving the tank...

Yes i dechlorinate with every water change. The cloudiness of the eyes seems to have been just the one. No, the fish weren't acclimated to the tank when we first got them, as i was new to the sport. It just seems strange the day after i transferred the fish into a holding bucket and put them...

After hours of google searches, and building frustration, I've decided it was time to register and post my problem and see if anyone can help me out. Thanks in advance for responses. About 6 weeks ago, my girlfriend's brother moved to amarillo, so we set up a 20g tank and took on his fish. The...