Recent content by Jsarita68

Update: Well the Tampa Bay area dodged a serious bullet! I got power back with in 24 hours. Fish are doing great! Thank you all for your advice.

Thanks for all of your advice!

I have variatus platy fish and nerite snals. When the electricity goes out I am going to turn off all the electric in the house to avoid any weird surges. My main concern is the temperature rise as I won't have any tap water to run. I have bottles of water primed and ready for water changes...

I am about to get plowed by Irma as I am in the Tampa Bay area. I have battery run air stones but would like advice on water changes, and rising temperatures as it's going to get hot without AC. Any other advice like feeding,etc. would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! ~J

Ok should I do a water change before adding the fish food as the nitrates are pretty high right now? Thanks, ~J

Yes I have been using the API tests. I think it probably is done but how do I know for sure? I want to add at least four fish initially. Thanks, J

Back in June I started my fishless cycle for my new tank. I followed The (Almost) Complete Guide and FAQ To Fishless Cycling found on this forum. I have used that process two other times and have not had a problem but for some reason I have with this one. It began with my Nitrates rapidly rising...

I believe my platy fish may not be getting the nutrients they need solely from food and am considering adding a little salt and some Seachems Trace Elements for Freshwater Fish to my tank. I have plants, a nerite snail and fry in my tank. Will they be harmed by the salt and Trace Elements? Does...

I know its so hard to really observe fish with just pics and even video. On the right side she is concave especially between the gill and the anal fin. There seems to be a whitish area that you can see best in the first pic. That is also where the fin is clamped. It seems more internal than an...

Right now the sick fish is in the Display Tank with the two tiny baby fry and a nerite snail. Should I move the snail and the babies to the Quarantine Tank with the other two platy and one fry? The other fish look great. Have the worms transferred to the babies in utero? I am afraid to try to...

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My Platy Variatus female is looking emaciated especially on the right side of her body and her right pelvic fin is clamped. She is swimming around fine and is eating and alert. I noticed about the end of September she looked kinda thin but also observed tiny fry in the QT tank she was in and...

Thanks for the input! If I totally change out the substrate will it crash my bio filter? ~J

Right now I have a light cream colored sand in half my tank and gravel in the other half. I want to switch to one or the other but can't decide. The debris from my driftwood created by my nerite shows up very well on the light colored sand and doesn't look very good. I do weekly vacs but its...