Recent content by Kelseytingler

The friendliest place on the web for anyone with an interest in aquariums or fish keeping!
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
  1. Kelseytingler

    New to SW, few start up questions.

    I honestly don't know I just know we want corals and an anemone later on down the road. However I'm a little upset my LFS said nothing about RODI when they do have it for sale... If it was necessary I feel they would have told me to buy it. I used $30 of bright well salt and that's all wasted now?
  2. Kelseytingler

    New to SW, few start up questions.

    Well it already has tap water with salt in it. The salt was pre mixed. My LFS said nothing about ro/di being important for the reef we are planning. Here are photos of the marks on the walls. I cleaned them with a Brillo pad.
  3. Kelseytingler

    New to SW, few start up questions.

    Today I set up a 55 gallon saltwater. This is my first saltwater tank, and there are white streaks along the glass on all four sides on the inside of the tank, what are these and how to get rid of? Also there is a build up for what looks like salt around the top perimeter, what to do for this...
  4. Kelseytingler

    Help, ick treatment not working, what to do

    This is my betta after 1 week of super ick cure. Not helping, simply getting worse. Have removed all the gravel, 50% change of water every other day before medicating, salt added, temp at 90, what else can I do? I'm stumped and sad for this guy.
  5. Kelseytingler

    ICK Meds not working HELP ASAP

    I had a betta and a pleco contract ICK. Been treating for a week every other day with Super ICK Cure. Doing 50% water changes and adding salt. Temp is at 88. More and more ICK spots are appearing on betta, pleco has died, betta hasn't eaten in a week... what else can I do?
  6. Kelseytingler

    Treating ich in turtle tank

    Hello My problem is as follows: I set up a 40 gallon tank for a map turtle. I added a pleco to the tank during the end of the cycle, and the pleco has ich. So I have removed the pleco to a 10g QT tank and treated with API super ich treatment. I tried to raise temp in 40, heater blew. Sitting at...
  7. Kelseytingler

    Treating ich in turtle tank

    Hello My problem is as follows: I set up a 40 gallon tank for a map turtle. I added a pleco to the tank during the end of the cycle, and the pleco has ich. So I have removed the pleco to a 10g QT tank and treated with API super ich treatment. I tried to raise temp in 40, heater blew. Sitting at...
  8. Kelseytingler

    How to vacuum sand for ich?

    I have black sand in my aquarium and I have ich in it, I raised the temp to 86 but everything I'm reading says vacuum the substrate. I am new to sand and ich and everytime I touch the and it stirs all around and clouds the water etc. creating a mess, is this just how it is? Any other tips on...
  9. Kelseytingler

    Ich in my brand new tank. Great...HELP

    Never had ich before. JUST got my tank filtered and the pleco I added has ich. UGH! what do I do? Should I put him in my quarantine tank? How do I remove the disease from my new tank? How long until I can add new fish?
  10. Kelseytingler

    API master kit, salt vs freshwater

    Awesome, thanks, is there one for ammonia ?
  11. Kelseytingler

    API master kit, salt vs freshwater

    I have the saltwater kit and was wondering if it will accurately read my freshwater tank. Here are my readings today, the tank is cycling would these be accurate? According to these, should I do a large water change? Thanks for any advice.
Back
Top Bottom