Recent content by KrystaWB

thanks for the thoughts... my initial instinct was to start with the cheaper cherries and then see how things go but if I do decide to upgrade to the fire reds (or another colour of neo) they would most likely be going in that same tank... so getting out all of the less desirable ones could be...

Hi all, I need some opinions... I am getting ready to add some cherry shrimp to one of my tanks - it has been up and running for a while and all is good. I am fairly new to shrimp but I have managed to keep a couple of Amanos alive for 3+ weeks now :dance: I just want to add some shrimp...

Hi there... we have had our electric blue ram for about 1.5 months now. He lives in a community tank with neons, 2 dwarf flame gouramis, cory cats and a pleco. All of the fish have been living together for several weeks with 0 issues. the tank is fully cycled and we do regular testing and...

Thanks for your advice - I did a big water change (~50%) and retested and my nitrite is down to 0... I will test again tomorrow and go from there

as with everything things change over time... I test my tap water and it has 0 nitrite... I then tested my tank again and it had come down some but not enough so I am now doing another larger water change. should I leave a few hours between water changes or just do them back-to-back? and then...

all good points... I have been out of the hobby for ~15 years or so and I have just forgotten alot of this stuff. and you find so many conflicting opinions out there... off to test my tap water, my tank water and then probably do a huge water change... I am just worried about stressing out my...

forgot to mention - the other weird thing is that on Jan 31 my Nitrate was 10... but ever since it has been down at 5ppm...

good points... I am going to first test my tap water to rule that out as a possible source. I did a water change yesterday (about 20% or so) but I didn't test... and then today after I tested I did another water change. I will give it a couple of hours and then test again and if my nitrite is...

Hi everyone... I have a fair amount of experience with aquariums but have been out of the hobby for about 10 years and just recently got back in. I have a 15 gallon Fluval Flex (which I love) in my office that has been up and running for several weeks. I thought it was fully cycled but my...