Recent content by Matt_7689

I agree! I feel like a bad person. Sounds like he might have picked up the disease from wherever you got him and spread it to your fish.

No, It was a liquid test. I'll go back some time soon to get an ammonia test kit as well. It's only been set up for a few day and I put fish in it and didn't cycle it because I didn't know and three of my fish died.

I went to my local fish store today and I talked to the guy at the store about water test kits. He told me that he recommends doing PH and Nitrite tests as these are the two most causes of death in fish. I bought the two kits and my PH was 7 and my nitrites were .8. I did a 50% water change...

Thanks! Do you know of any totally aquatic crabs? And if they need access to air, how would I go about doing that?

Oh yea, I read that Betta's don't do well with nippy fish.

I'm not sure what type of crab. I saw some on my pet store's website and was thinking about it. The crab I was looking at was an aquatic crab so it should do okay in a tank. I might get the guppies and neon tetras. Thanks for the advice about the minors!

Thanks guys. I'm probably going to the pet store today so that I can get a test kit and a vacuum.

I am also wanting to add a crab but not sure what would happen if I did. Any advice?

I'm waiting a month before I add anymore fish because I did not cycle it, but when I do add more fish, I think I might add these fish. 4: Long fin minor tetras 1: Sunburst platty 2: fancy guppies. I have a ten gallon tank and don't know if that would overcrowd my tank. I already have a platy...

Well I know that the fish that have died are because I didn't cycle the tank and they went into shock. (I found out about cycling after I put them in and two of them died.) It is a 10 gal. tank and I've had it setup for 3 days.

I'm sad to tell you all that I lost another fish. It was my last fancy guppy. It wasn't doing so well last night and was swimming vertically and kind of floating to the bottom. I woke up this morning and found it motionless underneath a plant. I moved it a little and it was dead. :nono: Now I'm...

All of this is very informative! Does anyone have a vacuum preference though?

I use this app on my iPhone and it keeps crashing when I'm in the forums. Not when I'm typing a responds but when I am looking for a thread to read. It's kind of irksome.

Oh that's a good idea. Never thought of that. Does anyone have a gravel vac preference?

I'll be following your progress!! :D