Recent content by MikeW2

I second this one. I don't think they mind being on their own or in a group of two, and they are a VERY nice looking fish. I've seen them in tanks with lots of other fish (even Angels, although it was a big big tank) and they never seemed too aggressive to me. But don't take my word for it, I'm...

He is hanging out at the top but only a bit, and he doesn't seem to have problems breathing. I did a 25% or so water change last night. I have been doing them frequently. I just tested the water: Temperature: 78 F Ammonia: about .25ppm Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: about 3ppm pH: about 7.4 He's quite...

Hey everyone Can fish go insane? :) I recently got a 20 gal tank and started with 4 little cloudfish and 2 guppies. Due to bad LFs advice and my newbieness, I only have one of each still alive. Anyway, the remaining guppy has always been a bit weird, he often boots around the tank zig-zagging...

Diverdown: I wasn't clear, they didn't actually tell me to assume I have ammonia problems, but to assume I had ammonia. Presumably because I had 6 fish in the tank? I can't blame them, I made it clear I was a newbie and probably had a dumb look on my face, they were trying to keep it simple for...

Well, I did a 40-50% change tonight, and then took an ammonia reading with the new kit I got tonight. Ammonia apparently is just a tiny bit over zero, maybe .05 ppm. I thought it would be a lot higher. For the sake of consistency, I'm going to do all the rest of the tests with the new kit tonight.

50-75% every day on a 125?! This was my first water change, I'm going to figure out a better way to do it. A huge bucket sounds like it will help. Today I was using a little 2 quart thingy and a cup to fill it up from the tank. Hardly what you'd call efficient. :) Devlishturtles: There are...

Well when I woke up this morning (after counting my fishies - both are still alive) I noticed the water was cloudy. If I'm not mistaken, that is due to bacteria. I noticed there are things at the fish store to treat cloudiness but do I want this bacteria in there to accelerate the cycle? Is...

Thanks very much Zagz! :) They told me at the store I didn't need the advanced kit (which tested ammonia) and to just get the strips and simply assume there was ammonia in the tank. I'm a newbie so I didn't know any better.. ah well. So I'll do a pwc and then test for ammonia. Assuming ammonia...

Hey everyone My girlfriend got me a 20 gallon tank for my birthday, so after filling it up, adding dechlorinator and letting it sit 24 hours, we went and got some fish. We got 2 guppies and 4 "cloudfish"? They are orangey-gold in colour. Anyway, in the 3 days since, 3 of the cloudfish and one...