Recent content by rachelstar

I think a sponge filter is a really great idea, thank you. I'm going to look into it next time I'm shopping for pet supplies

Warning- Do not make the mistakes I did when starting!!![/COLOR] I made many serious mistakes when I started keeping fish that lead to the death of many pets and great heartbreak on my part. In spite of reading a lot of books on the subject, I just didn't learn but through experience...

I'm relieved to say that Spy is back to herself again. She is swimming around quite well and is eating. I am medicating her with Melafix to be safe. Her "bubble eye" still looks bloody but she seems to be seeing well again. When I first got her out of the tube, it made me sick to see what...

I was just changing water for my goldfish when she was accidentally sucked into the syphon tube. This has never happened before. My goldfish is very precious, I've had her almost a year now, she is the first fish I have successfully kept. When I noticed her in the tube, I immediately broke...

Ok I am going to bleach my tank and toss out my substrate and old filter pad and just try to start all over again. This is going to be a lot of work :nono: but I will get it done because I cannot accept that I can't keep a pet fish alive. I've seen little kids succeed at this hobby. But at...

The cycle is very confusing to me but I will study it more. I do believe my tank was cycled when my fish were dying. I have put anti-parasite medicine into my tank. I will let that sit awhile. Then put in anti-bacterial. Then let that sit. As a technique for "disinfecting" my tank. Then...

This picture is looking up at the surface of the water you can see little white spots on the surface. Another idea is this could be residue from ich medicine I had used recently. My best idea is to dose my tankwater with antibacterial medicine, then after that, anti-parasite medicine before...

I got my tank new, and have rinse out the gravel between fish. The only way I know to measure whether tank is cycled, is to check ammonia and nitrate levels. My ammonia and nitrate were at the correct levels. Maybe pH is killing my fish?:banghead: Last night I rinsed out my tank and put...

I am a beginner that is really clueless about keeping fish, my goal is to add something beautiful to my living environment and to gain knowledge along the way about a species I know so little about (fish). I've been trying for over a year to keep pet fish and I just can't keep them alive and...