Recent content by Samantha1801

1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.). German Blue Ram. Very bloated. Not very active. 2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give...

I've noticed over the last week or so that one of my German blue rams looks very very bloated. After speaking with a few fellow fish owners I know they suggested I feed New Life Spectrum Thera +A because it contains garlic and would help flush the digestive system. Well it's been about 4 days...

I have a bow front 35 gallon. I've got 2 German blue rams 2 gold rams and 2 cory catfish. I currently use a hang on back filter. It does okay but I've been wondering if there's something better I could be using. I've been looking at sponge filters but I have heard some people don't really like...

The heater i had when I first got them was not getting the water any warmer than 78 so I invested in a stronger heater once I noticed they were sick. I gradually increased the temp to 86 degrees to help treat their ick. It is still at 86 now since it's only been a week. My lfs advised I do high...

So unfortunately about a week ago I noticed my 2 German Blues had white spots that seemed to be ich. I've been treating them with increased temp and 2 water changes a week. They no longer have the white spots but I was advised my a Lfs to keep the temp raised for at least 2 weeks and same for...

This morning I got up for work and I fed my fish before I left and they looked fine. No different then any other day except minor growing. I came home from work this afternoon and noticed these little spots? Or flecks? On them and im worried they may be sick. The other fish in the tank do not...

Thank you for all the information. I'll be sure to look into that article. No im not sure what my kh gh is. I will make sure to take a look at it tomorrow and see what its at.

2 are German blue rams and 2 are Bolivians. Sadly something seemed to be wrong with one of the Bolivian rams. It wasn't swimming or eating this afternoon so I was keeping an eye on it and it died about an hour or two ago. I didn't know prior that mixing the two is complicated because of water...

So my cycle finished about a week ago. I decided on ram cichlids. It's been about 3 days I've had them. I decided to go ahead and test the water. I feel I'm worrying too much and hovering but better safe than sorry. I tested the ph to see if it's Ideal for what they prefer and its testing low at...

I'm assuming he thought things were going wrong because of the ph changes. It's also the first time I've ever seen him in this store since I've been going in there looking at different fish deciding what I wanted to go for. So maybe he was new? But I definitely will just ask the owner next time...

I had figured since the ammonia and Nitrite was gone my cycle was completed but I wanted to be sure. They told me I should cycle minimum 90 days and that with lower ph I wouldn't be able to keep certain fish so the water change was recommended for some reason. I should have just went with my gut...

I had taken a sample of my water into a local fish store along with what my last few testing results. They said the ph was steadily lowering and it was too soon for my ammonia and Nitrite to he at zero. They told me to do a partial water change and to make sure that I was testing everything with...

So I am 43 days in to my fishless water cycle. I've kept water at a consistent temperature. I check my levels every day or every other day. I checked my cycle the other day and all my ammonia and nitrites were gone and my ph around 6.8 and high range ph at 7.8. I was advised by someone at a...

I am on day 12 of my fishless cycle. I've noticed the last few days that while my ph stays steady at 7.6 my high range ph went from being around 8.0 to testing around 7.4. Is this normal? Do I need to do something different? My ammonia dropped to 0.50 and I was advised to bump it back to at...

Tested today levels are now Ph: 7.6 HRPH: 7.8 Ammonia: looked to be 1.0 ppm but in brighter lighting resembled 0.50 ppm Nitrite: 1.0 ppm Nitrate: 5.0 ppm