Recent content by slade428

Okay, so here's my question. A while ago, my platys had babies. I moved the babies over to a separate tank, and in the end ended up with about 30 fry. Recently, I set up a breeder net inside my main tank, and I want to know how many platy babys I could keep in the main tank with respect to the...

So no one can tell me if raising the heat enough to get rid of the ick will be ok for the other members of the tank?

I'd rather treat ick naturally if possible... I just need to know if raising the heat will affect the other fish in the tank. To reiterate, I also have 4 sunburst platys, two african dwarf frogs, and 7 peppered corys in that tank. And two very small snails.

I also have 4 platys, two african dwarf frogs, and 7 peppered corys... Can they handle temps that high?

Two of my tetras look like they're developing ick... they have a few white speckles on their bodies, but the others in their school don't, nor do any of the other fish in the tank. I was planning on starting the tank on medication to treat the ick, but it says I'm supposed to remove the filter...

He's in a 5 gallon tank. Parameters are all good, I usually do a 30-40% water changeout once a week. No changes in his environment, and all the plants are real. The filter is on one of the lower settings, because I found the current was causing a lot of drag with his fins. I don't notice any...

My half-moon Erebus has had a strange thing happening to his tail in the past few days. I was waiting to see if I could figure out if it's fin rot, but I'm not sure it is. At first, it just appeared as though his tail had become shredded at the top, with a small chunk missing. Now, though...

Yes, my tank is planted.

"I would get at least two more tetras as they like to be in schools." That's what I thought, but we were going slow to avoid overwhelming the tank. How many more tetras could I safely add before the tank is overstocked? I want them to be happy, but I also don't want the tank to have issues.

And the tank parameters are: pH: 7.6 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 20

Ok, so I ended up with: 7 corys (unfortunately lost one), 4 sunburst platys, 3 skirt tetras, and 2 african dwarf frogs. how does all that sound?

Cool, so no more ammo-lock. Is there ever a reason for ammo-lock, or does using Prime make it completely unnecessary? There is a small amount of ammonia in my tap water (more than zero, less than .25 ppm). Is there anything I can do about that, or will the bacteria take care of that when the...

So that keeps the water safe for the fish (despite what the api test says) until the next water change, until the levels eventually go down? Sorry for basic questions, I'm fairly new to all of this.

Well, at least the Seachem test said I had no free ammonia. Is it possible I'm getting false ammonia readings from using prime and ammo-lock? I've been doing 50% water changes daily to try and get these levels down.

I'm aware of that, that's why I'm trying so hard to try and fix it. The tank hasn't ever cycled, to my knowledge, since until recently it was overstocked, which has since been fixed. Fortunately, at least, there is no free ammonia.