Recent content by starmagz

Hello. So recently I was given about 40 guppies (Yes... I know. But many of them are babies) from a man who was moving. He gave me them in a 5 gallon tank with a filter, fake plants, substrate, and a heater. He emptied the tank and I took the fish home with the supplies. I put everything in the...

Ohhh. I understand now. Thank you!

Thank you. Will lowering the nitrates be harmful for the turtle? Thanks!

Oh. I don't have a pleco. I just have pleco algae pellets that I thought might work. But I understand your point. Before the first post, my routine was 50% water change twice a month and clean the two filters once a month. Once a month, I would also clean all the decorations inside the tank and...

Thank you! This afternoon, I discovered that one of my Neons had died. This is the one I haven't seen picking at the particles and its fins came frayed. It was swimming around normally and schooling as well this morning. It hid every now and then and would swim fast if my turtle went near it...

Thank you! The two tetras are still alive and don't appear to be declining. For the most part, they swim around the bottom of the tank and sometimes hide. They sometimes go away from each other but will try to school when my turtle goes from her basking bin to into the water. I've done a few 15%...

I've been doing about 10 or 15 percent water changes twice a day every day pretty much since that first post. The two fish are still alive and the strips still say around 100 which is not very good. The fish don't seem to be declining but I am concerned with something. The Neon Tetras are...

Oh. My. Goodness. Thank you for your comments but one of the very worst things that could possibly happen... happened. Thirteen fish out of fifteen died. That's not normal. I got strips to test the parameters and my nitrates were too high. Over the course of 2 days, I probably did a 50% water...

Hello. I have a female Reeves turtle and a couple of Neon Tetras in a 45-gallon tank with two large filters, a bubbler, a heater, a thermometer, fake plants, pebble substrate, and places to hide. The rest of the Neon Tetras died within 24 hours. (I know, I know) I used one of the test strips...

Hello! I have a 45-gallon tank. I have a female Reeves turtle. There are fake plants in the tank, pebble substrate, two large filters, a bubbler, an above-tank basking platform for my turtle, a heater, and fake moss rocks in my tank. I've had my tank running for almost 2 years now. I am...

Thank you, everyone, for your input. Unfortunately, I lost him last night. I'm completely crushed. :( He had one white eye and open wounds. I don't know the reasoning for this, but my turtle may have accidentally hurt him. I've seen it before. (Though, she is not aggressive at all and would...

My tank has been set up for little over a year now. I have nothing to test the parameters, though. Currently, my fish is nearly lying on his back in the corner of the tank. He is breathing, but not moving. When I gently touch him, he does not respond. He has an open wound and his fins are...

Hello! Yesterday night I accidentally took a picture of my sailfin pleco using flash. The next morning, I noticed that he was quickly swimming around the tank and poking his nose out of the water. He kept running into things and even has wounds. He has pretty much lost the skin on the top of...

Hello! My name is Meghan. I have a Sailfin Pleco (Pterygoplichthys Gibbiceps) and a female (fully grown) Reeves turtle living together in about a 45-gallon tank (I know it's a bit small). There are no other tank mates and they have been living together for almost a year now. I've had my turtle...

@nirbhao, Woah! So many pets!