Recent content by Tess

I won’t be rehoming him if things go wrong. I have an extra tank. I’m cycling that one now in case something goes wrong when introducing new fish later on.

Thank you! I'm keeping my 1 betta and mystery snail for now. When I feel more comfortable I plan to introduce either corys or tetras to the tank. Just trying to play it safe :)

So - as long as I continue to regularly check my parameters, do water changes as needed, etc. The light haze should clear up in 3-4 weeks?

I wasn't doing water changes with the fishless cycle, but I am doing them in the fish in the cycle when I see the parameters start to get a bit high. I was raising my ammonia to 4 ppm and it took 24 hours to cycle it out every time. This was per the ammonium chloride bottle instructions I...

I've been doing about 25% water changes every other day. Just to keep things at bay and make sure it's okay. I'm just very paranoid. I was happy about the fish but also very upset when she just dumped him on me after I had told her I was still cycling. There's hardly a haze right now, but I...

The tank didn't just spike once. It spiked three times, and I dosed as you instructed. I took my water to our local pet store (Fishy Business) and they tested all the parameters and I even showed them my tank. They said everything was fine and well and from the looks of the parameters and...

So - I dosed my tank with ammonia and as expected it spiked. I just continued to do my routine dosing to level it out and it took a good 3 days for everything to hit level zero. Everything now is registering at zero. Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrates: <19 ppm Ph: 6.5 I added some gold...

Do you have any specific brands that you’d recommend :)

I’m using the fish food method! Would it be better if I invested in some bottled ammonia?

I'm new to the hobby so please bear with me!! I recently purchased a 10-gallon tank on sale at PetSmart with the intention of introducing some nice little finned friends into my life. I use to own a betta when I was 12 (I am 19 now) and was devastated when he passed but I was a very bad and...