I had a 10 gallon tank as a kid and unfortunately I do not remember much of the setup or care.
My daughter turned 4 last week so I bought her a TopFin tank kit from Petsmart. It uses the TopFin Silentstream 20 Power Filter. I know this isn't high end stuff, but I'd like to make it work.
I used water conditioner and a quick start product recommended by the Petsmart associate then let the tank run for 3 days. I also added various decor at the same time. I took a sample of the water to the store before buying fish and they said it was ok to add fish. I purchased 3 black skirt Tetras and 3 glowlight Tetras.
I forgot to let the bag sit in the tank to acclimate the fish and just dumped the fish in. Despite this they seemed ok until day 2. All fish were introduced to the tank on Friday. I lost 1 black skirt on Saturday, and 1 Sunday. Today I lost a glowlight. The test strip kit shows my GH is 30, KH 40, PH 6.5, and Nirtates 0. Tank water stays constant at 76 degrees without use of a heater. On full "open" the power filter seems to create too much current so I turned it down last night but I am not certain what the flow rate should be. I can only adjust the valve between open and close which regulates the flow coming over the top into the tank. I did not wash the gravel or any of the decor which my neighbor thinks could be an issue. The water is slightly foggy as well.
The two black skirts were found dead and sucked against the power filter intake. The glowlight started floating vertical with head up and would randomly swim out of that position then return.
Any help is much appreciated. I don't recall this being so hard when I was 10!
My daughter turned 4 last week so I bought her a TopFin tank kit from Petsmart. It uses the TopFin Silentstream 20 Power Filter. I know this isn't high end stuff, but I'd like to make it work.
I used water conditioner and a quick start product recommended by the Petsmart associate then let the tank run for 3 days. I also added various decor at the same time. I took a sample of the water to the store before buying fish and they said it was ok to add fish. I purchased 3 black skirt Tetras and 3 glowlight Tetras.
I forgot to let the bag sit in the tank to acclimate the fish and just dumped the fish in. Despite this they seemed ok until day 2. All fish were introduced to the tank on Friday. I lost 1 black skirt on Saturday, and 1 Sunday. Today I lost a glowlight. The test strip kit shows my GH is 30, KH 40, PH 6.5, and Nirtates 0. Tank water stays constant at 76 degrees without use of a heater. On full "open" the power filter seems to create too much current so I turned it down last night but I am not certain what the flow rate should be. I can only adjust the valve between open and close which regulates the flow coming over the top into the tank. I did not wash the gravel or any of the decor which my neighbor thinks could be an issue. The water is slightly foggy as well.
The two black skirts were found dead and sucked against the power filter intake. The glowlight started floating vertical with head up and would randomly swim out of that position then return.
Any help is much appreciated. I don't recall this being so hard when I was 10!