Recent content by Bwood22

Just remember, ammonia and nitrites should always be zero. ;)

Here's an easy experiment you can do. Put some fresh tap water in a bucket and test the PH immediately. Then let the water sit for 24 hours and test it again. The purpose of this it to get a feel for the natural drop in PH that occurs due to carbon dioxide equalization from your tap water. If...

The last thing I wanted was for Ben Ochart to post a video titled "How to NOT ship a fish" as he pull a beautiful dead Tetrastigma out of the box. Yes, I'm very relieved and glad that I get to see one of my fish live his best life in his enormous 300-gallon tank.

(Well...It feels like I landed one on the moon) Hey everybody! I haven't posted in a while but I'm still here, still fish keeping, still breeding Africans. The highlight of my fish keeping career has just happened so I wanted to share it with you all. It was also my first time actually...

With fish...."hungry is healthy". They don't need 3 square meals per day. I'd start with 6-8 pellets once every 2 days. Fish food isn't the only thing fish eat. There's all kinds of stuff in there that they nibble on. You really just need to watch them: Are they eating all the food? How...

My guess would be a juvi Midas cichlid. It's definitely a cichlid though.

Is that actually a thing? Btw...the title of this thread has me crying.

And it's a Male.

The fish are in! We have an Otopharynx Tetrastigma breeding group in the top. Placidochromis Jalo Reef and Platinum Peach OB Peacocks growing out in the middle. Regular OB Peacocks and Eureka Reds growing out in the bottom. Super happy with this build.

Otopharynx Tetrastigma Pictures don't do him justice.

Yes they do. You should pick up one of these. API FRESHWATER MASTER TEST KIT 800-Test Freshwater Aquarium Water Master Test Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000255NCI?ref_=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_ZBTK273Q0P4FR95CNFE5 If you can't test for all these things then you can't really tell what's going on in...

You can catch them if you drain the water. O.5ppm of ammonia accumulating in a few days in a 75 gallon tank with a few corys and a few danios with no other source of ammonia probably means that you are over feeding. Nevertheless, I don't think that ammonia is your issue. Are you able to test...

To post videos...you need to upload the video to YouTube then post the link here. But that's not important right now. It sounds like you could have a nitrite issue. How long have you been trying to cycle this tank? What was your original ammonia source? Can you test...

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You don't have an ammonia problem at 6.8 PH. But keep an eye on the nitrite, you don't want any of that. Keep the nitrite diluted with water changes. I'm curious about the temperature. Is it 72 degrees on purpose? It's fine if it is...but that's a bit on the cool side. Is the heater preset...