Recent content by Champanier

Thanks so much! I’m relieved that the filter gunk wasn’t bad! I let the water sit because it comes out of the tap really cold and because I think I read to do that. (I’ve only been keeping fish for two years, so I still have a lot to learn.) I don’t usually use Prime, but hoped it might help...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 55 gallons How long has the tank been running? 1 1/2 years Does it have a filter? 2 Aquaclear 70s, Seachem Tidal 110 Does it have a heater? Cobalt What is the water temperature? 74° What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and...

I have six goldfish fry in a 20 gallon tank. On August 2, when I moved them from the 55g tank, they were all tiny - like a little pencil mark. Five have grown, but one is much smaller. Will he be okay? He’s always the first one to swim up to me when I go up to the tank and I’m really fond of...

Thanks! I got a sponge filter, but haven’t decided which aquarium to install it. I have been having trouble with my motors burning out. Recently I read that using fine sponge prefilters can put too much strain on filter motors. That would make sense, because if I didn’t clean the prefilter every...

Tonight I discovered that the Aquaclear 50 motor burned out. We cleaned the impeller, but can’t get it to run. This is the second motor that went, but I don’t have a spare to replace this motor. We live 45 minutes from stores and can’t get Seachem Tidal or Aquaclear at Petco/Petsmart anyway, so...

Thank you for your ideas. We did tty different outlets and tested them with other items. We called customer service and they suggested that we return them. BUT, the 200 watt heater arrived yesterday and we were able to see the light on that one. My husband tried the 75 watt in a bucket and he...

I have thermometers in two tanks. One reads 68°F and one reads 72°F. I have Siamese algae eaters and Amano shrimp and I want to make sure it stays warm enough for them with the room temperature lower.

I have several Aquaclears, but the Seachem Tidal moves more water, doesn’t clog and has lots of room for media.

Our furnace is malfunctioning and can’t be fixed until the part comes in, so it’s much colder than usual.

I just got three 75 watt Cobalt Neotherm heaters (and ordered a 200 watt for my 55g tank). I put them in the 20g aquariums, waited 15 minutes per the instructions, then plugged them in. None light up. I tried different outlets and plugged them in directly, but nothing. I tried pushing the...

Here’s the water after 24 hours

Okay, will do the tapwater test. Meanwhile, thank you! ❤️ Silver Hope (his/her name) is swimming around and frisky today. He’s scouring the aquarium glass and appears to be trying to eat the mopani. We have well water. I wonder if the ph varies…I’ll attach the pH direct from the tap now

Still alive today ❤️ (Look at his cute little barbells) He is swimming a little and nibbling algae off plants. The pH has dropped dramatically from yesterday. Is it possible that the mopani wood tannins changed it?

Thank you. He’s just lying on the bottom, so I am worried that he’ll go with the rest, but I will hope…

Thank you. I bought a big piece of mopani wood today. I looked up how to lower pH and it said tannins would lower it, so I just put it in the tank. Might that help? Usually I boil it and soak it for a few weeks. I’d just like to try to save the one SAE that’s still alive.