Recent content by flopperfrog

Looks very small, I wouldn’t worry too much.

api master test kit is the one most consider pretty accurate. main things are ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph

can you fill out the emergency template? also, if you can pls try to get a test kit and test it yourself today bc it can change a lot in a few days and also if youre getting it tested at a pet store, it might not be accurate.

sorry about your loss :( to answer your question, no. you should not remove the filter or clean everything in the tank bc the beneficial bacteria lives in surfaces, and by removing the filter/cleaning the tank with soap youre killing that bacteria. the cycling process doesnt stop, ever. the...

im not an expert on cories or anything but those look like cory eggs! im pretty sure they eat their eggs so if you want baby cories i think youll have to remove them into a seperate tank

wow!

not sure how much it improved but here: feb 1 may 7 today

ah, okay thanks

how should i make the bacteria stronger? my shrimp dont need very much food so i dont feed them a lot, so i think the bacteria colonies are very small

my 20 gallon has been going for about 6 months now, i add some food every once in a while to feed the shrimps. a few days ago i added it two days in a row and a bit too much accidentally but i figured it was okay yesterday a shrimp died and i tested the water. the ammonia was 0.25ppm, today i...

wow, thats actually really cheap!

since its been 4 months and hes not dead, its likley that the bacterias that eats ammonia released by rotting things like excess fish food and fish poop and converts it to nitrite, then to nitrate which is much less toxic then the other two substances, has built up enough to process the waste...

that does seem to be dead, check your water parameters as there might be something wrong that caused the death. molts dont have eyes

can we see a picture? if it looks like a shell it is most likely a molt, but a pic would be very helpful

is that the max you can add in a 5 gallon? could you keep endlers livebearers?