Recent content by Ir3land

Hi everyone, I unfortunately think spice isn’t pregnant but has swim bladder. She’s been at the top of the tank but in a sideways position. I unfortunately don’t have a picture at the moment. Any advice is appreciated

I would disagree they are adorable

Another pic Of course! Gimme just a second :) Unfortunately right now she’s decided to hide in a cave Finally snapped some photos, sorry they’re not the best quality

That’s what I initially thought too, there’s no other swordtails in the tank but when I got her she was housed with a bunch of them, so it’s a possibility she just was like “it’s time”. I’ve been seeing a little bit of black near her backside which I understand is a gravid spot? I’ll keep an eye...

Hi everyone! I noticed something strange with my Swordtail Spice, when I went to check on her one morning she got this gut. Unfortunately my water parameters aren’t the best as I realized recently that my tap water has a lot of Nitrates :(, however I am now getting my water from a different...

T Gotcha! I don’t know why I though there was a filter, whoops. Also update! I’ve been filling up some buckets, letting the heat warming them up and it’s been working :). I’m planning to do small water changes over the course of a few days to test for parameters.

Sorry I do that sometime, I get it from my mom ;). What I mean is that I though the hose water would be RO water but it cannot be with some Nitrates being detected in the water, this nothing would be added to the tank.

You have a really good point. From what I understand about RO it takes out some of the minerals out that is essential for fish, but I’ve thought about it since I last posted and there being little Nitrates shows it should still have those essential minerals. The water coming from the hose is a...

Finally good news! An update! I enerv though literally the hose water would be cleaner then our tap but literally around 0-5 ppm Nitrates, isn’t ideal but way better then the 80 ppm readings I was getting. I plan to do a pretty big water change once I figure out how to warm up the water. Around...

Since technically you said aquariums, have ya learned about other animals besides fish that live in aquariums? They’re fascinating :D

O Oh my Speaking of prefilters I got some yesterday :). I’m currently working on finding a better water source cause my tap has Nitrates. Thanks peeps for your help :)

I’m glad it is too! And yeah, I think about all the times I would drink out of it as a kid, yikes. And I shall do that :) Yeah Utah’s been having a big drought this summer, so it could be a possibility. I talked with my dad and he said we do have another water source from the hose in our...

Hi everyone, I did another test on my tap water, this time I read the instructions while doing it and even timed me shaking the vile and still similar results. Took a photo but definitely looks off, I’m reading it around 30 ppm but on the photo it looks way worse. So today I’ll be making a trip...

Hi everyone, I did another test on my tap water, this time I read the instructions while doing it and even timed me shaking the vile and still similar results. Took a photo but definitely looks off, I’m reading it around 30 ppm but on the photo it looks way worse. So today I’ll be making a trip...

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