Recent content by Norbyland

Shoot! Wish I saw this post a few weeks ago. I’ve been treating ich with ich-x for a few weeks and using Prime conditioner. Now that the ich is gone (well, hopefully) two of the fish have been looking really worse for wear so I immediately started API general cure. The younger smaller sick fish...

What do you think? If readings are the same tomorrow, can I start adding my tetras? They’re in breeding enclosures in my 10 gallon (to protect them from the bullies). I’m worried they’re depressed

Thank you so much’!

Should I stop adding fish flakes etc? Also, the ghostly goo on the drift wood? Good sign or no? Asking for a friend. Just kidding… its for me

Hello my fishlore friends! I’ve been doing crushed fish flakes and a bit of frozen brine shrimp for ammonia every day as well as adding live bacteria. I also added some media from a cycled tank. It’s a 23 gallon freshwater planted tank. I just checked the levels: ammonia: 1ppm nitrites...

I just got a new 23 gallon tank. My plan is to do a planted tank. After cycling I’d like to add our 4 glo tetras that are trying to murder each other currently in a 10 gallontank. First I will put in the two that are being bullied, then buy two more to put in, and lastly put in the 2 tetra...

I have a newly (fish-in) cycled 13 gallon tank . I’ve noticed a little brown algae on the plants and the walls which I’m not too worried about. I have a bio sponge that the filter water flows through and it used to be bright blue. Please see the photo lol. It’s completely brown now. Should I...

Wow! Great color!!!

Good info. Thank you. I’m finally calming down lol. But still need some direction. You guys on Fishlore rock!

I was frustrated with the 5 gallon, thinking we were good because I had zero everything but .5 nitrates and then finding out that my tap water has .5 ppm nitrate so I waited 48 hours and emptied out half, filling the new water with spring water (tested with no nitrates). I then added 4 ounces of...

Oh my gosh!! It’s awesome! Totally Rosie attitude. Sweet curious face. Great job!

Can’t cant wait to see!

Yep! Nitrates in our tap water!! Over 5ppm!!! Okay. Calming down. Ready to work. Alright, I assume at this point I should put the betta back in her tank and keep testing and water changing when necessary with Seachem Prime? Just work both tanks? It’s weird that there are no nitrates in the 13...

The only Medea at the time was a bio sponge. It looked so nasty, and I didn’t know about cycling yet... ): I’ve really done everything wrong, think I might cry. Anyway, I rinsed the sponge in tap water and even let it sit in my tap water for a little while. I then decided to replace it and put...

This is embarrassing! I was doing the nitrate and ammonia test wrong. Putting solutions 1 and two in separate test tubes!!! I just tested again and the 5 gallon tank has zero ammonia, zero nitrites, and 5ppm of nitrates. The 13 gallon has a little more than .25 ammonia, zero nitrites, zero...