Recent content by R2D2Fish

Sorry I haven’t been back, but everything has resolved.. so far. And the ph issue is under control.. I think... I found a new water conditioner called Ultimate, it’s made by HikarI and it’s pretty amazing. Thanks everyone for all of your advice and suggestions

Ok, so I wasn’t sure where to post this This is a long story so I’m just gonna shorten it up.. I bought a fish at PetSmart that was supposed to be a boesemani, it turned out to be a swordtail and she also turned out to be pregnant... I have a ear problem because she has already given birth to...

That’s what I keep reading, I don’t want to make an drastic changes and end up screwing up my fish. I was reading about PH last night and one of the reason for Low PH was overfeeding.... I started to think about it and I think I might be a little guilty of that. My fish always seem like they...

No, I bought it but didn’t add it yet.. I’m nervous because I’ve come this far and I’ve only lost the 5 shrimp.. I don’t want to do anything wrong

Ok, so I decided to give it a day and then test the water again. The PH is now between 6 and 6.4. I was planning to do a water change this week.. should I wait?

Ok, so is my current ph at a dangerous level for my fish? And if I get the crushed coral, how much do I add? Can I just sprinkle it on the substrate I have? ,

It’s a long story, but I had to do a fish in cycle

I I have no idea what GH and KH are, I just added that to my list of things I need to google! This is a pic of my tap waters PH I have 6 rainbows, 2 angels, 1 rainbow shark, 2 dwarf gourami, 2 swordtails (1 of them was pregnant when I bought her) I didn’t know.... and she has given birth...

Really, so I shouldn’t worry about it. I just don’t want to wake up one day to a dead aquarium

The first pic is the PH The second is the high PH The third is my taps PH

Sure I can post it, but I’ll have to do the test again. Gimme a minute

So my cycle has finally finished doing its thing BUT my PH is 6 and my high PH is 7.4 I don’t really understand the difference between the two and what exactly those numbers mean so I am posting here and starting my google search for knowledge. Any help would be greatly appreciated

That looks like an anal prolapse

That’s actually not a stupid question at all...and now I know why it’s not working lol

I bought three 5 gallon buckets from Home Depot that are only used for the water changes, I have a siphon vac that drains it quickly, but for some reason (maybe it’s a logical one that I’m ignorant to) when I try to reverse the siphon to refill it doesn’t work.. I have to keep pumping which...