Search results

Ok so I've only been in the hobby a couple of months but...I had to go away for a week and had my neighbor feed my fish. I left very specific instructions saying only feed to a line...it was the very TIP of a plastic spoon(I only have 6 neon tetras). I said they should eat it in 2 minutes or...

Actually, funny story about that, it's not the tap water. I read the test wrong and added extra fertilizer(Thrive C) when I didn't need to. So that raised it a bit. But your right, I shouldn't have that high of nitrate with my stocking so I will check my tap water. And unfortunately, I don't...

Thank you so much for the response! I only have 6 neon tetras and I recently got cherry shrimp(it's 10 gallons). It's definitely understocked. Right now I'm changing about 10-20% weekly, but only once a week. Should I do 2 10% water changes a week to get the ammonia to zero? Or more like 3? I'll...

I have had this 10 gal planted tank set up for about 9 months and have always had a little bit of algae. But it has recently taken over. My spider wood was completely covered in hair algae(which I scrubbed off) and all my plants are too. Even the surface of my substrate is getting algae!!! I...

Ya that was my mistake…I made a forum for tips and did lots of research but no one even mentioned the fact that the tetras would eat them. Just flushed $30 down the toilet :)

The shrimp are juveniles :(

I just got some red cherry shrimp, 10 of them. 3 of them died, so there should be 7. I just did a water change and only see 2(I know for a fact that I didn't suck any up). I have 6 neon tetras in there, I think they ate them. They are juveniles. But they looked big enough to the point I don't...

Oh my gosh. Yesterday before I did a water change I tested the water at 7.2. After the water change, it was 8.2. Then the next morning my tank water was back to 7.2. I let my tap water straight from the tap sit for a couple of hours and tested it at 7.2. So I think the test was wrong somehow...

No, sorry that this so so confusing! I never tested the tap water. My 8.2 test was from my tank 30 minutes after a water change(the ph being 7.2 before adding the tap). I’ll test the actual tap water tomorrow I forgot to put water in a bucket :)

I think the test was wrong somehow? I just tested it again(the water from the tank not the bucket) and it was back to 7.2. So should I still be worried? Or do you think it was just wrong?

Ok, it is pretty late my time so ill let you know in the morning, I'll let it sit overnight :)

Sorry. Ok, so my starting ph was 7.2 after adding the baking soda. 7.2 before the water change. Then after adding the tap water with NO baking soda in it, just water conditioner, it raised it to 8.2

Ok so very interesting...I knew my tap water ph was always higher, but I tested the ph before a water change, 7.2. After I added the tap water after my change, it raised it all the way to 8.2. My neon tetras have always been ok with it, never had a problem. I feel like this will kill the shrimp...

Ok thanks. I’m a little confused…so my whole point of the experiment was to get my ph/kh up because my water was too soft to get shrimp and that’s what I want to add. So I was getting my levels correct for them and trying to see how often to add the baking soda to keep the levels the same. Is...

I have not done a water counter yet actually! My levels are good so I’m gonna wait to finish the experiment.

Day 5: 7.2 We’ll see how long this lasts!

Day 4: 7.0-7.2 Added a lil more baking soda but that’s it. Here on out no more and seeing how long it takes to drop. Also topped off my water

Day 3: 6.8 Once we get to 7.2 I’ll stop adding baking soda and see how long it stays at 7.2.

When it comes to baking soda add it slowly, but make sure to dissolve it first. I’m doing a pinch a day until it raises to 7.0 and seeing how long it stays at 7.0. (I have a sponge filter so I can’t do that) Day 2: A more solid 6.6 raised a little bit

True true. But I scaped my tank and the crushed coral wouldn’t go with my *aethstetic* :D So yes, I’d be willing to do this every WC