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Post by devonjohnsgard on Dec 4, 2019 10:21:24 GMT -5
8 years is a great life span. They are one of my favorite fish for sure though
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Post by Carl on Dec 4, 2019 11:08:38 GMT -5
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 4, 2019 16:36:40 GMT -5
This was my original angelfish. I could keep anything with her! Now can’t seem to grow any out anymore.  |
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 5, 2019 20:15:55 GMT -5
Went to get the replacement angel, the owner wouldn’t let me take it cause he thought he saw ammonia in the test... it never changed from lemony yellow which says no ammonia. I’ve had an angel before the one I had lost that I rehomed, doing great and was active. He says to wait a week before I can get the angel. Apparently he doesn’t want me doing weekly water changes either. He says every three weeks... is that true?? Tank is over 2 months old, used cycled gravel and filter to cycle the tank.
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 6, 2019 0:48:54 GMT -5
Just learned that I have high ammonia in my well water, but never used to have ammonia in said well water before. So something is wrong, its also our drinking water. Going to pick up some Prime to help with the issue till its fixed. That may be the reason why my blue angel had died randomly.
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Post by parker002 on Dec 6, 2019 7:35:17 GMT -5
Well water is going to be a problem, especially this time of year, if you live in an agricultural area like I do. After harvest, it's time to spread fertilizer, which generally comes in one of two forms - manure or anhydrous ammonia. Is there any way you can find another source for your water to get you through until the hard freeze?
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 6, 2019 8:11:48 GMT -5
Well water is going to be a problem, especially this time of year, if you live in an agricultural area like I do. After harvest, it's time to spread fertilizer, which generally comes in one of two forms - manure or anhydrous ammonia. Is there any way you can find another source for your water to get you through until the hard freeze? No there isn’t any other sources of water. Besides buying gallons of water, which I’m not going to do. I have a hay field next to me, but they normally don’t put anything down on the field. Only thing I can do is use Prime. |
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Post by parker002 on Dec 6, 2019 8:28:08 GMT -5
That's a tough spot man. I feel for you.
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 6, 2019 9:58:23 GMT -5
That's a tough spot man. I feel for you. I forgot that there’s a small farm about a mile up the road. That may be the cause of the ammonia. I’m thinking this may be the cause of my fish suddenly dying. Going to pick up some Prime and some other things to help with this issue. Never had an issue till now. |
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Post by Carl on Dec 6, 2019 10:57:10 GMT -5
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Post by devonjohnsgard on Dec 6, 2019 12:09:18 GMT -5
.25 Ammonia is normal to have. Anymore would be concerning. I would do water changes based on Nitrates. When Nitrates are 40-80ppm, I would do a water change and clean filter. If you buy water or make RO water, you'll really need to make sure to remineralize it with Alkalinity and General Hardness. I would recommend only using 50% purchased water and 50% well water if you can.
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 6, 2019 16:37:32 GMT -5
My house is over 200 years old, cannot do ro or anything else without destroying anything. I can’t change anything about the water since I don’t own the house. |
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 6, 2019 16:42:27 GMT -5
.25 Ammonia is normal to have. Anymore would be concerning. I would do water changes based on Nitrates. When Nitrates are 40-80ppm, I would do a water change and clean filter. If you buy water or make RO water, you'll really need to make sure to remineralize it with Alkalinity and General Hardness. I would recommend only using 50% purchased water and 50% well water if you can. I don’t have ammonia in my tank, but pushing near 2 ppm from straight from the sink. My nitrates in the tank don’t go over 20 or 40. But I usually done weekly water changes. I don’t use store bought water or RO, just well water. It’s all I been using for years, never had any problems till now. I’m picking up Prime to deal with the ammonia in my well water. |
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Post by Carl on Dec 6, 2019 16:42:37 GMT -5
My house is over 200 years old, cannot do ro or anything else without destroying anything. I can’t change anything about the water since I don’t own the house. The AAP/TMC RO system can simply be attached with a tap water connector (hose bib). This is the most simple method and can be done and undone in a minute. This is the method 90% of my customers over the years have used too. Carl |
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 6, 2019 21:05:30 GMT -5
My house is over 200 years old, cannot do ro or anything else without destroying anything. I can’t change anything about the water since I don’t own the house. The AAP/TMC RO system can simply be attached with a tap water connector (hose bib). This is the most simple method and can be done and undone in a minute. This is the method 90% of my customers over the years have used too. Car I rather not do anything like that with out talking to my grandmother about it. I’m just going to stick to prime and zeolite till I move in the spring. I use the bathroom sink to fill my tank, by using a small half gallon betta tank to fill a 5 gallon bucket and that allows me to match the temp almost exactly. |
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 23, 2019 20:31:38 GMT -5
I bought a bag of Niko stones to rescape my 40 Breeder. I have corys and felt they needed more space to roam. Need to get some more stem plants and swords. Maybe some micro grass for the front, not sure yet. I was gifted a new canister filter for my tank, keeping the old filter on till the canister cycles. Stock is currently 14 young black phantom tetras 7 Corydoras 5 kuhli loaches(thought they died off) 1 clown pleco 4 guppies 1 angelfish 3 female bettas 1 male betta(he has been with females before, he chases them at first but then he settles down and leaves them alone) Thinking of bringing back the angel and getting more female bettas.  |
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 27, 2019 14:24:06 GMT -5
I took the snowflake stickers off the tank and the water cleared up. Here is a front view and a side view. I think I like this scape better thn the old one.   |
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Post by Carl on Dec 28, 2019 13:44:26 GMT -5
Beautiful!!!
Were the snowflake stickers on this inside?
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Post by darkredtigr on Dec 28, 2019 18:51:49 GMT -5
Beautiful!!! Were the snowflake stickers on this inside? The stickers were on the outside, I since took them off. I also took off the old emperor 400 filter and moved that to my 20 gallon long. A bit overkill on filter but why not. |
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Post by Carl on Dec 29, 2019 11:56:27 GMT -5
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Or please consider a donation, even just $5 helps. If even 25% of users of this information donated just $5, it would be more income than one year of sales (currently less than 1/1000 of a % donate)
