Haircrazie016

Thanks, it was a planted tank video I got my original information from, but I’ll definitely look more into it just in case!

Thanks for this, I definitely misunderstood the goal of the nitrogen cycle. I thought I wanted my tank to have between 10-30 ppm of nitrates at all times to show that things were working properly. But the goal it seems is 0-0-0... The only thing I could think is to do more water changes, but with such small tanks I feel like I’m already doing it a lot and I know they say your tank can be too clean... I don’t want to mess with it too much... or maybe I do?? 😩

Thanks! I still feel like it’s missing a little something especially in the back right you can’t see it but there is a crypt back there on it’s last leg, I might just end up pulling that out and putting something a little taller back there, I wanted to get one of those fluffy plants but the girl at the aquarium center said they shed a lot and didn’t recommend them so maybe I’ll just do more swords..anyway I’ll figure it out and I’ll definitely post more pics once I do! 😊

They do swim in an S but they also swirl all up like little ballerina knots lol but I read your thread and I think that’s what they are and happy to see they aren’t a parasite! Thank you!!

Ok I can’t figure out how to attach a video of the worm so I took some screenshots... let me know what you guys think!?

Hi guys! Thanks so much for your replies. I did buy a sponge filter for Valentino but then I didn’t put it in because I changed the plants out and everything seemed to be going well again. But I have it not just in case I end up needing to take out the plants again. I also wasn’t planning on moving him to the bigger tank, the plan is to move the last little cherry shrimp and get her some friends, the larger tank is a a shrimp tank with a shrimp safe filter. Valentino seems pretty happy in his house as long as I have the water right. His fun is looking a lot better today, I’ll attach another pic from this morning! But yesssss I totally agree with you, I am driving myself crazy trying to do everything right and I definitely need to stop worrying and take a deep breath! Valentino’s water is good again he’s looking happy, the shrimp tank is nearly cycled! The master kit and api test strip said my nitrites are 0 and my nitrates are 10ppm but my tetra test still registered some nitrite soo I’m going to give it a couple more days And retest. That said I’m not sure what to do about these little worms! Are they dangerous?? They look like they would be and the last thing I want to do is go through all of this and then kill some more fish. 😅 Any ideas how to get rid of them? They go through my net if I’m not quick and are hard for me to see from the top of the tank....

Hi Everyone! This is going to be long and I’m sorry in advance! I am excited to be here, I’ve been learning so much from Corys videos on YouTube. But tbh I’m a little overwhelmed. Don’t get mad at me here...but I originally bought my fish tank because it was on clearance at my local garden center and thought it would be perfect for propagating some of my house plants. I wasn’t really to worried about the fish part because I thought simple you stick the fish in the water and feed it and his poops will give me healthy baby plants. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Well I have since learned that being a good fish mom is not that simple at all, and I want to be the best I can. originally I bought a Betta, a nerite snail and four cherry shrimp for my 3 gallon tank. I put some plants and moss balls inside and set it up according to the instructions. The way this tank works it relies solely on plant filtration, there is a little air pump in the tank that pushes water into a lid that is a Reservoir for the plant baskets and some additional sponges I put in there. I added an under gravel betta bowl heater but my water still stays at 22• c which I think is ok for my betta but wasn’t ideal for the snail... which brings me to my snail died, I don’t know why really I had been giving the snail and shrimp algae wafers And shrimp pellets but I never saw them eat them... the snail was always turning on its back and I read they can’t turn themselves over so I would flip him every morning but eventually it turned color and I realized it was dead. At that point I had a little spike in my nitrites. I was using an api test strip, now I also have the tetra test strips and the master api liquid test but they still all give me different readings. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I got the water back to normal but I ended up needing to change the plants out on top of the tank meaning he basically had no filter for a week so I was doing a lot of water changes with bottled water because I wanted to be safe. Then I noticed one of Valentino’s (my betta) fins seemed to be looking a little fuzzy and darker then it had been when I got him. I bought some betta fix and put that in yesterday. Today his water is good, no ammonia no nitrite and just a little bit of nitrate my ph is always a little high around 7.8 and my GH is really high as well always being the darkest possible on all my tests. I don’t know if that’s an issue or not? I also realized I only had one shrimp left, not because of Valentino he was actually really cool with the shrimp Although he did try to eat their food..but my pump sucked up two of them, one survived being spit out in the water reservoir but died the next day and the other was dead when I found it. 😔 So realizing this wasn’t a good house for my last little shrimp I went to the aquarium center near me and bought a fish tank which I am currently “cycling”. I want to do this the right way this time and not kill anymore water babies! That said I’m a little concerned! I’ve had it running now for two weeks, I used prime to de chlorinate and stability to jumpstart the bacteria, I planted java fern, hogwarts, Amazon sword, dwarf hair grass, some clover, anubius and a crypt and moss balls. The crypt got a little smooshed in transport and isn’t looking great, the java moss also had a lot of black on it which I assumed was from transport smooshing.. everything else looked decent. But since planting everything has had some die off... I did fertilize the tank with seachems root tabs I used six of them, and api c02 boost. I got some diatoms over the past few days and today I noticed a little bit of spot algae, also my ammonia level is 0 but my nitrites are really high and my nitrates are a little low so I believe this means I’m in the second stage of the cycle. My worry is I have some white spots on the glass i don’t know what they are, I also have at least a dozen tiny snail babies in there that I didn’t ask for and I’m ok with them but I don’t want a million snails and would rather deal with them now before adding fish. What do you guys think? Can anyone tell what kind of snails they are? Also there was a worm like an inch long it’s white and super skinny and it swims around when I disturb the water, it looks super gross and I haven’t been able to catch it does anyone know what it is and what I need to do about it before adding fish? As for this tank the plan is to put some cherry shrimp and some nano fish, I was thinking all male guppies or endlers. Something small and cute and shrimp safe.. anyway I know this was a lot to read and I have a lot going on but I really appreciate any insight and advice you guys can give me! -Ty