Annie

Hello, The last time I posted I was having issues with fish dying and y’all let me know my PH. Is very low so I’ll have to stock accordingly. Water levels are PH-6 ammonia- 0, nitrites-0, nitrates 15-20 temp is 80ish I got 1 dwarf gourami and I was hoping to get a school of tiger barbs also. They were together in the same tank at the fish store but I read somewhere not to keep him with barbs due to there zippy nature they will get most of the food. What do y’all think? I really like the look of tiger barbs but I don’t want to upset my gourami 🤞🏽🙏 Annie oh and the other creatures in there are 2 ghost fish and 1 pleco 2” in a 20 gallon long

Hi. Thanks again for the feedback. Now I’m thinking tiger barbs but just concerned how they would treat my 2 glassfish and 1 pleco .

Hi, it’s CaribSea Eco-Complete 20-Pound Planted Aquarium, Black

Thank you all so much for all of this detailed information. Last time I did my tap water ph test it was 7.4 i will follow your instructions to test that again but I don’t know what GH and KH is and do I need an additional test kit? Right now I’ve got API master test kit. I’ll try a smaller ciphon too. thanks for the words of encouragement too. Why did I wait so long to reach out? one more thing... there are 2 local fish stores I’m my town and I’m not sure about either of them. I guess I could do a search on the reviews. Otherwise would have to travel 40 minutes to petsmart. Or order online. Any thoughts?

Hello, I have a 20 gallon long , planted aquarium. As of now I have 1 pleco about 2 inches, and 2 glass cat fish. . I’ve been struggling with fish dying for the last year now. Guppy’s, platys , endlers...I always check my water parameters before I buy new fish but still😥 one problem I am having is vacuuming my substrate. It does not suck anything and I become so frustrated I want to give up. I followed multiple videos on how to ciphon but doesn’t work for me. Today water parameters are PH 6.0 ammonia 0 nItrIte 0 nitrAte 5. Temp is around 80 degrees What about adding flame dwarf gouramis and if so,how many? I’d like more algae eaters too if they could help with my disgusting substrate. i did recently clear out a lot of plants. Definitely no problem with plants growing in this tank. I appreciate any advice on how to move forward successfully. Oh one more thing, I looked into the powered automatic vacuums but the reviews were so mixed I was reluctant to spend more money on this. Thanks