Hi all. I just started keeping fish in November. I have 4 tanks with fish (60g, 55g, 30g, and 20g) and 1 with just plants. Yes I have a problem!
So here are my questions: 1. When doing research on fish, some profiles say they must be kept in clean water. Example is a balloon blue ram. What exactly does that mean? I try to keep all my fish in clean water. 0 ammonia and nitrites. Low nitrate. I change about 1/3 the water weekly. Fish are happy enough I cannot get them to quit breeding. My plants are very happy also. Does this sound like I am doing it right?
Question 2 is about my LFS . Our petsmart is great. We also have an independent owned store that I would like to support. Great staff but they are only open 4 hours a week. Yes I said a week. I have iffy results with their fish. So I tested their water to see if it was different than mine. Same water source so it should be the same. The ph is 6 and the nitrate is 160 and the kh was close to nothing. So my question is would YOU buy fish from there or not?
Sorry this is so long but you can only get so much information from YouTube and blogs. Thanks in advance!