Lana Bollers

We have two congo's, one black skirt, one bandit, and four guppies in the 5 gal, but I was going to put a couple in the 10gal I just purchased and my daughters betta and a couple of other fish in her room. The congos are young and maybe 2" for the largest one and the smallest one maybe an 1.25" or so... I did notice that the black skirt can be a jerk at times, he seems to be the boss of that tank for sure. Lana

WE don't use our farm water, because we have a softer on it, and I was told that the fish would not do well with that kind of salt in the system. Our water is super hard, I mean before we had the softener put on it, we had a thing called the rust buster, but it didn't do anything on it's own, the kids could bath and you could not even see their legs in the tub, the water was that rusty! Now we have the softener added the water for the most part is clear, but I still get the wonderful rust residue on my tub... I know the ph level of our house water is perfect for my cichlids I have not tested it for anything else... Lana

OKay my daughter wants her Betta in her room as well as some other fish, so I purchased a tank and I will give her the five gal tank, however can her Betta be housed with congo, black skirt, bandit tetra's and guppies? Will any of them nip at his fins? He is a beautiful fish and I want to keep him that way... Lana :smokey:

:welcome: Welcome to AA, you will like it here, lots of knowledgeable people. Very helpful and friendly... Lana Who is also a newbie.

My tank is 50 gal approx. 190L I completed a 35% water change yesterday if I had more water I would of done more. But we can not use our water on the farm. I will be purchasing more water today. Lana

Thank you Valerie, I can not take the fish back, but I will do my best to get the levels down. Yes they use Chlorine in the water here. I am heading to Big Al's tomorrow so I will ask there about the Prime. and filter. I did a 40% water change tonight. The fish have been eating normally and seem okay... so far, I will get the Prime for sure tomorrow. Should I continue with 25% water changes daily until levels are safe? Lana

I have had my tank going for approx. 3 weeks, a week with no fish a week with two fish and now has 13 fish in it. I have done a 25% water change and the amm level is still at 8ppm. I am currently in the process of completing another water change, when I did my last water change I put Aqua Plus in the water on stand by (water using to replace old tank water) let it sit for a night and then put it into the tank, I also added 1 heaping tablespoon of salt. I have since put more Aqua plus in the tank and waited a day retested the water it is still high, so put Amm Lock in it... I am still sitting high, I am at a loss as to what to do to get the levels down to normal. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. I am changing out the water with RO water, as it has nothing in it, bad thing is it does not have a strong PH level either... Lana Oh and I learned that the city water we were using has 0.25ppm - .50ppm of Amm, I have been trying for three days to get that to 0 and it is not budging...

:thumbs: Your tank looks awesome! I would of never thought to use rounded rocks, they look awesome and the bamboo gives it a real tranquil feel, very cool... Lana

:welcome: I think you will like it here, I am a newbie too, and I love it here. Great place to meet others that are finaholics..haha :smokey: Also great place to learn a lot of great info. Lana PS I am Lisa's Twin.

My sister is going to Calgary, not sure on the date though... She will be near Calaway Park area. Lana

Okay I didn't want to read that, how terrible... I brought home a monster... He is in with my darn cichlids... and I can not move him because my smaller tank has smaller fish... So anyone want a cat fish? Lana

Check out these pictures, they are pretty clear... Lana

I did something similar, I live near a small town called Radway, we live on 80 acres I have several neighbors that have picked rocks out of their crop land and I found some of the most awesome flat rocks, no rounded edges at all, it took all of 5 minutes too. Not only that we live near the sand hills, so I grabbed my sand from there, if you dont wash it first your tank gets cloudy for a few days, but it clears up and looks wonderful, best part is it is cheap! FREE!!! that is my kind of cheap... Lana

I think they might be the no-nose elephant nose, he is way more blue then what the one's shown are but he looks like them body wise. Thank you for your help! :thumbs: Lana

It could be let me search those two and see what comes up... I am so new to fish that I truthfully can not even guess... what it is... Lana

I have purchased a few fish last night. They were imported in and one of them was supposed to by a blue moorei, however that is not what came. This Fish is the oddest fish I have ever seen, it looks like a cross between a shark and a cat fish! It is a pretty blue shade on the top half of his body and gray/white on the bottom half, he has skin not scales. Fins are shaped like a shark, his face is flat, he is extremely active and I was told that when the cichlids bug him he gives off an electric charge (shocks them) and then they leave him alone. I have never seen anything like him before, he has the tiniest eyes you can barely see them. He seems to like to stay by the glass. He did not come up for food when the cichlids did, so I tried to give him some sinking food, not sure if he got it or the cichlids ate it before he had the chance. He seems to prefer to stay near the sand. I have a picture of him at home, but right now I am at work, so it doesn't help me much. If you have any idea's or can forward me to a site I would greatly appreciate it. Lana