Thank you everyone for the info you gave me on my last post two weeks ago. I was asked for an update so here it is.
I only ended up losing the Emerald Cory. The ich cleared up on the swordtails and one is showing signs of being pregnant. I did lose the one surviving baby, but it was because I didn't have it in an actual tank--instead in the container I got my original goldfish in at the fair 5 years ago. I was a little sad about that but will be more prepared next time (I have a seperate 1 gallon tank set-up just in case).
I do now have two filters running. One is the Whisper that came with the Minibow and the other is a Whisper 10i. I have been doing at least a 10% water change once a week and have been checking all my levels daily. I purchased the API water tester. The ammonia levels have been flucuating between 0-.50ppm but is mostly around .25ppm. The nitrate levels have been as high as 5.0 but are generally 0ppm. The nitrite levels have been between 0-.50ppm but is usually 0ppm.
When I took the cory back to Petco they would not refund my money because they told me my ph level was too high. Once I got home I took a reading with the new tester and it said that my level is 8.0. The girl had my buy phdown and I followed the directions on the bottle but the ph seems to stay at 8.0 occasionally going down to 7.8. What could be causing that and should I be worried?
I am only treating my water now with AquaPlus on waterchanges as well as aquarium salt. Any suggestions...
I only ended up losing the Emerald Cory. The ich cleared up on the swordtails and one is showing signs of being pregnant. I did lose the one surviving baby, but it was because I didn't have it in an actual tank--instead in the container I got my original goldfish in at the fair 5 years ago. I was a little sad about that but will be more prepared next time (I have a seperate 1 gallon tank set-up just in case).
I do now have two filters running. One is the Whisper that came with the Minibow and the other is a Whisper 10i. I have been doing at least a 10% water change once a week and have been checking all my levels daily. I purchased the API water tester. The ammonia levels have been flucuating between 0-.50ppm but is mostly around .25ppm. The nitrate levels have been as high as 5.0 but are generally 0ppm. The nitrite levels have been between 0-.50ppm but is usually 0ppm.
When I took the cory back to Petco they would not refund my money because they told me my ph level was too high. Once I got home I took a reading with the new tester and it said that my level is 8.0. The girl had my buy phdown and I followed the directions on the bottle but the ph seems to stay at 8.0 occasionally going down to 7.8. What could be causing that and should I be worried?
I am only treating my water now with AquaPlus on waterchanges as well as aquarium salt. Any suggestions...
