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sevenyearnight wrote:Does he have sand in his tank?

Yes he there is sand in tank

He is not rubbing on anything, his belly is pure white, not sure what flash means, and no signs of heavy breathing.

Please answer all the questions above. Thanks. Sorry! 1) Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0, PH 7.6 or higher 2) 75 gallon, freshwater still, and only one Gsp in it 3) He eats every other day diet so far includes brine shrimp, fresh shrimp, ghost shrimp, and mystery snails. 2 days ago I added tetras s...

I just noticed my gsp has a little bit of white spots on one of his side fins (the right one). How do I figure out what this is? Not sure if its nothing to worry about or if it is ich or what!?

What age/size is the GSP? Like PP, unless severely overfed, a single immature GSP in a 75 should be an easy cycle. I also agree w/seven in that water partials should be done to protect the fish and that they will not adversely affect the cycling. When we do fishless cycling we do use higher titers ...

Pufferpunk wrote:I find it odd that a single GSP in a 75g tank would have big issues with water parameters. What are you using for testing?

I am using API freshwater master test kit

Okay guys where do I start? ........... I have a 75 gallon uncycled tank it has only been up and running for exactly 19 days. The past week or so the nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia have been going up and down. I have been doing 50% water changes everyday. Some people tell me not to do it so often bec...

One more thing! Should I just do a water change once a day until everything is back to 0? Or more often than that?

Keep doing water changes until those numbers are 0, they are very sensitive to ammonia and nitrite. The tank doesn't appear to be cycled. Would you be able to get some Tetra Safestart? Do you have Prime? Double the dose until the number are 0. No it is not cycled yet. It has only been up and runnin...

I have noticed the past couple of days he is sleeping a lot more than usual. And when he is up he just chills in one spot on the top of the tank. Is this normal? Also the ammonia and nitrite are having a reading I changed 50% of the water earlier this morning and just tested it again and they are bo...

Okay so I just fed my gsp a raw shrimp and he literally has lumps on his tummy. One side is larger than the other is this okay or normal?? I didn't even let him finish the whole thing because of this he only ate half ( the big half )

okay so i have a 75 gallon tank with one gsp in it. The tank and water is only 2 weeks old. Anyways I check the ammonia and nirate and nitrite levels everyday and everyhting was good till today! The ammonia was between 0.25 through 0.50 ppm (this is based on the color from the master freshwater kit)...

yes my 10 gallon was not cycled it was only up and running for maybe 2-3 weeks. I am thinking about going to get Dr. Tim's one and only nitrifying bacteria. any suggestions?

J-P wrote:what are the perams on the 10 gallon?

Im sorry I do not understand!

Okay so I just set up a new 75 gallon tank yesterday. I was told I needed to put my GSP in the new tank right away because he is about 4' and in a 10 gallon tank right now! I bought the freshwater master test kit and I need to know what levels for everything is appropriate for him. I do not want to ...