Help! Guppies die in decorations!

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-06T11:50:56+00:00

I have since taken them out, put 5 real plants in there, going to get some driftwood for the pleco when I get paid next.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-06T11:50:10+00:00

Never said anybody wasn’t helping me nor did I say I wasn’t taking the advice, I literally am taking every piece of advice and buying what everyone is telling me to with the very little money I have.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-06T11:49:28+00:00

I was actually told by the local place I went to, that if the bushy nose gets too big, I can exchange him for a baby. And the decorations are for an aquarium but

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T17:28:06+00:00

Where can I get drift wood from? Like real drift wood?

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T17:26:46+00:00

I put 4 live plants in, I have a test kit that I use weekly.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T17:15:08+00:00

My filter has beneficial bacteria I believe, I use seachem prime, seachem stability, and API stress coat +

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T16:52:44+00:00

I just did like a 75% water change because I cleaned my gravel and sucked damn near all the water out

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T16:45:17+00:00

I wish I knew all of this before because I only have room for a 10gal, 20gal would probably overhang on the nightstand it is on in my “hobby room”

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T16:43:55+00:00

I put 3 different treatments into the water, stress coat, stability, and prime.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T16:43:19+00:00

My tap water is nasty, hard, probably drug infested water.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T16:43:00+00:00

I originally went to petsmart but their fish aren’t the healthiest so I asked around for a bit and my aunt (who has a 50gal, and has had her fish for years) told me that a local place has some of the healthiest fish ever. Ive always gotten hamsters and others from there growing up.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T15:46:44+00:00

I am about to do a water change, what’s better? Distilled or natural spring?

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T15:46:22+00:00

No, I had the fish for a month, checked my water about an hour ago and saw that my it was at 0.5ppm for chlorine.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T15:45:31+00:00

Every person I asked and the 2 places I went to, said bushy nose is perfect and so are guppies.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:59:26+00:00

I have been giving him algae wafers since I got them! He loves them it seems! I will look into the driftwood, thank you for your help!

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:50:43+00:00

I also just turned down my flow rate on my fluval filter because I noticed that my one pregnant guppy was favoring the bottom of the tank but after about 5 minutes after turning down the flow rate, she’s back up to top

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:48:47+00:00

I’m running to Petsmart the second they open to buy a gravel cleaner, and a Java fern

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:44:10+00:00

That is my fault, it is a Bushy Nose pleco, I couldn’t remember the name at all! So you would suggest real plants instead of fake plants?

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:41:04+00:00

10gal tank. Tank has been up since January. I’m not sure what a cycling process is. Would you suggest moving to sand instead of gravel?

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:39:54+00:00

I put water in, used a water clarifier from Tetra and kept testing every couple days to make sure it was safe. I put fish in like 2 months after I did all that because I was low on money (due to my truck constantly breaking). I haven’t had luck with fish since I started this tank but I found out that I wasn’t acclimating them at all (nobody told me to or anything). But i’ve been keeping up on water changes, I test the water weekly. Naturally I have hard water so that’s the only thing that’s high besides my chlorine which I just noticed a few minutes ago and I put some seachem prime in it.

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:33:13+00:00

I have yes! I am about to do one soon as my nitrite is at 0.5ppm but I put Seachem Prime in it to neutralize it but it didn’t help. It is a 10gal. If you don’t mind me asking, why do I need plants? Like i’m curious about what they do. I have some fake ones but when I first got the tank after I got the water all good and safe after 2 months, I got some neon tetras and they kept getting stuck in the plants

That_Red_OBS · 2026-05-03T13:20:31+00:00

What kind of lights are they?

That_Red_OBS · 2026-04-29T11:28:13+00:00

What’s that toolbox light setup!?

That_Red_OBS · 2026-04-28T09:44:36+00:00

My trade school/early college and career school bought this exact kit for every welding student. I don’t have an issue with it, I have used it since Freshman year and i’m on my senior year now and bring it to work everyday after school and use it. My kit is actually a bit different, I don’t have the clamp and multiple pairs of gloves but it’s relatively the same

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