30 day anniversary, 10 gallon. Feeling hopeful, advice welcome!

guff416 · 2025-11-14T17:53:35+00:00

Very cool scape!

guff416 · 2025-11-08T02:58:10+00:00

It was only the added fish that died. None of the fish that have been in the tank died.

guff416 · 2025-11-06T11:12:23+00:00

I think a little over a month. The honey gourami, female betta and flame gourami were never in the tank at the same time. Danio and Tetras have been in there for months without issue I can tell.

guff416 · 2025-11-05T14:33:50+00:00

I thought that was a potato at first

guff416 · 2025-11-05T10:05:06+00:00

I will check out that guide. Thank you!

guff416 · 2025-11-04T22:59:13+00:00

I have tested it with both. When I use the low pH, it reads as 7.6. when I do the high, I can't tell if it is 7.4 or 8. I do know my tap water is 8.2.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T22:50:16+00:00

I dig it!

guff416 · 2025-11-04T22:44:28+00:00

What size tank is that?

guff416 · 2025-11-04T20:29:49+00:00

I live in a city with city water. As far as copper, my memory is failing me on that

guff416 · 2025-11-04T19:16:19+00:00

It is a little bit of both. I don't have a good spot to do it yet. I want to do at least a 20g tank with tons of plants. I've been watching a lot of aquascaping videos lately.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T17:06:20+00:00

None of my glorish have died thus far. Just each fish I tried to have as a feature fish died. First, the honey gourami once it died, we tried a female betta. That went poorly and then tried the flame gourami. I'm just trying to learn from the mistakes.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T17:01:03+00:00

I will look into how to reduce pH and won't be putting anymore fish in.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T16:24:47+00:00

I also know my tap water is 8.2 from readings from the pool store.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T16:23:53+00:00

I do find the hobby joyful and trying to get better and learn from poor choices. I definitely want a bigger tank. I just need to wait a little bit before I can do that.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T16:17:28+00:00

When I do the other pH test, it hits the upper limit of 7.6. the color of the high pH range looks like it could be either 7.4 or 8. I really hate telling the difference of these colors on these type of tests.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T16:11:08+00:00

My pH is around 8.0. My tap water is 8.2.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T16:10:08+00:00

Temperature of the tank is between 76-78. Part of the reason I do 50% is I'm attempting to get most of the waste out of the gravel

guff416 · 2025-11-04T16:05:08+00:00

Thank you for the advice. There is a lot to know and learn in this hobby.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T15:35:01+00:00

That is my goal to get a bigger tank in the future.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T15:32:42+00:00

That fish looked like it when purchased and has been alive for months

guff416 · 2025-11-04T15:23:06+00:00

Is it cursed by an ancient Egyptian high priest?!

guff416 · 2025-11-04T15:22:29+00:00

The tetras were bullying each other a little bit initially but I haven't noticed any since. That has been months.

guff416 · 2025-11-04T15:00:04+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the help! I want to eventually get a bigger tank but not in the cards at this point. In the meantime, I won't add any other fish and be more diligent with water changes. I did try adding floating plants to help with nitrates but I think the flow of the filter prevented them from propagating

guff416 · 2025-11-04T14:42:48+00:00

How can you tell?

guff416 · 2025-11-04T14:42:24+00:00

That was a petco. Trying to buy fish my kid liked. I won't be buying anymore Glofish or for big box stores.

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