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I would like to suggest one other solution. Stop using EasyGreen entirely, and instead go for a trace mineral fertilizer for a couple of weeks and see if your nitrates issue resolves. The idea being that you will get the plants to use up the nitrates they have, and only supplement the trace minerals they may be lacking. Then only supplement EasyGreen when nitrates drop below 10-15ppm. Your tank doesn't look over stocked. You may also want to double check that you don't have nitrates in your source/tap water.

Good meme mornin' all

First time feeding brine shrimp. I also topped off the water and salt to try to keep this batch for a little bit longer.

If you don't get notifications, here is the forum's very own @Daniel Harnden.

Hi there fish friends! Im Pearl, I'm a Seattle native. I've been keeping aquaria on and off for the last 20 years or so, though for the last 8 years I've been keeping bettas consistently. This year I've been branching out and have started keeping shrimp and some cool water species. Im excited to learn more with y'all and maybe help some newer folks too! Here's a candid shot of my newish dirted subtropical 55 gal, with 3 dojo loaches, 8 gold barbs as well as a variety of snails. I made a riparium planter out of egg crate diffuser you can kinda see in this shot on the top left of the tank, thats full of happy pothos and a monstera that refuses to grow.

I effectively roped in a new fishkeeper! I was training a new hire the other day, and showed her my office tank and pictures of my home tank. She emailed me today to tell me she is cycling her brand new ten gallon!

Hi @Dragula87, welcome. I think since you have tried treating for fungus without success, the better plan might be to treat for bacteria next. The two can look quite a bit alike, and are hard to tell apart. Maracyn is the Aquarium co-op recommended option, but there may be other brands to try, and salt is also a great option if he is in a quarantine tank.

I agree with what @Brandy and @Daniel said. I have about 2-3 inches of Eco-Complete in my 20G planted tank, and I occasionally see a random large bubble escape from the substrate when I'm not even doing tank maintenance. I have a sponge filter and the H2S gas doesn't seem to ever occur at high enough levels to affect my fish, so I've never been worried about it.

I'm going to get science-y. According to Wikipedia, humans can detect H2S at 0.047 parts per billion, and toxicity is far above that level. Even in deep aquifers where H2S can be dissolved in the water over a long time (due to not being able to escape to the air) one of the common ways to remove it from water (for drinking) is simple aeration. I think you are right on the money with your air stone, and even if you never disturbed the substrate, the aeration would more than solve the problem.

Just finished listening, very interesting and entertaining interview @Daniel

It is very likely hydrogen sulfide. It is a product from the metabolism of anaerobic bacteria in the low oxygen part of your substrate. Some people are concerned about it, but I doubt you will ever experience it at levels that could be harmful to your fish.

Threw a 300W Eheim heater in my outdoor tub because a snowstorm blew through. Water temps are still sitting around 50F so my white clouds should have no problems. Delivered 30 Red Wag Platy up to my LFS and came home with my first Pea Puffer! I'm so extremely happy to have it and have spent way too much time trying to get video of it eating small bladder snails.

Amazon, works good, like a little lightsaber.

I also collect stamps! (Kind of a dormant hobby for me now as stamps are used less and less often.) My other big hobby is crochet; I tend to really get into either my aquariums or into crocheting. Last time this year I was all about the hook, but this year I'm back on the aquarium train. I made this octopus to enter into the county fair; alas, he'll have to wait until next year due to covid. If you have a hobby that can be displayed (jewelry making, fiber arts, etc) definitely consider entering your county fair. It's tons of fun!

I keep a registered breeding colony of Xenotoca doadrioi, Ameca splendens and Zoogoneticus tequilas. The Xenotoca are my favorite goodeids. All of the goodeids will eat just about anything, but I have seen over time that too much protein (with exception of the tequilas which are presumed to be carnivorous) and not enough vegetation will result in babies born with bent tails. I'm assuming from growing a little too much/too fast. Babies are quite large to begin with, so I take care not to feed much other than herbivorous foods very often. I have not had any drop more than 8 babies at a time. I feed mine mostly Xtreme spirulina flakes, and they graze off of duckweed, guppy grass and chew up Dwarf sagittaria when when they don't get 27 meals a day like they want 😄 I let mine breed seasonally. Right now with the temperatures at about 62-65 degrees, breeding slows down. In the spring time when temperatures start rising, they ramp up again. Enjoy your Xenotocas. They're beautiful and great little fish.

Cory returns from the wild to make the Monday Livestream

I almost hit the laugh icon, but thought it inappropriate as we talk of a funeral. Granted, I did call my younger brother Jimmy throughout my grandfather's funeral! (After Jimmy Dean... his jacket was WAY too tight, it made him look like a sausage.)

I always thought this looked cool....attaching bucephalandra and fissidens together on wood.

It feels like I am into the 3 most expensive hobbies, aquariums (fresh and salt), fishing, and guns.

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Atleast 5 of the puffers have made it to the 10 day mark in the main tank. I saw 4 in the blackwater tank a few days ago but haven't seen them since. That tank is really challenging to see in though. Some like to hide more than others. One has grown noticeably faster too. I'm continuing to add various foods to the tank. My paramecium culture has really taken off so I just take a pipette and give the tank a few squirts near where I know the puffers like to hang out. I'm hoping to add some emergent plants to really make sure the water is as clean as possible. Previously I've only have 2 puffers make it to 30 days and most have died before 10 days. I'm hoping it is a good sign that I'll have a few make it for the long haul.

Hehe, or maybe I'll be stealing ideas from this community post. 😉 Thanks for watching my video btw!

I've had 2 in a 9gal fluval flex for probably almost 6 months now... After reading the post linked below, I was convinced to move them up to a larger tank and get some friends. I just picked up 6 more, who are the first in the 20L, where they'll quarantine (and maybe grow out some) before I add the 2 I have. According to their stocking recommendations, at ~75L in 20gal, I could have 7.5 puffers, though I've rounded up to 8, in the interest of the last puffer 😄 One of the 2 in the 9 gal is definitely the dominant one, often chasing the other to cover. I think square footprint is not as conducive to line of sight obstruction as the 20L will be. In the 20L I saw all 6 shoaling together, moving single file through a hole in the driftwood. It was one of the cutest things I've ever seen in an aquarium! There's definitely some light protection of some areas when I put in bbs, but when they're just on the prowl for snails or derping about, they seem to get along fine. Pea Puffer Care Sheet WWW.PUFFERFISHENTHUSIASTSWORLDWIDE.COM The pea puffer is by far the most commonly kept species of pufferfish, owing to their full grown size of just 2.5cm (0.98 inches). They are very popular among beginner keepers and demand for them has only continued to...

Discus and humans may not be all that different. First attempts at mating may be awkward and clumsy, especially the males. This male doesn't quite understand his role yet, but I sure with patience the female can bring him along.

Everyone seems to be taking a break from breeding for the moment. The second pair to breed may have actually hatched their batch of eggs, but I never saw any wigglers after that. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes a month or two to get the first batch of babies.

As soon as the camera comes out the magic.......stops!

I have caves made of PVC pipe with end caps (1" diameter and 1.5" diameter) about six inches long. Mine breed most readily in the 1" diameter pipes even though they barely fit in them. Oddly enough the one they breed in the most is the one at the left front corner of the tank where there's near constant activity passing by. The secluded caves in the back parts of the tank are largely ignored. Here's a photo of one of my males in the one inch diameter tube.

I've never had any issues with spiderwood in a tank with corydoras, or any other types of wood for that matter. For the floating plants, I would do as you said, make a ring out of airline tubing or something and put the plants in that. Be warned though, once that area gets filled, they will keep growing and you will find them outside of the ring, so you'll have to thin them out when it starts filling up.

Well today I did a huge update to my tank. I went to home depot and got some lexan sheets, and silicone. I went to petco (because I had a giftcard) and got some dragon stone and a few plants. I had an idea to build a 'mountain' and I think it came out pretty well. This was my first time using silicone and when I made one of the layers of the mountain it actually split, but I was able to patch it with a piece of lexan. Luckily I never threw away my clown gravel from when I first got my tank. I ended up swapping it out immediately after getting it because it wasn't the look I wanted. The left side of my tank is still unfinished for now. I will probably put the coconut behind my log, and try to plant around it to hide it a bit. I also plan on getting java moss or maybe weeping moss and put it on each layer of the mountain to completely cover the gravel on it, and to hide the tops of the lexan walls. Here are some pictures of my progress through the day.

I'd say @Marnol D is right about the shading being what is going on with the sprite. Plants will get rid of leaves that aren't getting enough light rather than waste nutrients keeping them alive for no return. You could trim very short every once in awhile to combat it or top and replant Dutch style. As for your nitrates I have a few suggestions. 1 cut back on the easy green. The recommended dose is 1 pump per 10 gallons per week which will provide 20ppm nitrates. So even at the stated volume of your tank you are slightly over the recommended dose. Now subtract the volume of your substrate, decorations and plants plus you lose volume because you don't fill the tank to the brim. Actual water volume is probably somewhere between 35 and 40 gallons. @Irenemade a video awhile back about how to dial in the proper dose for your tank that might help. I'd also suggest doing smaller water changes more often to help keep everything more stable. Probably won't help with nitrates but it use usually best practice to keep water changes under 20 or 30 percent unless something is going wrong. Finally be careful not to overfeed as that can cause nitrates to build up faster. You could even go one day a week without feeding to encourage scavenging so there isn't any extra food lying around in the tank. There is a post from the other day about fasting fish here

Was looking through the photos on my phone and found this. Thought it came out pretty nice! The limias are so hard to photograph.

My Ikea 1 gallon jar and led light setup. Plants taken from my other tanks and livestock is pest snails. The dwarf hairgrass is growing surprisingly well.

Small (about 2cm) green tiger barbs.

Currently, I like making YouTube videos, reading, watching anime, painting my nails, and hiking. In the past, I used to crochet and knit, play piano, collect stamps, draw, blog, and play video games. I mainly like learning new things and skills. I've been keeping fish for a while and now it's my job, so I guess I won't be quitting that hobby anytime soon. 😉 A baby beanie with a brain slug from Futurama that I made a long time ago

Hi Knew, the baby shrimp above is one of two that survived this clutch of eggs from mama. I didn't see either of them until just a few days ago because they hide so well in the moss! It's amazing that any survived with 11 little danios in there!

It is a big-ish drop, but not a shocking number. Mine generally give less, but they are mutts who have less than optimal conditions.

The picture I have in my head is of a chihuahua going to town on a great dane's leg... 🤣

I've never built a sump but I know baffles can be made of glass and siliconed into place. Media can something like the bags of bio-rings from aquarium co-op.

I have these Yellow Belly Metalicus, they are a Livebearer native to Cuba.

Basically all the Pseudomugil spp. are "dwarf rainbow fish" and the two smallest are Pseudomugil gertrudae, and Pseudomugil luminatus. The coloration can vary by individual, some are deep yellow and others can be almost silvery gold. They also color up more deeply when breeding, so worth having a male and a few females to get the best color.

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The Yellow Dwarf rainbow fish is a different one. Pseudomogil Gertrudae is known as the Spotted blue eye Rainbowfish. And is a great little nano fish that’s very active and also easy to breed if you want to try that later down the line.

I had another thought. Have you considered yellow caradina shrimp?

I'm no engineer but surely it can't be worse than the stuff they use for aquarium stands sold at the big box stores. It amazes me those things hold a 125 gallon aquarium but they seem to work.

Sometimes I like the side-view the best.

Even ghost shrimp can be good mothers.