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  1. Cory
    Garage door boarded up while we wait for the replacement. This allows us to keep putting up the tongue and groove. while removing dry wall we found a big mouse/rat nest. This in combination with rodent activity in the attic means we are removing all the insulation up top, sterilizing, sealing up any holes and re insulating. We already needed to insulate the sky lights as they didn’t have any, and with the fish room humidity that would have just lead to mold.
  2. Cory
    Wow this is awesome!
  3. Cory
    Could be you have narrow leaf variety instead of broad leaf?
  4. Cory

    Help nugget

    Cory replied to Liz hughes's topic in Diseases

    I'd start with 1 tablespoon per 2 gallons, so 5 tablespoons for the 10g tank.
  5. Cory

    Help nugget

    Cory replied to Liz hughes's topic in Diseases

    Do you have a QT tank? Some salt may help clear this up, it's my go too when I don't know what is wrong with something.
  6. Cory
    Start with the basics, water parameters, picture of the tank, what fish.
  7. Cory
    Seems like the right meds, can you see how they are doing at the store you bought them from?
  8. Cory
    Hard to say, if you had a QT tank, I'd try it in QT with salt.
  9. Cory
    I don't have any personal experience with breeding african tetras. Perhaps @Dean’s Fishroom has?
  10. Cory
    None currently. Large tanks are expensive and a lot of work, and not always more fun than smaller tanks.
  11. Cory
    I primarily feed clams on the half shell, and shrimp. I mix in ramshorn snails that I raise up in tanks eating fish food and such for a different vitamin set. Mix in other shelled things like muscles and different types of clams when I happen to pick em up from the store.
  12. Cory
    Setup the dedicated breeding tank, and raise the fry there. As for drip acclimating, I personally never do this.
  13. Cory
    To me it looks like cysts and not fungus, but that could just be the pics. I'd do 1 tablespoon of salt per 2 gallons for a few weeks since it's in QT.
  14. Cory
    I think you're mixing two designs. A false bottom for egg scatterers works but you remove the adults. The other would be where you separate fry from the parents. I'll explain that below. I'm not sure I ever showed it, but essentially you silicone glass in the tank to make a V from one end to the other, so that the adult fish can't get to the other side. Then you use a powerhead at the bottom of the tank that slowly blows from the side with the parents through the v, leaving the fry on the other end, they can then go behind the glass to get away from the flow and wait to be netted out by the hobbyist.
  15. Cory
    I don't think your substrate is the problem. I'd just try different plants, gets some root tabs and experience. Plants grow in all substrates around the world. Most plants can grow even without substrate just floating in water. Outside of compacted sand, substrate is a way to hold plants down and possibly a way to deliver nutrients. Root tabs will deliver nutrients and that gravel will hold it down.
  16. Cory
    Sounds like you need patience. Your aquarium won't reach balance till 6 months after you make the last change. New plants, removing phosphates with a pad etc is all gonna make it take longer. My advice would be just don't do water changes and it'll balance out if you have lots of plants are are fertilizing to replace what is missing. Also how do you know the phosphate is causing the issue and not the light, or some other source in your aquarium? What type of algae is it, why not gets something that eats that algae and just let the tank do it's thing?
  17. Cory
    Hydro coytle does spread pretty quick, but it can also grow a little tall so you might have to train it to stay low if that's what you're going after.
  18. Cory
    I'm just more impressed you built the ramp. I've done far too many stupid "gotta get this done tonight" tank moves that should have resulted in more injuries than I have gotten lol.
  19. Cory
    In general fish aren't more delicate than others. People perceive difficulty based on their experiences and not actual testing. You should have very good odds of having no problems by dosing just paracleanse following the directions.
  20. Cory
    What type of fish are they? Different fish have different growth rates and maturity. Also size isn't a good determination of the age of a fish. Growing fish from a batch of fry you'll have some that are 3x as large as the smallest as an example and they are all the same age.
  21. Cory
    Tough spot to be in with the live plants. I'd go straight to 1 tablespoon per 2 gallons, the hornwort in the picture could be moved to a bucket with a light, not sure what other plants you have. You pH is a bit low for what platies, guppies and the syno like, getting it above 7.0 is recommended, perhaps some crushed coral? Also keep checking on ammonia as fish won't be able to fight off the infection well with the stress from ammonia.
  22. Cory
    I love it, the more you look at it, the better it gets.
  23. Cory
    Yep, I did this for years, my only problem now is I use more water/brine than the bottle I did think about getting a bigger one.
  24. Cory
    I need some of the mollies... Must move faster... my new house has harder water.
  25. Cory
    I'm not a fan of the bottle. I too bought some, it feeds too slowly for all my tanks. I even cut the stem WAY back. I like the turkey baster still. I really wanted that medical bottle to work 😞
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