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  1. I did it - he is in the hospital tank. I am so glad I had everything I needed ready to go. Fingers crossed he gets better...he is not happy right now. Added a Catappa leaf for good measure. Had it in the fish medicine box though I usually leave have those in the tanks all the time. Thanks for all the info 🙂
  2. I noticed some 'fluff' on my betta's 'pelvic?' fin this morning. See pictures. My gut tells me to break out my previously unused hospital tank setup and treat him with Maracyn but I don't want to stress Ulysses unnecessarily if I am over-reacting. He is currently in a ten gallon (planted) with ember tetra and pygmy cory (and a mystery snail). All parameters good, water changes every week (latest one Saturday). I am not yet very experienced with fish disease, and would like some advice from veteran betta and fish keepers. I love this fish very much and would hate to lose him. Thank you!
  3. I have 20 cherry shrimp arriving this week and the tank I want to put them in is on backorder. No worries, I have two extra tanks sitting around I can use temporarily and I have a seeded filter sponge. I can either put them in my 20 long shell dweller setup which hasn't any fish yet, just some rabbit snails and floating plants, but the PH is higher cause of the aragonite sand (eco complete cichlid sand). The other option is a bare bottom, empty tank. I have some leaves and cholla wood I can drop into either. Which is the better option for them to live in for at least a few weeks before I transfer them to their desktop home 🙂 I feel that they might be happier with the substrate and some rocks but worry about the PH. Thanks in advance!
  4. I am waiting for a plumber to come to see if he can even fix this issue, but in the meantime here is the question. The tap water I use to do water changes is very hard to adjust colder recently. It may be a problem with the valve but it also may be because it is darn hot outside and this is the norm for the summer months (new to this area). Problem is the min temp I can get out of there is almost 84 degrees. Which means when I do water changes on my tanks (set at 76, 77 and 78), even at a 30% the water temp inevitably shoots up to 80 after mix. The first time I panicked and dropped some ice cubes in there, and now each water change is stressful (for me). Fish involved, not tank specific, are Zebra Danios (who really don't seem to care one way or another), neon tetra, ember tetra, honey gourami, khuli loachs (they hate it), hillstream loach, harlequin rasbora, dwarf blue gourami, von rio tetra, a pair of apisto c and a dwarf snowball pleco named Frank. I also have shrimp in there (cardina). Has anyone had this type of issue before? Do I need to worry? I honestly wonder if in winter I am going to be doing the opposite and worrying that the water change is too cold lol! However, I think I may prefer this scenario to what I have now. Thanks for your help! Jennifer
  5. 10 more schooling fish in addition to the Danios. I was going to get more danio but this is a good opportunity to add something new to the mix.
  6. Hello all, I have a really nice pair of Apisto in a 20 gallon long living with 8 zebra danio, some carbon rilli shrimp and a dwarf snowball pleco named Frank. I would like to add a few more schooling fish and don't want to disturb the peace. Was thinking of either Serpae (or was it red phantom?), Lemon or Emperor tetra. I also thought about rummy nose. I believe this planted tank can handle 10 small schooling fish without issue. edited: Also thinking about cherry barbs... Any thoughts from those familiar with Apisto? I have attached photos of Eros and Psyche. They have been a joy so far...hoping for fry at some point though I think I might have neighborhood population control with the danio 🙂 Thanks for any help!
  7. I have three male platys as well...they are young and are currently in a 20 long (planted) with zebra danio and a breeding pair of Apisto C. Honestly, the setup hasn't been ideal and just lately I have noticed them harassing each other and now one platy now has a gash on his fin, ugh. And I was worried about the Apisto lol - he has been a real gentleman about everything. Platys not so much. Have also been thinking of returning them but I feel bad. Also not sure I can after a month. I wonder what people do when you try fish and they just don't mesh. I would separate them but I just don't have a setup that can take another fish, either cause I have an aggressive centerpiece fish that won't appreciate company or the tank is full.
  8. I wanted to try breeding them as well - maybe in the future. My LFS had a ton of them but they were so little at the time it was hard to tell. The girls are lovely...honestly Gourami have become my favorite fish. They have real personalities.
  9. This is a great idea!!!! I might give it a try - love it 🙂
  10. Hi - well, I intended to get a male and two females but ended up with three girls. They are very nice though, I love them...good color too and all get along well.
  11. I am running a Fluval 20...ugh, I was worried it had crashed. I guess I am going to have to do a fish in cycle. Do you think the ammonia remover filter media will prevent the bacteria from being able to do their job? Jen
  12. Hi! I only started fishkeeping this year so I am still a real newbie. I currently have two twenty gallons and a ten gallon (that will be it for a while - no more space or time). All are planted and besides the tetras, danios, and rasbora I have so called centerpiece fish in each tank - a trio of honey gourami I like to call Team Zissou, a blue dwarf gourami named Cousteau and a pair of Apisto C who have yet to be named. I am also eagerly awaiting the arrival of dwarf snowball pleco. The content provided by Cory and his team has been integral to smoothing that initial learning curve. Though I still have a lot to learn, I am grateful to those like aquarium coop (and KG Tropicals) who are putting out such helpful and supportive information. Jen
  13. Hey guys - need some help on something. I had just cycled my ten gallon and had slowly introduced fish to the mix when I noticed a leak in the seam. I transferred everything (rocks, plants, hob filter, heater, and driftwood) over to the new tank but decided to use a different substrate as I wasn't happy with the gravel and wanted to use the carib-eco complete. Thought the bacteria would carry over and I wouldn't have any issues. Silly me. I was testing and it seemed ok the next day, but my dwarf gourami 'Cousteau' was not himself (sitting at the bottom of the tank). Of course I panic and think he has Dwarf Gourami Disease - but decide to check the water again this morning and see my ammonia has spiked to 2 and nitrite is at .5 (almost 1). Immediate water change and some conditioner and Cousteau is back to his old self and all is well HOWEVER now I am nervous. I didn't see anything dead around the tank to cause the spike - all fish accounted for. Did I somehow break the cycle even though I moved most of the stuff over directly from the other tank including the filter? I decided to introduce an Aqua Clear Ammonia Remover to my HOB so I can rest easier, however I wonder if this will further delay and inhibit my replacement 10 gallon from cycling properly. Has anyone used this before? If you are curious about the stocking levels: 1 dwarf gourami, 8 harlequin rasbora, 1 hillstream loach and 2 mystery snails (one of which is only there temporarily) Thanks for any help. I am a relatively new fish keeper - my twenty gallons were so much easier and less stressful than this 10. Go figure.
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