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I bought some ghost shrimps just to see if I could keep them alive and they managed to eat most of my diatom algae. Are you high tech? Is Phosguard an option? I did a small pillow of phosguard then took it out after a week or so

Hello! I agree with @ADMWNDSR83 . It seems like snails can survive everything (I'm not a snail fan) I'm not sure even a nuclear explosion would get rid of them 🤔

Hello! Do you happen to have a picture of it's tail, or other fins when he was in the tank?

I'm really liking this, *and* the taco part 😄

How long have you had them? Mine did it for a bit till they got all settled in. Some flaring is good exercise. I think, Irene from Girl talks fish, recommends the black matte background. Eventually I just got more plants and they have to go around plants in order to see their reflection (somewhat heavily planted tank) because I didn't seem to have any luck with various things I tried (with the exception of plants). I put Anubias in a suction cup look and stuck it on the wall of the tank. It solves a few issues. It gives a resting spot on the leaves towards the top of the tank and gives me somewhere to drop food and be able to *fish* it back out when they're done eating.

I agree with @Eyeless Potato Treating a fish is already difficult and it's correct that continued use of antibiotics when they are not needed is harmful to nearly everything involved. They are able to develop resistance to antibiotics and when you *do* need them, the medication won't work. It's along the same lines of once you start treating with antibiotics you should always complete the entire treatment. Kind of like MRSA in people. It's one thing if you have just gotten them and you're treating in a QT tank and are observing and treating. If you've already had them in your tank for 6+ months just doing a round of antibiotics every 6 months can cause your cycle to crash, the bacteria to become resistant etc. Medications will stress your fish and if they're not stressed now you might be creating more issues than if you hadn't treated at all. Depending on what kind of fish you keep there are natural things that you can do to help keep them healthy and low/no stress such as Indian Almond Leaves with have antibacterial properties and antifungal properties. I believe they contain tannis, fluvic acid, etc but I'm not quite sure. *edited* I should say though, using antibiotics is different than other treatment meds that aren't necessarily antibiotics. However, they are your fish and you can do what you think is best for them

That is a local collection? It looks really pretty

I second this! It literally has gotten everyone into the kitchen. I love that the recipes can be altered at home to fit everyone's needs. The convenience of having everything ready to go without having to hunt and peck for supplies is also a time saver. When the pandemic first started I had a hard time finding meat at the butcher shop and grocery store, and they came through each time for the week. And their customer service is impeccable.

Hello! I see you have 0 nitrates. Did you have any nitrates when cycling your tank? Is it possible you've had an ammonia/ nitrite spike?

I'm new here so take my advice like a grain of salt😁. I *think* salt doesn't evaporate so once you've totaled 100% in water changes you'll be fine. For example, today you change 25%, then in 6 hours you do another 25%, your total would be at 50%. How much did you add, and what is your tank size? I've treated one of my tanks with salt but it was minimal at 1tsp for 5 gallons and I had no adverse reactions on the plants.