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  1. Sorry to revive a dead post but this popped up when I was trying to see pothos vs potato information and I figured I should update this. the monstera definitely won, by a mile, the pothos is growing very strong and is as thick in the stem as my finger, but the monstera is fruiting, has 32 inch leaves (no sunlight) and has roots that span 6 feet by 3 feet, definitely the winner for large tanks but I would not recommend it for anything shy of 200+ gallons just because the roots will take over you tank, I can add way more photos if there is interest, there is very heavy plant load in this tank with the monstera but even when jam packed with goldfish the plants keep nitrates to basically 0, it got so strong I had to add close to 30 pounds of crushed coral just to keep the KH from crashing and it’s really done amazing keeping the water “clean”.
  2. Ammonia usually can be smelled, does your tank smell like dirt or does it have a foul odor? like colu said swim bladder can be caused by many things. what type of food are you feeding and is this a Thai goldfish?
  3. Deep but not deep enough, it’s sand so likely 1.5 to 2 inches max I tried to get it deeper but the tank is 6 feet by 3 feet so that’s a lot of sand
  4. The measurements are below, my tank is 25 inches tall so I need about that, I like the spout like feature so I want it to be at least half an inch above the water level, the pvc gives me more customization, I was thinking about in half the tanks making air powered hang on backs with them, I’m not married to pvc but I’m worried the parts that come with it aren’t tall enough.
  5. Hello all! Been extremely eagerly awaiting coops new airlift attachment, does anyone know if it will attach to a pvc pipe? Unfortunately the measurements online have the lift pipes that come with it too short by just a few inches, before I order 13-15 of these I wanted to make sure I could customize it to be the height I need, thanks for the help!
  6. Finrot with blackening fins is classic ammonia burn. Other symptoms also match ammonia same with the cloudy water, I would keep up with what has already been suggested here and reduce feeding as suggested while you let your cycle catch up, if you have any plants to add that would be great.
  7. Duckweed does not like surface agitation so that will severely limit its growth, also when there is a lot of competition for nutrients it also will grow slow, I keep goldfish so I have never had a tank get infected with duckweed haha, similar to your silver dollars it just won’t happen, if you kept a tub pond in full sun without a filter and no other plants you would see it grow insanely fast, but if that tub was full of silver dollars or goldfish it may never take over but it certainly won’t disappear until it gets colder and it slows down, then it disappears cause it can’t grow faster than it’s being eaten.
  8. Likely I would assume that they were grown in a very humid high light area that is wet, those cups also have a lot of soil so it could be harder on the roots if it’s not giving a lot of oxygen to the roots, there are a lot of factors going on although I’m not an expert with aquarium plants, I am very good at growing different types of “house plants” out of the tops of the aquarium though
  9. To cute the gh down you can use distilled water but I’d normally strongly recommend this because while your gh is high something else may be low and adding distilled can lead to a deficiency somewhere you not testing for, are the fish distressed in the high gh and does your tap match the tank gh?
  10. When was the last time you tested the tank? Did you add in anything new or do any work near the tank like drilling a plaster wall? did you add any concrete? if it’s been a long time since the last test it could be old tank syndrome type deal just gradual overtime or maybe the drought in your area could have left the water your adding in harder then normal
  11. what is your ph level? This is likely bacterial, your goldfish also has the early stages of finrot, the melafix likely knocked it back but does not always eliminate it. Has your fish improved with the other treatments? If not I’d recommend aquarium salt if you don’t have plants, if you have plants you can do a salt bath dip.
  12. I keep goldfish outside in tubs in new jersey, goldfish really do not have any issue with high temps, they have issues with low oxygen which can happen with warm water since it does not hold oxygen as well as cold water. This summer has been intense and some of my tubs topped out at 95F for days on end without issue. these fish were also bred by me in a cold basement, usually never warmer than 70 in the summer and as cold as 43 in the winter. for the ich, you can crank the heat but i woulsnt recommend having the heater in there long term. if you just keep the water clean and the salt that should be more than enough to knock them out, usually goldfish can shake off ich very well compared to other fish since their slimecoat is so thick, usually ich appears as a secondary condition with goldfish
  13. Thanks for the recommendations, I have been looking to find some to my area, I found a few house plant ones I like but another recommendation to throw out because it’s aquarium related is plant life project YouTube, he grows a ton of different plants riparium style, I am trying to do something similar but with gardening type plants, tomato’s, peppers and a mulberry tree
  14. They will eat the baby snails except for baby Malaysian trumpets unless they are very small. Pond bladder and rams will be eaten, some usually still make it to adulthood though so you can remove them by hand but I dunno why you would. I keep snails in every tank always, they are the best
  15. My biggest regret is setting up some of the tanks without deep substrates, the longer I’m in the hobby the more I realize I like the benefits of a thick layer of substrate. I flip flop back and forth on if I like sand or gravel more, although for me I’m pretty sure sand is the best.
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