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  1. I do have a new medium sponge filter. I can drop in while the other is soaking.
  2. Will that remove the bba? The algae has clogged up the sponge. The sponge is clogged with bba. How do I remove it?
  3. I have 2 large sponge filters in my 75 gallon South American tank that’s been up for 2 years. It was previously an African cichlids tank. I sold them and bought South and Central American cichlids. Then I had of fighting a diatom algae filled by black beard algae. The filters are coated with bba. And there filtering ability is compromised. Should I just replace the filters or is there a way to fix my problem. At this point I only have 2 medium parrotfish, one adult angel, a small pleco and a Raphael catfish. I don’t want to get more fish with all the crap floating in my tank. Ideas please.
  4. The shrimp swim up to the fish and try’s to start eating them.
  5. They aren’t doing it anymore, but in a live bearer tank, there are never any babies.
  6. My Amano shrimp are about 3 years old and are attacking any new fish I put in my tank. I recently put a baby polar parrotfish in my 29 gallon platty tank to help him grow out before going in my angel tank. Every shrimp (5) attacked him. Should I move the shrimp to my 55 gallon angel fish tank?
  7. I have about a dozen variatus platties in a 30 gallon. I also have duckweed that covers the entire surface, so much that it makes feeding difficult. Besides goldfish is there another fish I can put in my tank that will be cool with my beloved platties and will devour the duckweed. My parrotfish will eat it if I net out a bunch from the 30 and drop it in the 75. But in a month I’m back to square one in my duckweed battle.
  8. I keep my house at 65 all winter long. I live as far north and east in Wisconsin as you can get. I will keep the tank at around 70.
  9. I will be buying a 5 pack of high fin blue coral variatus platties. Do I remember correctly, the tank doesn’t need heat? Room temps of 66-72 degrees will be fine.
  10. That sounds like a plan. I’m going to put some plants and a mystery snail from a local lake, to test for toxicity. Keep it in a 5 gallon tank.
  11. Near my home in the Michigan Upper Peninsula, the iron mines dump dark brown stamp sand on the shoreline on Lake Superior. Stamp sand is the by product of take iron from iron ore. It’s the surrounding rock. It’s about 1/16-1/8” in diameter. It doesn’t rust because the iron is removed. Do you think it would be fine as substrate? Below is a picture of the difference in color from normal sand and the stamp sand.
  12. According to Cory, variatus platties don’t need a heater. I have very hard water. My snails love it.
  13. I’m planning on setting up a 20 gallon to intentionally breed variatus platties. How many trios should I get. Will they breed more if I use a heater. Which plants are better for the babies? My water averages a pH of 7.4. Do they prefer hard or soft water? Should I source them from Aquabid? My lfs sells sick fish.
  14. Will a UV unit help? Will a UV unit help?
  15. Currently in my 75 gallon I have a brown film/algae on all my live plants and glass. Is there a good way to get rid of it?
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