[How much Easy Green liquid fert should I be dosing?]

from the pic, id say you are pretty close to correct doseage. plants look pretty good.

[Repashy]

you can make it in about anything you want. i mix it and leave the excess in like the cheap little 3x3x5 food containers, and pour it into the silicone mini ice cube trays. honestly you can  put it in just about anything.

[Water help]

On 3/13/2024 at 11:33 AM, RichNJ said:

Perplexed over the watersofter as well.  I have 22gh tap water and have only used water softner treated water in my tanks.  I also occassionally add Fritz salt for disease management in my 55g tetra tank and added two teaspoons per 5g in my liver bearer 20L tank.

Had a discussion here on salt with Amanos, and most seem to suggest that it is okay since they breed in brackish conditions.  https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/34287-aquarium-salt-and-amano-shrimp/

More recently, we are debating if my instant Amano die-off was due to the water softener plus the added Fritz salt to my 20L liverbarer tank here.  All other fish are doing fine, even in my 55g tetra tank.  Link to the dicussion is here:

https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/37315-my-troubles-with-amano-shrimp/

@Guppysnail @Jonny

ill double down, i use water softened water in my tanks, and i add salt to the tanks on top of that. never had an issue with my amanos doing this, nor my fish, nor my plants. pretty much every animal on the face of the earth needs some salt in its diet. co-op Cory uses tons of crushed coral, anybody want to guess how much salt is in coral? i dont know the answer, but its more than what a water softener is putting in your water. if you cant taste the salt in your tap water (you should not be able to, if you can, something is wrong with your softener) its not enough to bother anything.

[A budding Algae issue!]

how big of a tank, and how much are you dosing, and how many hours of light per day?

[Cannot connect air stone to co-op sponge filter]

looks like you may have gotten a defective one. id contact co-op customer service. i can almost guarantee they will take care of it.

[What music are you listening to these days?]

 

[50 years of fish keeping on and off and this never happened]

it happens, it sucks, and its like a gut punch. almost 30 years straight of keeping fish, and it finally happened to me about 4 years ago. it hurt bad, but i got over it, and got the tank healthy again.

[Is Scratch on inside glass dangerous?]

On 3/12/2024 at 1:21 PM, Tony s said:

it's mostly just annoying. not structural. i had a stone get between my magnetic scrapers before. now i have to look at it every time. 😒

did that on the side panel of my 120. ive been looking at those scratches for more than 20 years.

[Would 16 Celestial Pearl Danio be enough]

On 3/12/2024 at 9:18 AM, madmark285 said:

So below is the picture everyone uses, I believe this is a male in full breeding colors. 

How far off are their normal everyday colors? 

they tend to always look good. after about 5 years, im down to my last 1, and he still looks very much like that picture.

[Would 16 Celestial Pearl Danio be enough]

maybe. ive had them, and it seems to me that at about a dozen they become slightly less elusive. of course the tanks hardscape, and plants, and other fish also have a bearing on it.

[None of my Fluval 3.0 lights turned off tonight...]

i cant stand stuff you need an app to use.

[LFS - EBAs had Ich, were treated, and now for sale]

On 3/11/2024 at 12:16 PM, J3azy said:

Thanks for the replies! I’ll give them a call and see if they’ll hold some for me, otherwise I’ll just wait another week. As a new hobbyist, I haven’t had to deal with ich and would like to avoid it.

good choice, best to avoid the problems if you can.

[I just have to share this...]

On 3/11/2024 at 11:52 AM, Tanked said:

That is the same mentality that awards a 5 star review for to a product that isn't on the shelf yet, arrives on time, or my favorite: "works as expected".   Looking for a trend, I only look at 1-3 star reviews.  5 stars without an actual review is useless,

agree with you on reading 1-3 star reviews. many will be off in space somewhere, but you can get good info if the product is truly bad, or was just a bad fit for that person. one really doesnt need to read a 5 star review.

[Advice for Fishroom Build]

for that many tanks, i myself would have to have automated water changing, or it would get ugly before long.

[Do I need water conditioner or am I good?]

On 3/11/2024 at 11:44 AM, MattyM said:

Maybe put a test strip in the bottled water and see if there's any chlorine - that's mostly what the concern is. 

this, as surprise many bottled waters just come right from some city's water supply.

[LFS - EBAs had Ich, were treated, and now for sale]

id ask if they will hold how ever many you want for a week. just to be safe. its no fun getting ich into any of your tanks.

[Bully Molly?]

on occasion a particular molly will be a fin nipper. best to find it a new place to live.

[I just have to share this...]

not everyone has  basic common sense. ive read the reviews before, and do find it funny 1 star, but what they say is totally opposite of what 1 star should be.

[assassin snail 🐌 ☠️]

assassins, one of the good snails!

[Guppy/corry tank got ich and water qualityproblems]

youll get more eyes on this if it was in the disease section of the forum, but if in fact you have ich, ichx, and or salt will be the primary treatments.

[Question airline keeps working loose]

trim old ends off, warm it up if need be, or just toss it out. airline all eventually hardens to where its all but useless.

[Not feeling guilty . . .]

its a nice clump for $6.

[Before and and after, one month of keeping a new aquarium]

for sure only try a small number of shrimp when you do, as betta's are hit or miss if they will kill em. if it doesnt find the shrimp tasty, you can always add more later.

[Will This Be An Issue (Tank vs Stand)]

On 3/9/2024 at 2:35 PM, FLFishChik said:

Im so excited but sooo underestimated how much going bigger would cost… not just the tank and stand… but the bigger the tank, the bigger the Filter = $$$, bigger heater, air pump, lighting, more substrate , hardscape and Plants! I don’t know what I was thinking and hadn’t really thought about that part until AFTER the tank and stand were purchased 😂. Still… I’m just enjoying the process. After buying FISH, I’ll be broke, but I’ll enjoy the tank… cuz that’s all I’ll be able to afford to do! 😂😂😂 (just kidding. I saved up for this)

there is definately a shock when you see just how much substrate you end up wanting to look good, etc.

[Will This Be An Issue (Tank vs Stand)]

its fine!