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    Hi, I just noticed that the area below my betta's gills seems to be either pushed back, or damaged, it's enough that you can see the tissue that's normally covered up by the gills. (please excuse the cloudy water, I just added some crushed coral about 5 minutes ago.) I've noticed him flashing for a bit, and hard Cory say in a livestream somewhere that low pH could cause issues with irritating the skin and gills. I ordered some crushed coral and added it to help raise the pH to get him to stop flashing. He is still eating, but with a bit of difficulty, it almost looks like he wants to eat, has trouble chewing it. Mostly he's resting in the plants. My parameters are: NH3 & NH4: 0 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 0 ppm (The tank has been cycled for about a month or two, with plants taking a lot of nitrogen from what i can tell.) GH: 75 ppm KH: 40 ppm pH: 6.4 Temperature: 79ºF Source of Results: Tetra Easy Strips Ammonia, Tetra Easy Strips Six in One, and Marina Thermometer Could this be from misjudging when he was flashing and accidentally hitting this area? His tankmates are several red cherry shrimp, a few bladder snails and their eggs, and various worms, small inverts, etc in a planted 5.5 gallon. (To clarify on the picture, he does not have fin rot, his tail was pointed towards the camera making his tail look a bit shorter) Also if someone happens to know will this be permanent? Anything helps, thanks! UPDATE 2:03PM UTC: Last night he jumped out of the tank, and was out for probably a minute at most. He doesn't seem to have any injuries. He's still resting in the plants and still eating with difficulty. Right now I'm feeding freeze dried spirulina brineshrimp to try to give him good food.
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    Haven't kept them yet, but I love paradise fish, particularly the Macropodus ocellatus. I just like labyrinth fish in general now that I think of it lol. Also just the classic neon and cardinal tetra.
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    Hi, I think I've heard the most fish can go 14 days without being fed, maybe a bit longer too. Maybe even try growing a bit more algae than normal in tanks with herbivores or omnivores if you're gone for a while so they can have a bit to snack on? Although I haven't personally tried it, so I have no Idea if it would work, or be permanently off balance. @Daniel, I really need to get one of those if I were to own several tanks!
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    Thanks, mine has a head more similar to the one on the right, the shrimp will probably be happy about the biofilm. Thank you!
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    Hi, so this is my first time getting a planted aquarium, and I was wondering weather or not this sort of "patch" on the glass is normal? There isn't any flow Also could this "worm" next to the snail eggs be a flatworm or planaria? Thanks!
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    What I really love about the forum/ACO in general is it really let me look at nature differently, and pay more attention to the smaller parts of aquatic ecosystems, or just nature in general. There are also a lot of really great people here, and everyone stays civil, and kind to others. This is a great place to learn, and give advice. I also feel like I've been able to get a lot more confidence/information here from reading the great posts here.
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    Other: ACO - Aquarium Coop
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    lol, it is under the new arrivals section on the Aquarium Coop webpage
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    Why Easy Test Strips?!?!?!? (Aquarium Coop, your products are TOO GOOD lol)
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    Hi, so I removed the hornwort on Thursday, and just noticed today this insect in the water: Would anyone happen to know what this is? It doesn't appear to be a caddisfly, although I don't have much experience with them. Thanks!
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    As far as I know there doesn't seem to be any benefit to introducing plants over time compared to all at once. I have Fluval Stratum right now and love it, although it took quite a bit of practice to get the stem plants to stay in the substrate so the sand sounds like a good idea. I would be careful with your water parameters with it too it can drop your pH, GH, and KH a surprising amount. My pH went from 7.6 to 6.2, my kH pretty much died, and my gH went pretty low too so adding crushed coral or argonite sand might be good depending on your stocking choices.
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    Hi, I agree with this, also as I understand it you get several rhizomes in one pot. (Although I haven't ordered it so someone feel free to correct me) so you might be getting 10-20?) Also you might also want to get some more background plants unless you're getting a background for you aquarium? I really like like stem plants like Pogostemon stellatus, and water sprite from Aquarium Coop. (I find they complement each other really well.) Something like vallisneria would probably also look really good although I haven't personally kept them.
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    THE DARK TRUTH BEHIND AQUARIUM COOP
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    Thanks everyone! I'll probably isolate them to a bucket with mesh on top or something like that. As long as I know what it is I'll probably be fine. I'll post any updates here!
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    Looks like it might be, could it have built its "case" (As according to Wikipedia) out of random detritus that was in the LFS's tank?
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    Thank you, here's a photo:
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    Update: There seem to be multiple areas where there is movement, but only on the hornwort, it doesn't appear to be able to go from plant to plant, or could it just be some sort of egg waiting to hatch? The other tank inhabitants seem to be happy, my betta made a bubble nest, and three of my rcs have molted. My bladder snails seem to have also grown since I got them last Sunday. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED
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    Other: QT - Quarantine DIY - Do It Yourself CARE - Community Aquarists Respect Each Other
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    Hi, I would probably cut back on the amount of water changes to every second or third day, unless your nitrates would otherwise keep climbing. (For example if you do a water change on Monday hold off until Wednesday) since you don't want to stress him out. Apart from that just good food, if he'll accept it, plenty of dissolved oxygen. Maybe keep the lights out if you can so that he feels a bit more comfortable. If you can tannins might be the next best thing to salt and meds, plenty of hiding spots would probably be good too. Good luck to you and Hugo!
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    Oh, thanks anyway! They seem to be attached to the surfaces such as stems and needles, often times surrounding/enveloping them. I've only noticed two that have any movement in them? Could this be some sort of bacteria or fungi? Thanks.
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    Sorry, here are some more pictures: (The first one has a yellow circle around the source of movement/origional while the red circles represent where something else similar looking is; the second one is unedited) To me they almost like like fish fry? Also these appear to be on almost all the stems of hornwort?
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    Hi, so I was wondering what your favorite acronym form the aquarium hobby is. Mine personally would be CRS (crystal red shrimp) since I love how they look and really want to keep them eventually. Also because it also stands for "crew resupply" for launching stuff to the ISS (International Space Station) and who doesn't like watching a rocket launch? CRS-21:
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    Hi, I recently went to the LFS that I've had good experiences with and picked up some hornwort and think I might've gotten a few hitch hikers. My main question is about this one. It seems to have a sort of tail that seems kind of like the swimmerets on a dwarf shrimp. I've just noticed it, and can rule out it being current since I don't have a filter (Walstad Aquarium)
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    Nice job, I love the look of the tank! I really like the lighting, and the way the leaves shade out an area, but leaves the center open to the light which really makes the colour of the sand pop and contrast with the shade.
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    I haven't had any experience with any of these (lol) but I really like water sprite. I also noticed the top part of a Pogostemon stellatus floating around growing roots. Honestly I really like the look of it and want to see it progress., it seems kind of like a mini water lettuce with thiner leaves floating around. Bit more of just a personal observation but the stem plants I've kept all seem to grow floating quite well.
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