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Frank

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  1. The fungus cure came today. The fish actually looks like it's recovering nicely without adding it to the salted water. But, the local store owner said that she never read any medication instructions that said it couldn't be used with salt. I'm trying to feed him and it looks like he's trying to eat. But, I want to be sure he's eating before I don't want him in there too long, if he's not eating. So, He's getting salt and medicine. Thanks for helping!
  2. They're yellow neocardinas. I left them set while I was working on my quarantine tank, too. I'm glad that I did. I feel pretty drained, now. I still have three new plants to deal with and don't feel like messing with them.
  3. I ordered eleven and I got eleven. They all arrived alive. It's something of a miracle because the bag leaked and they basically came in a box of water. There was a very little bit of water, like a half cup, still in the bag. A lot of them were just plastered to the plastic. I hope that they survive the rapid acclimation process.
  4. According to my invoice, I should be getting a discus sticker today. Not that I'm gloating or anything.
  5. Thanks! Well, Im not getting the fungus cure until Saturday. So, I'm hoping that salt helps.
  6. What is cotton mouth? Dozens of websites say it is caused by a bacteria called columnaris.
  7. Thanks for the identification, @Colu. With that, I was able to read up on columnaris. Today, the fish looks better. I ordered the meds, but I'm really, really hoping to not have to use them. Meanwhile, he's getting salt. Thanks again! I was panicking.
  8. How tall do you want your "carpet" to be? What kind of texture do you want? How hard are you willing to work for it? You might look at dwarf chain sword, staurogyne repens, dwarf baby tears, monte carlo, dwarf hairgrass, and many others.
  9. Sorry for the poor photo quality. It's so small that it's hard to see. It looks like a small piece of cotton, in his mouth, to me.
  10. I had the hair algae growing on a spray bar. I didn't like it, so I took the soray bar out. The algae instantly started growing all over the place. I'll try the stick/fork idea during today's cleaning. Thanks!
  11. Good luck! By coincidence, I just got two today.
  12. I found some cardboard. It's enough to make a 2' x 2' x 4' mockup. I now know that that is too big. I have to come up with a way to cut it down, a bit at a time. Just by looking at it, I think that I'll end up with an 18 inch height. Maybe it'll be 48"long x 18"tall x 24" front to back.
  13. It's outside of my sphere, but I don't agree with the use of Purigen on a continual basis. I think that it does rob the benificial bacteria of their food. On the other hand, I will always keep some on hand. It saved me, and my charges, from a possible disaster recently.
  14. My bladder snails are thriving, the adult trapdoor snails are thriving, but the baby trapdoor snails don't make it past a day or two. Temperature: 76-78°F pH: 6.8-7.2 Ammonia: undetectable Nitrite: undetectable Nitrate: approximately 20ppm GH: approximately 60ppm KH: approximately 20ppm It's a community tank with happy (I like to think) fish. They are fed frequently, but in small amounts. I don't find much leftover food. Today, I put in a calcium block. Should I dump in more fish food? Is there something else that I could try?
  15. It just occurred to me to get some cardboard and mock up an aquarium. Thanks for all the help, everybody!
  16. I plan to be adding plants over an extended period. So, I'll be touching the substrate for a long time.
  17. I definitely do not want to be getting inside a tank.
  18. No worries about me moving. I'm not leaving here until they cart me off. Regardless of the size of the tank, I expect to spend a lot of time getting it planted. I'll put in a ton of fast growers while I work at the bottom, in sections.
  19. Yeah! That's what I'm hoping to do. I want to maintain the best environment for my charges, that I can, without it becoming a chore to be avoided.
  20. Do you worry about losing your balance and putting too much weight against the side?
  21. Do you think that that's as big as you want to manage? The 40 breeder is one that I was thinking about.
  22. Would you want a tank 2ft. high and 2ft. front to back?
  23. Yeah. Those are things that I'm thinking about. Leaving space for filters and stuff. I just look at my fish, swimming back and forth, and I feel guilty about not giving them more room to swim in.
  24. Lots of itty bitty nano fish. Lots of plants. Lots of rocks.
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