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On 7/31/2021 at 8:34 PM, Taco Playz said:
That looks like a prolapse. I would ask @Coluon how to treat it because I’ve never seen a prolapse in one of my aquariums but I’ve seen it happen in others aquariums. I hope your fish gets better!
Thanks! I hope we can get her taken care of
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On 7/31/2021 at 7:34 PM, Phillip said:
Does anybody know what this is? Can I help her? She was quarantined for a month. I added her to my community tank about a week ago. Everyone else in the community seems fine so far.
ph 7.2
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20
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Edit: pic in comment below
Does anybody know what this is? Can I help her? She was quarantined for a month. I added her to my community tank about a week ago. Everyone else in the community seems fine so far.
ph 7.2
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20
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On 7/14/2021 at 1:27 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
@PhillipCation Exchange Capacity- ability to hold the elemental minerals the plants need in the substrate. Aquarium gravel will hold on to nutrients just not quite as well as eco-complete, flourite, stratum etc.
Also here’s a bit on light from The Barr Report https://barrreport.com/articles/light-in-planted-tanks.48/
Thanks for the info! I’m fairly new to the hobby and learn something new everyday.
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On 7/13/2021 at 11:41 PM, Patrick_G said:
Your light settings look a little low to me, but it depends on how deep your tank is.
I have my Fluval light max out at 50% on a 14” deep tank.It’s a 75 gallon. I think it’s 20 or 24” high. The lights are only a couple months old and I haven’t really played with them. Everything else seems to be growing fine though. I guess I could slowly start increasing it and see what happens.
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On 7/13/2021 at 10:40 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
Gravel doesn’t have a lot of CEC to hold nutrients in the substrate. You definitely want to stay on top of your ferts and root tabs. You’ll get it to grow. Just stay patient not always easy.
What is CEC?
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On 7/13/2021 at 6:19 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
I’d give it more time as it’s converting to your tanks environment. I’d repeat the root tabs at regular intervals every 6-12 weeks. Column ferts help some. What substrate do you have? Which ferts and root tabs?
Substrate is just typical aquarium gravel. I use easy green liquid and easy root tabs. I usually dose easy green once a week.
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On 7/13/2021 at 3:29 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:
I can’t help with your 3.0’s lighting schedule but can help with general crypt care. Where are your nitrates at? TDS, gh, kh? Any root tabs? What’s the substrate? Is this the first leaves after melting?
Thanks. Appreciate any help you can offer.
I try to keep nitrates around 20.
tds 220gh/kh both 7 drops. Can’t remember what that converts to
I put a couple root tabs down before I planted. I’ve had them for about three weeks.
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On 7/12/2021 at 8:16 PM, Scott P. said:
I would turn that light up some.
ETA: Turn them up a little bit at the time and see how it likes it.
Thanks. I’ll start slowly increasing and see if it helps.
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This is my current lighting schedule. I usually do 25% ish water changes every week to keep nitrates around 20, and add easy green.
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My crypt pink flamingo is starting to put up green leaves. Is this a nutrient or lighting issue usually?
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Thanks! I think we like rainbows over Denison and Apistos over Kribs. I’ll have to do more research to see if rainbows and apistos pair well together.
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TLDR: looking for stocking suggestions for a 75 gal. planted tank.
We recently had a 36 gallon start leaking. I took everything out and put the fish in buckets with aquarium water and sponge filters from the aquarium. I got a 75 gallon that day (why not upgrade). Some of the fish died during the transition that day. I now only have 1 zebra danio and 2 celestial pearl danios and 6 Corys. I’ve thought about moving them to the guppy tank, but don’t won’t them fin nipping. I was able to move all of the plants over.
For the 75 we’re want a community tank and thinking about the following. Would any of these not work together?
rainbow fish: do they all need to be the same kind?
Denison barb
Some kind of other barb?
Kribs
Apistogramma
tetras - cardinal? Rummy nose?
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So it looks like I’ll be setting up a new tank soon. We have the bright colored rocks in my daughters tank now. We use root tabs and the stem plants seem to be doing ok. Is seachem fluorite or aquasoil worth it? Is sand better than rocks?
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That’s not a bad idea. I need to put the danios in there like a timeout tank.
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It’s seems like my danios may be harassing them. I need to move them but I don’t know where. My quarantine tank is currently being used by some Cory cats we recently got.
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I don’t know what to do to help her. She just finished a week of meds and doesn’t look any better. She has this white puffy looking spot on the back of her fin. I treated the tank with Maracyn and Ick-x. My male guppy’s tail was looking a little shredded so I was thinking fin rot. He’s starting to look better, get not so much. Of course it’s so hard to get a good picture too
ph 7.2
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20 it was 40 the day before I noticed the issues
gh/kh - 7 drops/ 8 drops
Temperature 77
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7 hours ago, Bentley Pascoe said:
I'm not sure how a Fluval Plant 3.0 could look dim, its a fairly powerful light. It does have a warmer cast (yellow looking tint to the human eye) that some other lights, where as most lights with a blue/cool cast look "brighter" its just how they present to the human eye and almost nothing to do with how much actual light is being produced by the fixture.
Thanks. I guess I just need to play with it some. I did watch some of your videos last night.
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I had a cheap top fin led strip light that came with the tank. My tank was clear and clean, but the plants always seemed like they were missing something. Yesterday I installed the fluval planted light. I can’t get the color to look right. It always looks dull or off to me. Does anyone have a good setting? Also, there’s seems to be algae growing on the walls already.
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On 4/6/2021 at 9:33 AM, gardenman said:
TDS stands for "Total Dissolved Solids." To test it you buy a TDS meter. The meters range in price from around $15 to God knows how how much depending on how accurate you need to be. (Hint: for an aquarium, you don't need to be all that accurate.) They most often used on tanks holding delicate shrimp and fish that are very sensitive to water quality.
I got a tds meter. It’s 220. Not sure what that means though. 🤣
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On 4/11/2021 at 8:07 PM, KaitieG said:
Java fern dies every time in my tanks that also don't grow floating plants. Anubias do great and even flower. No clue why!
My Anubias do great also 🤷🏻♂️
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9 hours ago, Tanked said:
Hornwort and Elodea thrived in the currents from my HOB filter. The Hornwort actually tumbled until it became entangled in one of the rooted plants. The water sprite did not like its home, floating or rooted. I suspect it did not like being disturbed.
I have one Java Fern. It lives, but so far is not the "easy beginner" plant advertised. I knowingly bought a sad plant because the price was right Yesterday I moved it to the same side as my HOB Filter. The working theory being that I've read that the JF prefers a little less light, and a rhizome is a rhizome. The Anubia planted under the HOB is the healthiest plant in the aquarium.
My healthiest looking plant is one of my swords. It’s growing great and has a baby coming of the shoot. I want to plant the baby but I’m scared to kill it 🤣
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7 hours ago, Hobbit said:
@Phillip it’s not dead yet! It may bounce back.
We’ll see! I’m not sure why it’s all black on bottom. That’s a new development.
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Can I help her??
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Thanks. I’ll start the baths today.