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  1. Awesome, thank you. I really need Aquarium Co-op to ship to Canada! 🇨🇦
  2. Feel free to weigh in with your advice and experiences. I've had issues with this tank for a while; had to go away for 2 weeks, came back to an "infestation". I've been doing daily water changes, removed as much decor as I could. The plants are struggling. It's so frustrating. I feel bad for my betta. Been reading up on it; I think I'm doing everything I can. This video has been helpful, too.
  3. @BAT Unfortunately, no as I don't have a quarantine tank. Someday I'll have one! Sadly doesn't matter anyway because that was like, back in September and they're all dead now. 😞 I will try to get a picture of Mop's fins! How is your betta doing? Any thoughts on the plants?
  4. Can upload images if helpful. LMK if this would be helpful! My 10 gallon was set up using media and substrate from my older tank. It was cycled before the inhabitants and plants were introduced. Levels were good, everything was stable. It did really well for about 6-8 months, but my mistake was introducing some new cherry shrimp from petsmart to "add genetic diversity". I think they introduced a pathogen that killed off all the shrimp in both tanks. The older tank did poorly for a bit with all the waste, but several month on, it's fine again. However my betta tank isn't doing so well. First, my male veil tail has always had fin issues. They have been stringy for lack of a better word for a couple years now. He seems to get on just fine, there didn't seem to be decay or anything for the longest time. LFS didn't seem concerned when I asked them for help with this originally. I've tried getting advice off the internet before, overall consensus is that despite his less than attractive fins, he's okay. However, lately I've noticed what's likely to be fin rot. For 3 days, I have been doing daily 20% water changes, adding tap water with conditioner. I have also purchased and boiled mini almond leaves to add to the water. Still possibly noticing some black tissue on the edges. He was also very lethargic the last few weeks. I did a very big water change 3 days ago, and removed his floating log because it has discoloured and might be leaching toxins (??? unconfirmed), and he's sort of perked up. He is active at times, likes to eat whenever I visit him, but he still rests a lot. Maybe he's just old? My other concern is that the plants are not doing well at all. I think I have an algae that's taking over their leaves and affecting their growth. Moreover, their growth is inconsistent. Some plants have died, others look like they will die soon. I'm sorry, I don't remember the names of the plants, but I can upload pictures. I need to know how to fix this because I don't want to be slowly torturing my betta. I am trying to do everything right but I must be doing something (or multiple things) wrong. Current water parameters: pH is stable but high, 8.0-8.2 (my tap water is high, too) GH 0-30 (mg/L) KH 80-120 (mg/L) NO2- 0 ppm NO3- 0.5-10 ppm Ammonia around 0.25-0.50 ppm (I know this is higher than it should be, this is why I'm trying to be diligent with water changes). Temp 78F Any thoughts on what to do next ? Please and thank you! EDITED TO ADD: Also, I changed filters a while ago from your standard HOB to Tetra Whisper 10-30 gallon. I do not like it. It's not adjustable, and at first the flow was much too strong. Over only a few months it reduced to hardly any flow at all. Ended up getting a lot of biofilm on the surface of the water due to lack of agitation. I have removed it and put the original HOB back up.
  5. @OnlyGenusCaps and thank you for confirming the asparagus plants! I'm so happy to have learned this information. This community is so great!
  6. Yessss and they smell SO GOOD.
  7. I think my mom has a similar plant. I don't know what it is, specifically, but she's always referred to it as a "Hoya". She has had it since the late 80s/early 90s, if I recall correctly. I am pretty sure the plant is older than me! (93 baby, for context, who is living back home because of the pandemic... 🙃).
  8. Beautiful! I love that you don't count the pothos lol Thank you for providing the information about the two asparagus plants. I now know that one is an asparagus plant (that is apparently struggling lol), and the other is an asparagus fern! I am happy to know this information.
  9. Here is the plant I thought is an asparagus plant (pics 1 & 2) and the plant that I think is the same as yours (3 & 4)
  10. I think that's a good hypothesis! I added the Tetra All-In-One tablets, maybe I should remove those, eh?
  11. Ohhh, thank you! Is it normal for detritus worms to crawl on fish, though? I normally just see them in the substrate, or maybe on the glass once in a while.
  12. Is it?! Ok, what I've been calling my Asparagus Plant is a different plant then! BRB I will get pics lol
  13. What is the plant called in the photo with the red bicycle pillow? We have one, too, but I don't know what it is! 😧 Beautiful plants and a beautiful home, by the way!!! 🥰 Also love the RBG print 🤣
  14. Will they survive the journey? Would love to support AC, but also don't want to place an order if this plants will die before arrival! Thank you 🙂
  15. @HydraSlayer does A-C ship to Canada? PS I love your username. I had a hydra problem once. That was a challenge and a half!
  16. Not particularly to rubbing against things. Lately it appears he likes hang out in a particular bottom corner of the tank or in a dark spot under some plant cover. He appears more lethargic than active. Right now, his breathing does appear rapid, but I am doing a water change, so perhaps it is causing him some stress. I do try to be as minimally disruptive as possible. Should I keep an eye out for rapid breathing? Thank you for the advice and product suggestion! I cannot give you a "like" because I have reached my daily limit, but this is helpful. His colour is starting to dull a bit, too, so I assume he's a bit of a grumpy old man now. I just want to keep him as happy and healthy as possible.
  17. My male is also smaller than the two females! his sisters? girlfriends? I don't know 😧
  18. For me, it's always been an interest. In university, a friend moved to Alberta and gave me her betta to take care of. After he passed, I got another betta, Charlie. I had Charlie for a couple years in a small 2.5 gallon tank. He eventually passed, and I missed having a fish friend, so I adopted my current betta, Mop. I'd always wanted a bigger tank. Then, one day during the early stages of the pandemic, April/May, someone in my neighbourhood put out a 10 gallon on the side of the road. I scooped it immediately! It was perfect. I'd always wanted to dabble with a planted tank, and I wanted to give Mop better home. When I completed my undergrad in June, as a graduation present, I allowed myself set up the 10 gallon, buy some plants and attempt my first scape! Almost two years later, I now have 2 ten gallons, one for Mop and his Nerite friend The Slug, and another for my albino cories 🙂 Still have a lot to learn, but enjoying the journey thus far!
  19. Hi, Sorry I don't have a photo, but I noticed a small tiny worm inching along my betta tonight. It was maybe a milimeter or 2mm in length, very small. Didn't look to me like an anchor worm. It also did not look like a flathead worm, but it was very tiny. It was moving around my betta's body, on top of his scales, near his head and gills. My fish has been showing some signs of distress lately, including lethargy and tears in the fins. He is also approx. 2.5 years old. Can someone help me identify if this should be a cause for concern? Additionally, I have API Fungus Cure, Tetra Fungus Guard, and Tetra Lifeguard all-in-one treatment. Please advise if any of these chemicals might be helpful to use. Thank you!
  20. I love this! Poor little guys in my tank are in the wrong environment, I didn't know they like sandy substrate. I've been meaning to redo my tank because it's ugly- not sure I will yet- but if I do, adding sand sounds like a good idea.
  21. @GameCzarI was hoping someone was going to say something positive about assassin snails! That might be my next step... hehe. Good luck with your bladder snails! @Sweetpickles excellent, I am glad to know this has worked for you!!! Excited to try it out tonight now 🙂 @Scapexghost Ooh, that's good to know! They are all mixed in with the substrate, but as long as that's okay, I will learn to love them like I did with my scuds in the other tank lol ... @Mmiller2001 Thank you! I will try to reduce feeding, too. Thank you everyone 🙂 🙂 🙂
  22. I still have the scuds! Betta will eat them if I feed them to him, but the majority live in the filter media. I have a Whisper internal 10-30, so he can't get in there to eat them. But since my shrimp colony died several months back, I guess the scuds are my new pets hahaha Hope everyone who reads this is doing well! And I hope your tanks are doing well too!
  23. Hey fishy friends, I have my first infestation of what I think are Malaysian trumpet snails!!! (or something similar) I don't have the option to remove and quarantine everything. Thinking of trying the "drop in some cucumber or zucchini overnight and try to collect as many as possible" approach, but this doesn't help with eggs. Care to share any tips or tricks you've used to manage a snail problem? Cheers!
  24. I do have one Nerite snail! It seems fine when I see it (it finds all the nooks and crannies). How would I know if the scuds are harming it? thank you!! Thank you! I did have assorted neocaridina shrimp, but the colony died off about a month or 2 ago which was very sad. I introduced some new members and they must have brought in a bacteria or something. They all died within a couple of weeks. Now it's only the scuds, Mop my Betta and Slug the nerite snail who are left!
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