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  1. Irene
    Yes, I would do more water changes until the ammonia disappears. Maybe it was a really bad infestation? What kind of disease do you think you had?
  2. Irene
    Yes, I had loose strands of the marimo moss ball start growing elsewhere in my tank, even though I was regularly rolling the marimo moss in my hands during every water change to maintain its round shape. Not sure why some people experience that and other people have no issues with their moss ball "spreading."
  3. Irene
    I used it back in the day because Cory said in one of his videos that it promotes faster root growth in plants. Flourish Advance contains 0.45% potassium, 0.04% phosphate, 0.04% calcium, and 0.04% magnesium, so I actually used it when I started seeing pinholes in my floating plants (a sign of potassium deficiency). Worked like a charm!
  4. Irene
    Yes, the ammonia spike can come from the worms or parasites that are being affected by the medication. I believe that's why Greg recommends doing a 20-30% water change (with gravel vacuuming) before dose 1 and before dose 2 to remove any dead organic material. Also, don't forget to a second treatment of levamisole again in 2 weeks to kill any eggs that have since hatched (since the medication doesn't affect eggs). Hope that helps! Source: http://www.selectaquatics.com/Website redone Front Page/levamisole_hydrochloride_Insert.htm
  5. Irene
    Best of luck with your new scape! Here's an old picture from my 5-gallon planted betta tank. Made a little "cave" out of dragon stone and glued tiny bucephalandra on the rock. Put a banana plant behind the cave and Staurogyne repens surrounding it.
  6. Irene
    Ditto to what Lynze said. I had a betta with a nerite snail, and the betta kept pestering the snail so that it couldn't ever come out and eat.
  7. Irene
    I usually think of it as a stable aquarium that has been running for more than 6-12 months and has an established ecosystem that can support baby fry, dwarf shrimp, etc. Signs could include lots of healthy plants, algae growing on the back or side walls, biofilm, tiny infusoria, and of course beneficial bacteria.
  8. Irene
    Haha, as long as you keep feeding them? I'm actually not sure, but my corys would just randomly breed on and off all the time.
  9. Irene
    Yes, I believe so. Any water movement should help deter some fungal growth. 🙂
  10. Irene
    Congratulations! I've heard some corydoras breeders use alder cones for their antifungal properties. I usually collect the eggs by rolling them off the glass or plants with my fingers, but some people use a credit card to scrape them off. You can put them in a floating plastic tub with an air stone in it, or some people put them in a mesh breeder net. If you see any eggs turn solid white and get fungus on them, remove them immediately to prevent the spread. The fertilized, healthy eggs turned translucent beige for me. Hope that helps!
  11. Irene
    Oh my goodness, that video is so cool! Thanks for sharing it. Glad you were able to catch them in the act.
  12. Irene
    I often forget to plug back in my heater after a water change, but thankfully it takes a long time for the tank water to change temperatures. 😅
  13. Irene
    Haha, I just fed it to my young betta this morning, but I should've crumbled it up beforehand because the pieces were a little too big. He eventually made short work of them though. My livebearers and dwarf chain loaches definitely love them too, but they'll eat anything.
  14. Irene
    Looks like cory eggs to me! My cory eggs usually got eaten when I just left them in the community tank, so you could move them to a breeder net or another tank. Some people recommend using a credit card to remove the eggs, but I had good luck just rolling them off with my fingers. They tend to grow fungus, so if you want to increase hatch rate, you can put them in a floating plastic tub or specimen container with a little air stone or tubing for bubbles and add a few drops of methylene blue or alder cones for the antifungal properties. Good luck to ya!
  15. Irene
    Welcome, fellow Coloradoan! Glad to have you on the forum. 🙂
  16. Irene
    Yay, the banana plants finally came in! They look so cool in a big pile like that. Thanks for all your hard work in hunting them down for us.
  17. Irene
    I'm so sorry to hear that! I haven't worked with epsom salt before, but here is Cory's regimen for treating diseases with aquarium salt. Plants and snails won't like the salt though, so the guppy female would have to be moved to her own hospital tank. I've heard that dropsy can be quite lethal, so not sure if it's too late to save her.
  18. Irene
    Welcome, Bentley! So happy to see you on this forum. Your planted tanks and rainbows are a huge inspiration to us all. 🙂
  19. Irene
    Sorry to hear about your angelfish and cardinals. 😞 The only time something like this happened to me was when I accidentally forgot to dose dechlorinator in one of my tanks. Chlorine isn't something that most experienced fish keepers test for, so it's easy to miss. Two days later, fish started dying. My husband was the one who figured out my mistake, so I did a large water change with dechlorinator added. However, the fishes' gills were already too burned by then, and they died en masse in the following days. A few fish survived though, which was a relief.
  20. Irene
    I don't know if I'll make any profit, but here are the 50+ dwarf red coral platies I'm raising. They come from two batches that are a few weeks apart. I've been feeding them live baby brine shrimp, Easy Fry Food, and Sera Micron, and they've been growing like crazy. The water sprite in the back is also starting to pick up, so maybe I'll be able to sell some of it as well. 🙂
  21. Irene
    I can see it no problems. 👍
  22. Irene
    I still use the brine shrimp hatchery kit made by San Francisco Bay Brand. I'm only feeding BBS to 1 fry grow-out tank, so I use a 1-liter bottle and hatch 1/4-1/2 tsp of eggs at a time. The temperature can be adjusted by raising or lowering the lamp. Brine shrimp is harvested by shining the lamp at the bottom of the bottle (usually in the morning when there's less ambient lighting) and then draining the BBS from airline tubing at the base of the hatchery into a small Tupperware container. I don't bother straining out the salt water because I store the BBS in the fridge and pour a little out to my fry 4-6 times throughout the day. It's definitely a perk of working from home!
  23. Irene

    Columnaris worms?

    Irene replied to Chandra's topic in Diseases

    That's great to hear, Chandra!
  24. Irene
    Unfortunately, salt and plants usually don't mix. If it were me, I would: Measure the water parameters in the planted tank (checking for pH, chlorine, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, temperature, etc) Do a thorough tank cleaning (vacuum the substrate, change some water, clean the filter, wipe the glass on the inside and outside) Treat with an antibiotic like Maracyn or treat with the whole quarantine med trio (Maracyn, Ich-X, ParaCleanse) if needed
  25. Irene
    Last week I got a pipette full of liquid carbon and squirted it on some plant leaves while they were underwater. Didn't see much of a difference, so this week I'm going to spot treat a plant out of water and see if it makes any difference. Not sure how long to leave it out of water; will listen for any sizzling sounds. 😉
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