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John Zoidberg

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  1. I picked up a white Fluval Flex 32 gallon from my LFS for half off. I didn't want a white one but it was a deal i could not pass up. On my other tank i plasti dipped the background black. Any ideas what I can do with the white flex? Worried if i do white it will look dirty all the time. But also think if i paint it something else it wont look right. Can anyone suggest alternatives? I was thinking if trying to do a mix of white and blue and then put a bunch of plants in the middle. Thanks in advance.
  2. Thanks for the reassurance. i was going to tie them to lava rock but super glue was way easier. heres hoping they like their new home. Thanks again.
  3. Yeah guess I forgot its not 1994 and i could include pictures. Here's what they look like. I've had them soaking for 3 hours and the roots are still pretty hard.
  4. Hey everyone. I ordered my first plants from the Coop and when i received them today the roots on my Java Fern and my JF Windleov were black in color and hard. The Anubias Gold Coin was the exact opposite. I currently have all 3 soaking in some tank temp water seeing if the roots on the JF's will soften. I've never purchased these plants before, is this normal or did the heat affect the plants? Thanks in advance.
  5. Thank you both for your replies. Yeah I'm pretty new too. When my tank was finally cycled in September 2021 he was part of the first group of endlers I got. He showed no signs of anything and he seemed to be tank boss for the most part. The others would come up to him and flair at him. When he would turn to confront them the would act injured until he would turn away. So i assumed he was healthy, but what do i know I'm still learning. All the fish i've added since the initial group I quarantined and used the med trio. When i originally asked about the aggression i was told they were trying to establish the pecking order of the tank so i didn't think anything of it. Fish keeping as a long term experiment in biology and chemistry, it's a challenge and getting good at anything takes time and effort. I dont plan on giving up. I'm looking at it as an opportunity to learn and grow in the hobby, maybe do something a little different. Going to give it time to figure out whats next if anything.
  6. Update: I moved him to his own quarantine tank yesterday and treated him with aquarium salt. I felt I needed to try something and could not just watch him die. Unfortunately when I checked on him this morning he had passed. Was hoping for a better outcome but such is life. He will be missed.
  7. So I've been having issues with my Endlers Guppies. First my Endler males we bullying one that I originally assumed was the Alpha. Earlier this week i noticed that the one being bullied seemed to be slowing down and sometime sticking in a corner just to defend himself. So based on recommendations i got from someone on here i removed the jerks from the tank and put them into my quarantine setup this morning. Now he seems to be laying on the bottom of the tank. Every now and then he will swim half way up and come back down and rest on the bottom. When i fed the tank today he didn't swim to the top and when i tried to spot feed him he didn't eat. Yesterday was a fast day for the tank so he hasn't ate since Wednesday. I'm super worried he's my fav fish. Any thoughts?
  8. Do you think more Endlers would help? My tank has good filtration and i dont have to do water changes often. I think the longest I went was 3 weeks. So i think i could add 3 or 4 more and not be over stocked.
  9. I have a 5 gallon i use as my quarantine tank i can move him to. I have not noticed any endlers that are nice to him. they all seem to take pokes at him. Are you thinking of giving him a break or you think a permanent move is required?
  10. I didn't realize when i got Endlers (i think some are hybrids) how much chasing and nipping they would do with one another. They leave my Neon's alone. I was actually hoping my Neon's would help decrease the aggression but that was not the case. I have two that looks more Guppy than Endler (one's my fav and i named him Maze) and he gets picked on by all the others constantly. This week he's been swimming a lot slower and he's been in the corner just trying to fend everyone off. When he defends himself the others sometime swim away or the play hurt and then when he turns his back the start all over again. I'm worried about my guy not sure if hes hurt or sick or its just nature. I have 8 Endlers in total. Any suggestions?
  11. You know you're a real fish nerd when you go ooh and ahh over a hunk of wood on slate. LOL. I think your hands were tied on this one. That's a beauty. I think if i saw that one i would of bought it too and just put it in a shelf until one day it met its destiny and ended up in a tank. Congrats.
  12. https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3753+3829+3831+5346&pcatid=5346
  13. Yeah im pretty sure they're hybrids, which dont bother me one bit. Does hybrids in fish act the same as mutts in does where they tend to be more hearty and healthier than purebreds?
  14. Thanks. Still learning about the Endler/Guppies. I just wanted to ensure that it was not something that needed to be treated and could lead to fin rot or something like that. Thanks for the education. 👍
  15. Thank you so much. You have put my mind at ease. I really appreciate it.
  16. So i found my favorite Endler today with a separation in his fin, its the big guy in the middle of the image. I only have 4 Endlers in a 10 gallon newly cycled tank. I did not want to over stock and crash my cycle so i went a light on the stocking initially. I was planning on getting more Endlers this weekend and putting them into quarantine. The other 3 Endlers do seem to follow and bug this fish the most. It never really looks violent to me but I'm also not staring at the tank all day. It does apear that they are picking on him more today than previous days. So what would be the best course of action? Would it be better to add more fish to reduce the bullying? I trust my LFS has good stock and healthy fish but I've only bought these 4 so i dont have a lot of data. These 4 have been healthy and shown no signs of disease. I have had them since October 12 so I've had them for 17 days. Thoughts?
  17. So I'm cycling my quarantine tank and I added FritzZyme 7 along with an established sponge filter. After I added the Fritz and came back a couple of hours later i noticed brown stuff on the bottom of the tank and the PVC pipe I added for the fish. When I added Fritz in my main tank it had substrate so not sure if it did it then too. So is this normal or did i do something wrong.
  18. Thank you all for the advice. I will feed them for the next 3 to 5 days then medicate. I really do appreciate it.
  19. My tank cycled over the weekend and i bought Endlers on Tuesday and added them to my tank. I was on the fence about medicating fish without signs of issues. I have since come around and feel as a new fish keeper its best to medicate. I didn't feed my fish on Tuesday or Wednesday since they needed an acclimation time. I would like to start the preventive treatment that Cory talked about in his video. He states in the video to start treatment on day one and not to feed the fish until day 3 or 4. Is it ok for me to go 7 days before feeding the fish? I assume the answer is yes but i would rather ask then be sorry later.
  20. Thanks Lefty thats kind of that i thought but I wanted to be safe. As the algae goes I figured maybe it was i was dosing too much easy green. I was only dosing one squirt once a week but i was seeing holes in my dwarf aquarium lily so i upped it to two doses. Ill dial back the light. Thanks Patrick. I'll get the fish first then shrimp.
  21. So after 3 or 4 weeks (honestly lost track) my 10 gallon tank is cycled; did a fishless cycle. Verified the numbers with both ACO test strips and API master test kit. I plan on stocking my tank with two Amino Shrimp, male Endlers and maybe a female Betta after everyone else is in the pool. I have a planted tanks with one cripticorine wendetti red, one dwarf aquarium lily, red root floaters and two Vallisneria. The Vallisneria is not very tall at the moment because it died back but the rest is growing like gang busters. So now for the questions. Do I add the shrimp only or endlers only? Or can i add both? I dont want to crash my cycle so i was only going to add like 4 endlers first then add more after a month or so. Also how quickly do I have to add the quest to hotel Glass Box on my desk? I noticed green hair algae in my tank on Friday. I tested it yesterday so i was going to try and add fish and or shrimp on Tuesday (had a work thing come up today so i would be hard pressed to do it today). Since this is a new tank with nothing living in it i was not going to do a quarantine tank. Is this the right thing to do? Thanks, sorry for all the questions I just want t start this journey off on the right foot.
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