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  1. @Guppysnail You must be one amazing fish mom! I’ve had Dior and Chanel for over a year, no spawning. They barely tolerate each other. They prefer to school with my Glowlight tetra (rather funny to witness) Sometimes my female just swim still and my male slap her on the face with his tail… is it courting behavior?! 😅 @tolstoy21
  2. Thank you so much for your explanation! So if I understand correctly, I use the pad as the substrate instead of the coconut coir? @Mr Gumby
  3. Greetings! I am about to receive my culture of grindal worms for my little pigs… er I mean pea puffers! The silly things won’t eat bloodworms, what a pain. I want to switch between snails and worms. So… I am looking for any tips and tricks. I did read on the internet but there seem to be many ways, some even talk about using TOTES… I must admit I was hoping to use much smaller container. What size would you recommend? I have 7 pea puffers. I am a bit confused about your use of scubbing pad… maybe because english is not my main language? What kind of scrubbing pad? When/how do you use it? If I use a tupperware, put a few holes in the lid, cover said lid with stocking, am I safe vs fruit flies and others insects or the paper tower route is better? I read coconut coir is to be used. And feed some quick oat or damp piece of bread every other day. And use some plastic grid for the worms to gather on. Am I understanding the process correctly? @Mr Gumby @Guppysnail
  4. Thank you for sharing your last experience and so sorry you had to go through such a rough time too. It never get easier, eh? Based on your comments and others, I will wait. He still swims and has life in him. I will make sure to extra spoil him as well and pay attention to any signs that will appear… Thank you so much for your words. It helps knowing other people out there understand.
  5. Thank you for your answer. Gandalf has floating plants and a floating log. I had removed it to clean it and forgot to put it back. Some people say sponge filter is enough so I tought it was ok. No matter how much I pack my filter with sponge and filter moss, I always find the current too strong. So sorry for Marvin. A lot of people do mot understand jow much we care and love our wet pet. I hope Barney is helping you mending your heart. One thing for sure, Marvin was one loved pleco
  6. So sorry for the passing of your guinea pig. We love our pets so very much. Thank you for your kind words Thank you for your words. It’s such a tough decision
  7. I have a betta, my beautiful Gandalf, that has been growing tumors for the last few months. I’ve had him since october 2021. He has always been active, swimming, curious. He was always scouting his tank and stopping by pretty much every plant to make sure nothing moved, etc. He hated whenever I would move anything in his aquarium or clean it. With time I only just filled back the evaporated water once every 2-3 weeks, as well as 50% wc every 2 months. He is in a planted heated 10 gallons with a HOB Aqueon 20 filter and sponge filter. Lately his tumors have been growing. His behavior has changed also. Most of the time he rests at the bottom of the tank, wedge between plants or between the glass and a plant. That’s something he has never done before. Then he swims around a bit, takes a gulp of air, and goes back down. I removed his snail because he would get super upset if it was on the front glass. I also stopped the HoB filter to reduce the flow. He still eats, but isn’t as eager as he once was. I have a hard time making up my mind. Clearly he isn’t as happy and healthy as he once was. But should I euthanize him right now? I hate knowing he might be suffering. I wouldn’t want to prolong it just for my own sake… nor would I want to have the feeling he is unwell so I am just « getting rid » of him instead of letting him enjoy his life as stress free as possible.
  8. I agree with you. And for some reason I can’t keep shrimps - so I gave up. I will only have 1 honey gourami left. I got her at the same time as Daliah. I am not too sure what I will do. A different centerpiece fish? More gourami? But the pecking order will have to be re-established… and the gourami that will be left is my dominant one. Here is my sweet Gandalf. He still eats and swims but is more often resting at the bottom then he used to. I just hope it’s nothing I have done, you know? I didn’t change his water every week, did I neglect something? Was it because his snail stressed him (he hated his snail so much. I moved it eventually as to not cause Gandalf too much stress)? So many questions…
  9. Thank you. It hits hard as my betta also has a tumor. @Colu @laritheloud When do you know it’s time to say good bye to a fish? It’s hard to judge their quality of life…
  10. Greetings! I was wondering if someone could help me. (Maybe @laritheloud as you know so much about gourami). 2 days ago I noticed this bump on my honey gourami’s side. It’s near the fin. The other honey gourami, the school of chili rasboras and the 15 false julii corydoras all looks fine. It’s a female, she still swims, eats and poops normally. Any idea of what it might be? How to treat it? Should I place her in quarantine? 30 gallons community planted tank. 0/0/30. Temp 75. Ph 6.6, Gh hard(About 200 on aquarium coop strips), kh low (about 40). No chlorine/chloramine. HOB filter and sponge filter.
  11. It was a cozy afternoon, weather at a comfortable -50 outside. I had nothing planned so apparently I found nothing better to do then knock my automatic feeder into my 30 gallons community tank. All its content was spilled (a mix of various food including flakes, pellets, etc.) Within half an hour, I had a bucket filled with 1/4 of the soiled water and the rest was fast dripped acclimated from another aquarium. I moved my chili rasboras and my 2 honey gourami inside, as well as some rocks, driftwood, plants. Then began the nightmare to catch all my corydoras (accidentally injured one. Feeling so bad) and move them inside the 5 gallons bucket as well as the heater and the sponge filter. I am wondering what dhould be the next steps. 1 - A lot of food got burried into the substrate when I unrooted plants, tried to catch fish, moved decor/driftwood, etc. Must I get rid of it and replace it? I did vacuum it but as I said, food got under/mixed in. I am afraid if too much food is left, it will rot and create ammonia or gas pocket. 2 - should I leave the fish in the 5 gallons bucket (2 honey gourami, 12 chili rasboras, 16 corydoras) in the 5 gallons bucket and do heavy daily WC or should I scatter them around in my fishroom? 3 - should the injured cory be separated or as they are already stressed, just put a lot of catappa leaves in the bucket? 4 - What are the steps to get my aquarium back running? Do daily large WC? If I keep my HoB filter running, will it stay cycled or should I start the cycle all over? I welcome any tips, suggestions, recommandations and pity party.
  12. So glad your fish is improving! Here is Gandalf, in his aquarium @Colu sorry it took me so long to reply. 0/0/0 pH 7 temp 78f gh 300 kh 40 No chlorine. He has been in this tank for over a year, same parameters
  13. @Lennie @Jennifer V @Theplatymaster I made some changes according to your suggestions. Still not perfect but more plants! The white stuff are the aquarium coop root tabs. I squish them but I can’t put my hands in the water so it’s harder with the tools and they keep resurfacing 😭
  14. @Jennifer V @Theplatymaster Floating plants hate me. Well, a lot of plants do. Life java fern. Can’t get it to grow for the life of me 😡 My other problem is when I pack too much plants, leaves that touch each other tend to rot… I am not too sure why? Thank you for the suggestions!
  15. Greetings I should be getting 6 pea puffers for my 20 high this week. The aquarium is cycled but I finished the actual setup only today. What do you guy think? Any improvement I should make? Keep in mind the plants are not fully grown/established yet.
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