Marcelo

Hi @Tony s @macdaddy36 @Whitecloud09 you guys are amazing. Unfortunately, it died. I believe he had some disease - I don't think the issue was food but we will never know ! Thank you so much for trying to help ... Marcelo

Hi @macdaddy36 Still the same … no eating. I tried to increase the temperature a little bit, cover all sides of the hospital and kept the light off. A lot of Java moss there. I hope it starts to eat tomorrow.

Hi @macdaddy36I am not sure … I have been turning off the lights before feeding them and I am not totally sure. Now that he is in the hospital alone, I will be able to see and will let you know. Yesterday he didn’t but as this was his first day there, probably stress.

I might be moving this poor guy to the hospital tank, keep lights off, controlled temperature and etc and try to feed him better but sometimes, they get so stressed for being alone that they eat less. i am just wondering if this is some disease and not food quantity …

Hi @Whitecloud09 I feed them one time per day and when the lights turn off as I have seeing they don’t come to eat when the light is on. One time per week with bloodworms and the other days with tetra flocks. I have 7 of them and only one seems sick.

Hi everyone, I am looking for help with the glass fish you see in the left. The one in the right is healthy but the one in the left is becoming thinner and thinner. I have in total 7 of them. pH about 6 … it goes from 7 to 5.6 due to the injected Co2 Nitrates almost 0 Hardness GH and KH about 4.5 dHk (I keep both at this level every time I do TPAs and etc) Nitrite almost 0 Ammonia zero Water Temperature I keep at 74oF TPA one time per week (50%) Thank you very much Marcello

I forgot to mention: they bite 😬 not that they will take a slice of you and not like our fish tank “kissing” our fingers … something in between - very cool .. I was swimming and they were all there looking at me like a big insect 🫤

Hi Colu, I have the exact location … it was in city of “Alto Paraíso de Goias” state of Goias and country Brazil 😐 but many thanks for mentioning this name … I will try to google it … Maybe this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astyanax_argyrimarginatus so basically they are like Tetras ?! Haha

Hi Everyone just came back from a family trip to Brazil (State Goiás) and while swimming in a waterfall area I saw thousands of these fish .. recorded with my go pro … I am very curious to know which fish they are … I am attaching a picture of the video just in case the video is not allowed by the admin … thank you everyone

Thank you guys ! I am feeling better now 😜

Hi Everyone Could you give me a little help to confirm if this is Blanket Weed? I never had it before. It’s growing in the middle of my hair grass carpet. Thank You Very Much

Hi Everyone, I bought this CO2 Flow Meter and I didn’t realize the connector was not a 3/16 inch (0.7 cm) like the common aquarium tubing we usually use. This one is a 5/16 inch (0.8 cm) I was going to return it but seems like all of them have the same connector (5/16 “) I tried to find some adaptor or something else without success. Do you guys have some idea or suggestion? I just don’t want to pay $50 for one of the most expensive ones.

but with a lot of shrimps instead

What abou a big rock in the middle or 3 rocks Big Med Small, a carpet and a lot of shrimps ?

I think they are two males but I never figured out 🙂 it’s. 20 gal tank

I would suggest you to search this forum for “siesta” - you will love that article.

Hi Elyse, what do you mean with 50? And how are you measuring this number ? When you say you are trying CO2, are you saying you have a tank with injected CO2? marcelo

Are You Going to have plants ? Rocks or only fish ?

Is there something else I could do to help him to heal ? Like elevate the temperature a little, give more live food, salt ? thank you very much

Hi Everyone I have two Angles that are living together since about 1 year. They are together with other small tetras, neons and etc. they were friends and no issues at all. I have noticed lately both of them fighting and I have been thinking about what to do but looks like I spent so much time thinking and as a consequence, looks like one is hurt. 1) do you believe this is some disease? Or this is what I think it is - consequence of their fight? 2) I moved him to my hospital tank. Is there something I could give him to help in the healing process or only take care of him and he will heal with time? pH 6 to 7 Nitrates about 0 Hardness 4.5 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 KH/Buffer about 4.5 too

Thank you guys !!!! Time to work 💪 on these ideas and thoughts

Hi @Galabar Well, my big rock goes out from the water and is higher than the tank … @Ashlyn This could be an option but 3 in different days ?!?!

Hi Everyone, 40 Gal Breeder tank. 3 years old, 8 Neon, 9 or 10 Harlequin Bards, one female betta, 3 Amano Shrimps, and some nerites. All these fish are old to the tank (Amanos are new). A lot of plants. Dry Fertilizer with EI method. Injected CO2 but the fish not giving me a sign of low Oxygen. Ammonia 0, Temperature 75oF, pH from 7.3 to about 6.1 (injected CO2 brings down to 6.1). Nitrate 60, Nitrite 0 KH 89ppm GH 60ppm So, two weeks ago I found 1 neon dead on the floor. Yesterday another one and today, another one. I don't know what I could be missing ?!?! I use RO water and add Seachem to raise GH and KG as I always do. The only thing I have noticed is a huge increase in the algae (green) on the glass .... Do you have some idea ??

Hi Everyone, I just moved my Ludwigia Super Read from that corner as they kept getting loose due to the water flow that is strong there. I have an in-line injected CO2 on my output canister water flow. it’s a 40 gal breeder. I am looking for some non grass plant (as I have hair grass in the opposite side), not so tall … two or three bushes maybe ?!?! Not green maybe ?? That area has active substrate, a lot of co2 .. I am using EI Dry Ferts. Some suggestion? Thank you very much

@Mmiller2001 but replacing the tap water mix with the MgSO4 is worth or the tap water has more stuff on it that the MgSO4 doesn’t ? I am already dosing dry K,N, P and Micros … I would prefer to use MgSO4 as is to easier and safer … @JoeQ sorry .. I didn’t understand what you meant …