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  1. nabokovfan87
    Very sorry for your losses. Hoping for the best for you in terms of recovering from this.
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    does the top of the head look deformed or is this just a weird camera trickery?
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    You'd want to replace it when it turns to basically compacted mush and doesn't benefit the plants anymore. There is a shelf life, but it's normally going to be a pretty long time. Every year I'd say see how things are going and decide if it's this bad. Also, welcome to the forums! 🙂
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    Hopefully you have enough! The main thing is to chop it up. I just use scissors and cut it into 1/4" lengths. Then I attach it where I wish on something like this....
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    Not a clue. Mosses are so cool though. Very delicate texture on that one.
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    They are ferns which offshoot new plants via the leaves (I have some photos in my shrimp journal of mine), but yours have BBA all over them and likely are not going to do well. You'd probably want to dip them in easy carbon or reverse respiration. (the link for RR is in the top section of the forums) RR is essentially dipping the plants in seltzer water in a specific way to break down the algae. This is what it would normally look like:
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    You can put them into a bucket while you work, basically any tank you can do this and move them temporarily. I move them to a bucket with tank water. I add an airstone and the bag of ceramic media to the base of the bucket and run an airstone. If you have a sponge filter, I just put the whole thing in the bucket. I put a lid over the bucket or a towel and try to let them just chill out. First lower the water by 50%, then remove the fish while ensuring they are comfortable, and finally I will do whatever work on the tank. If you're removing gravel, it's usually easiest to remove hardscape (another bucket) and then plants (another bucket with water). You shouldn't need any bacteria, but you may add it if you feel like it would help. I tend to use a net to remove substrate. I have a Marina cheap one I got for $2 that I don't mine bending a lot. Another option is a plastic solo cup. Once upon a time I tried to use a strainer (fine mesh) to remove the fine sand from the stratum and it really didn't work. Within about 2 minutes that broke and I ended up tossing all the sand I had 😞 . Whatever you need to do, you can just remove the substrate you'd like to, siphon the tank down from 50% to about 80% drained and then refill it at that point. Add the fish back, and then figure out the next steps from there.
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    It's all about how easy it can be to take the gravel out. If it's easy for you to do, that's awesome and you can even remove the stratum and use it elsewhere. I would tend to lean towards a good siphon first before doing anything. Siphon the substrate as you see fit and if you remove the gravel than you can clean the stratum more easily and check on what is going on in terms of waste. You can take a scoop of the stratum, put it into a container and run a leech test. Let it sit for a few days and then test it for ammonia or other issues that you're seeing.
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    Yep. If you want some shrimp I know a guy. 🙂 I would just keep an eye on things. It's one of those see how it goes and just make a mental note. Could just be what you're saying, didn't get enough to eat or just isn't a chonky variety. I definitely have some thinner ones, males, and I know they are perfectly healthy.
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    Having it point slightly up (placing it slightly below the water) would increase surface movement and encourage gas exchange. If you have it point down to the bottom of the opposing side of the tank this helps with circulation the most, but just make sure you're not blowing it directly into a plant or something.
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    The bowfront I had was from marineland. Beautiful tank, great lid, really nice setup. I've actually never seen an aqueon bowfront available in a store locally. There are likely places online you can order from, but I'd recommend the marineland product specifically if you want a bowfront. In terms of why things might be reduced in availability, we all know that there is limitations on supply chain. Sizes of glass might be limited what can be done. This might be the reason for shorter height tanks or different sizes like the 60B size that seems to be in production moreso.
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    Pecktec has some nice ones 🙂
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    Yeah, it's definitely a desert here. 120 in the summer for a bit and many a dirt field I've walked through to get to wherever. Hikes are basically shades of brown, even seeing a cactus is pretty rare. (So Cal) I don't know about the corydoras, they seem thin. Like, I'd expect them to be chonky, but it's likely nothing. I wanted to see the belly shape. Basically if you see them lethargic, I might treat them. Mine were pretty much fine, lethargic during feeding, and after about a year and a half I treated them. Took me forever to do it, but it was worth it. I'm thankful they are acting more.... like themselves these days. Lethargy was basically the only real symptom I had. It could just be a camera trick, but this is from one of the first posts.
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    your water seems like mine. I dose about 3 scoops, 1/8 tsp per scoop, per 5g bucket during a water change to get me from 40 up to the 60-80 range for KH.
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    Feels like you're down the street! 😂 Beautiful flowers. I always see the bushes and the wood like that, dried out, and I just can't help but think if any of it is manzanita/aquarium safe. Can you give us a side shot of these two. Did you ever treat them for worms?
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    Very beautiful. That sand looks a lot like the sand I have, just without as much of a tinge maybe? Hard to say. What all plants do you have? I am running the slow / steady route, trying to get things like the moss and the anubias to do a lot of the work for me. I have this one piece of nana petite that is 3 leaves and the rhizome is probably the size of a pinhead. It's delicate, but recovering finally. I am waiting for some floating plants to arrive, other things to try to help out as well. One thing I need to do a bit better with is density in my tanks. I have been struggling, have tried many plant orders, but finally making progress again.... 😩 Off to go see if I have the items to make 4 planaria traps for the worms and bait them.
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    Yeah for sure. They are definitely difficult to see! It's about the size of the little amano shrimp zoeys too. I wanted to get some cleaning now while the new shrimp were still eggs (or a few weeks old and bigger) so that I can give the new hatches a bit of time to grow. I spent a good 5-10 minutes staring at each bucket before doing anything and probably just as long trying to get them off the sponge.
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    Not really sure. The best thing I can do is point you towards some of the tours of breeders on the ACO channel. Usually the higher stock level is handled with more water changes. If your issue is the source of the water and contamination, increasing water changes wouldn't help. That's why I was asking about your ability to store water, if you're on a well, etc.
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    the output of the HoB gets pushed to that corner. You'd want to keep an eye on things and track where dead spots are. Generally it is the way to set it up.
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    Definitely 64 oz Kind of hillarious to read the description.
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    What kind? AqAdvisor recommends about 8-10 just based on water volume. I'm sure a lot of people have more, just requires more maintenance. Note, this would be meaning, full grown adults, not breeding (sorted).
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    definitely not required, but it would be beneficial to add something for biofilm to grow on. Here's a video to check out that might be interesting for you! Here's another one as well with a bit more robust setup.
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    Can you let us know your water testing results, food schedule, and what types of foods you feed them? It could be something like a deficiency causing them to not develop fully. It could be genetics, but the timing thing is a bit weird. This is usually indicative of a water issue. It could be ammonia, PH, or oxygenation. Do you normally add aquarium salt for these fish? Are you able to add an extra air stone? Ah, this makes a LOT of sense. When it comes to the forest issues, is there a chance that the water you're using is affected? Is it from the water table in your area directly via a well or filtered in any way? Are you seeing deaths as a result of some amount of time due to those types of activities locally or have you experienced deaths at different times? Something like fertilizers being used is also a common contaminant that causes a wave of deaths in a tank. Secondly, are you able to store water in any way for your tanks to give it time to age before being used in the aquariums specifically?
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    For pretty much any special order you'd want to call / speak with the manager of the store directly. This is common for basically any fish shop. They have to be able to speak to having tanks on hand in the QT rack if something happens and the fish need a place to go. It's not uncommon at all for a request like this, especially with a large order.
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    I understand that. Do you want to have plants in the tank? Maybe something like Anubias that is low demand? The reason why I ask is because if you want to have plants, then you could easily buffer the tank down. Knowing the results of the PH after off-gas testing as well would be key to giving quality advice as well. Livebearers can enjoy PH of 7.5+ This video would be a great place to start.
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