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      Andy Sager replied to the thread Help guppies keep dying.
      The article I gave you also said to turn the lights off. Just sayin'. ;) There are multiple ways of acclimating fish but they don't...
    • Andy Sager
      Ahhh, I forgot you weren't in the U.S. :( They need to get to larger than the mouths of the other fish and fast at feeding before they...
    • Andy Sager
      Andy Sager replied to the thread Help guppies keep dying.
      Like the old horse and water proverb goes, I can only give you what to read. I can't make you read it. :whistle: ;)
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      Depending on how much of it broke off will determine if it's repairable. If there is enough of a nub left to attach some airline tubing...
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      Andy Sager replied to the thread Help guppies keep dying.
      So once again you did the cut and dump when I told you that fish that are shipped to you will acclimate better when they get water...
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      Bottom stuff is personal preference. Some sand will show any detritus that needs to be removed a bit better than a bare bottom unless...
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      It's too late for the pre fish water changes. Both of those values are low enough that they shouldn't be a problem but if they were 0...
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      Andy Sager replied to the thread Help guppies keep dying.
      Okay, as I said before, you never want to add the bag water from anywhere outside of your home into the main tank. If you are going to...
    • Andy Sager
      Andy Sager replied to the thread Help guppies keep dying.
      There is a possibility that the tanks are contaminated but from what? :unsure: There is also the possibility that your acclimating...
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      You're going to make me blush. ;) I like to think of myself more as experienced rather than amazing. I spent over 45 years in the pet...
    • Andy Sager
      Your nitrate is high in your aquarium. What has been your normal water change schedule? The pH in the aquarium is much higher than the...
    • Andy Sager
      Andy Sager replied to the thread Mystery Snails towering.
      Hi and welcome to the site. :flowers: Snails will do all kinds of silly and crazy things. Only they really know why they do it. Maybe...
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      Unfortunately yes, Hydras can kill fish. If the fish was small enough, it would eat them and you'd have no idea where they went. The...
    • Andy Sager
      The object for moving over old established materials is to bring along the nitrifying microbes with it. There are 2 different microbes...
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      So you better understand what " cycling" means, it's the process of creating the nitrifying microbes in the aquarium to help absorb the...
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