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What would be considered a GOOD level for nitrates?:thanks:

Ok what are some ideas to break up the force of water when filling up tank after a water change?? I pump water from two large 5 gal buckets into my 29gal tank, the hose is 1/2 inch ID with a nylon sock over the end and the end in a plastic bottle with multiple holes drilled in it BUT the...

Yes but 8 months???

I placed some Osmocote fert. capsules in my gravel substrate tank several months ago. When I vac. the gravel I am still finding undissolved osmocote pellets in those areas!! How long does it take these capsules to dissolve when placed in the substrate?? :thanks:

One of my glo-light danios has lost its color and has a red/whitish spot on his side. I think it's trauma. Can a fish lose its coloring because of trauma/stress??:confused:

What kind if any shrimp would survive the following: 5gal,temp78,NH3-0, NO2-0, NO3 5-10ppm, pH8.3, GH-6, KH-9, gravel bottom. 2 guppies and one platy??? Thanks:cool:

No other ideas????

Tried that didn't do a thing!It feels like some of the suction cup actually came off on the acrylic.

How do you get the white marks off the inside of the tank that suction cups leave behind while there are still fish in the tank. The tank is acrylic.:whistle:Thanks.

Ok my low pH measures out at 7.6, but my high pH is 8.4 ( GH-6,KH-9 ). So what is the ACTUAL pH?

I have a 29gal community tank with Platy's,glo-light Danios, Red Eye Tetras and 1 Mystery snail. Parameters are NH3-0, NO2-0, NO3- 10-20ppm. Temp-78 degrees, gH-6, KH-9. When I test the pH at low range =7.6, but at high range = 8.4 ( ???? ). Could I keep a Bolivian Blue Ram or a Apisto. species...

I had 3 juvenile platys in a 5 gal. tank. One became very lethargic and died within a day. Now another one has become lethargic to the point where he hides under a piece of driftwood and seldom comes out. He's been that way for several days. Other than slightly faded color, he shows no sign...

It's certainly different!!

Just sitting here at the computer and I looked over at my desktop 5 gal and I saw the weirdest thing.My mystery snail was at the waterline of the tank and there was a tube-like structure extended from just behind the head region to the surface of the water and it was Pulsating as if he was...

Can the addition of a UV sterilizer cause a temporary change in water parameters ( i.e. a spike in Nitrites )?? The sterilizer supposedly kills spores,bacteria,parasites, etc and this would result in a temporary change in the bio-load would it not?? Just a thought.:whistle: