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I will tell her. She does have a separate baby tank with nearly full grown cichilds in it. She could take a lot of water from there to settle a new tank. I think it would be worth it for her to try at least vs. lose all of her fish, they are quite beautiful and it would be so sad to see them...

Hi there, My friend has a 55 gallon Cichlid tank with about...15 Malawi peacocks. She discovered the thermometer, broken with the beads in the bottom gone. All of the fish are failing in one way or another, one with pop eye. They have done water changes and are working to change out the...

Let's see...two glass cats (one had a big bite out of it, so we euthanized). The other lost an antenna and then died, very quickly. The neons got taken out pretty quick, they were definitely the smallest in the tank, I'd say three of them once we added the red tail shark. Two rasboras. One...

Oh, and the bite didn't happen after the fish died. the glass catfish was still alive with a big nip out of it. I felt so bad. We went to bed and it was fine, then the next morning it had a big hunk out of it. The other two glass catfish sort of alientated it. So we euthanized the poor thing...

Sorry I haven't replied sooner. We moved our tank and took the opportunity to watch our fish after doing so. Before we moved them we tested and the water was fine. To move the tank we emptied and stored approx 75% of the water. The fish went in a rubber tub. We cleaned the tank, put in new...

We aren't sure who the culprit is, but we have had a few fish die off suddenly. We expect that occassionally fish die, but this is more than we've ever had at one time, and one glass catfish was definitely bitten. We have had for a good while now, nearly a year, two false SAEs (flying foxes)...

We had a minor nitrate problem that we've since remedied, but I'm worried that one of the mollies has swim bladder from the stress of it all. She is energetic and eating, but having a hard time controling her swimming/balance. From what I've read it sounds like swim bladder. After balancing our...

no, not nearly as raised...the lack of color in the spot is wha tyou notice more than the spot being raised...if that makes sense...

I have a red gourami with an area on it's side that looks like white lumps. It's definitely not fuzz or ick or velvet. The scales aren't sticking out. It just looks like the flesh is raised. Almost like a hive on people. Our gouramis love to chase each other and we do have rocks...could those...

Penguin? It's MarineLand I think.

I would love to add activated carbon. We did that with our canister filter on our 55. Every little bit helps. How did you do it? The bio wheel is new. It's about three weeks old. It spins and stops, spins and stops. The back filter is slightly dirty, but not very much at all. I believe it is set...

We are trying it now, but it doesn't always spin. Directions say that's ok, there is still biological action going on. We keep the water level high enough to help it spin, but I worry that it's not doing enough...

thank you so much for all of your thoughts! i will definitely stop using glass cleaner. White vinegar diluted is good for everything. We used it when my dog was a puppy and peed, gets rid of the ammonia smell so they do not repeatedly pee in the same spot. Tip for any puppy owners! Anyway, we...

0 Ammonia 0 ppm of nitrites 0-5 ppm of nitrates P04 2ppm+ (we are working on this) pH 7 Temp between 72-75 degrees 55 gallon tank Eheim canister filter Air stone Eco Complete plant substrate (re: phospates, ruled them out) Live plants galore (we plant heavily) CoralLife plant light Plenty of...

I can't figure out exactly why. Yes, we are fighting a phosphate issue, but it's not extremely high. We do regular water changes, the pH is great, all water chemistry (excluding phosphates) is fine. Any thoughts? We do have two SAEs, and they are rather territorial. We were thinking we had too...