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How long after a WC can I check my water parameters and expect an accurate result? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

If you are trying to scape an iwagumi, then the rocks should be "facing" the direction of water flow. Right now, they are battling with each other for where the eye should go. I give this sage advice with zero experience but a while lot of internet searching and research. LOL. If not doing...

Thanks everyone. Gonna do some more research with all these ideas and see which seems to fit best. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Thank you so much for your help. As it turns out, life got crazy and I never got to get a QT. But, she is looking better. Actually swimming around and not "hiding" and the white areas are significantly smaller. Her colors are better as well. Gonna give her a few more days. Still nothing...

My Betta is a 5.5 gallon tank. It came with an incandescent bulb and a filter. It has anacharis and crypt wendtii (red) in it. All doing great. Surprisingly. I used some left over Gravel from my big tank. And he had a snail friend. I tried shrimp, he ate them. Sent from my iPhone using...

I have these in my 55g and don't know their names. Bad I know. If anyone can help... Next- it's pinkish on top. Love this one!!! Next- is this Bacopa? Please ignore the algae on back. It's a slow going process to get rid of it. But I am getting there And finally(wow, this is...

Ok. The tank was doing well, so I put it on my once weekly WC rotation. So it had not had one in 5 days when I noticed her. I did 50% today and added Pimafix, just in case. I will check her tomorrow and pick up a QT at Petco tomorrow. Should I do WC once I move her out? Even if the other...

Go completely ironic, get a black light lid and some of those glow in the dark tetra fish Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

For now, don't change your filter media. Just let it be. You have lots if fish in a small tank. So their waste is going to cause the ammonia, your tank needs to finish cycling. But because if the high amount if waste, the ammonia levels are going to be through the roof. Frequent PWC are...

It's on her flank, near her tail fins. I don't think I have had a temp fluctuation, but I guess it's possible. I will check it a few times a day. The heater could be doing weird things. Should I treat the tank? Or just do a big water change every few days to keep the conditions pristine? I...

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My female Krib has a white area covering her nose and a white area on her side near her fins. She is hiding. But eating ok. All other fish in tank seem fine. No areas on any of them. It's not white dots(Ich) it's the whole top of her nose. The tank is a new 29. Cycled for over a month...

Ok. So you would not only see it during a WC? Will have to pay attention at the end if my photoperiod to see if I see anything. I am by no stretch of the imagination a high tech setup. Just a newbie, with a black thumb, who really loves her plants. LOL. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I add liquid CO2. Not injected. So maybe I am not seeing actual pearling? Just bubbles from the water change? How do you know the difference? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ok. So confuddled newbie. Is pearling a good or bad thing. Until this thread I never even new it WAS a thing!!! I noticed pearling on my last 2 PWC. But only because of this topic. Is something out of balance? My plants are doing good. But not growing crazy. I guess I just don't understand the...