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It is between 84-86. My thermometer isn't sensitive enough to tell (I'm using one with a needle that goes up in increments of 2 degrees... The tetras are looking a lot worse today but they are still eating. Fingers crossed. -Luna Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

When reading into a bunch of different remedies, I read that the salt will kill the free swimming parasites but that, as you said, heat is a big factor. So my temp is above 80 and I really hope that helps everything along. I am just so sad. I love all my fish and plants and everything has...

My tank is over 5 years old and nothing else is new. I do weekly water changes and have never had a problem. Ich oocysts encapsulate themselves in the substrate, on plants and on drift wood in one of the life stages of the Protozoa. It is possible for them to have been introduced to my...

Hello! I recently bought plants off of Kijiji (my first of possible several mistakes) as after 3-4 days in the tank, my green neon tetras began flashing. I immediately turned up my water temperature and inspected the fish. I saw the classic signs- a few (1-2 Ich cysts on a couple of the...

I agree, however I have no idea what the actual parameters are. I'll have to contact her later on, as I am stuck on campus for finals. I suggested doing a water change for now and I think she is going to go to our LFS to get her water tested more accurately. My API master kit is expired, else...

Normal cloudy colour, like what I would expect to see from ammonia. It isn't the substrate so far as I can tell- she put in normal aquarium gravel.

Hello, My friend called me for some advice and I don't know how to answer. She just started a 20 gallon tank and has a few bleeding heart tetras in it. (Doing a Fish-in cycle) She set it up maybe 1-2 weeks ago and is doing all the normal things to cycle a tank. Her dip-stick readings are...

Green neons looks the same as regular ones (their stripe is blue) the difference is that the don't have any red on there bellies. They're expensive here. Usually 2 for 1.99 is the best deal you'll find, but I live in Ottawa Ontario.

I would love to have a sea turtle. With a perfectly replicated coral reef like the ones she would normally visit if she weren't in my tank. I got to meet a sea turtle on Thursday and she was beautiful and really funny.

The fish store is amazing! Everything is extremely healthy, all tanks are planted, nothing is overstocked. They are knowledgeable, have fair prices and the stock is healthy.

It looks fantastic!

Here are the pictures!

That's amazing! So glad I thought of it. Seems so simple and straightforward.

Icky- I can only imagine. A friend told me a story (she worked at an unnameable lfs) in which, the company used to receive piraña in old gas tanks from (Indonesia?) and they would not have been individually bagged or separated in any manner, so they would open up these old nasty gas drums...

Thank you both for your siggestions! Harlequins are lovely, I have some in my 36 that I could transfer over, though they are full grown, hyper little monsters lol. They want to play with everyone! I like the aquascaping ideas. I haven't seen water sprite at my lfs but ill definitely keep an...