Recent content by Mae140

Hey everyone, I'm having problems with a Kenya Tree Leather of mine. I've recently started a nano and the little guy is my starter coral. After feeding yesterday I came back today and noticed all the polyps were closed and there was a brown ring around the base. I know leather corals go...

Hey guys, I'm currently faced with fin rot in my blue dwarf gourami (His name is Inquisitor). I noticed the jagged areas and scale loss this morning when watching the tank. The little guy doesn't seem to be too affected by it at the moment; his behavior hasn't changed and he's still as...

I bought the tree because I heard they're extremely difficult to kill and the only experience I have (other than reading) is freshwater. I find these guys really cool to watch, pest coral or no.

Thanks everyone!

Hey everyone! I'm getting my feet wet with saltwater aquariums, having been devoted to freshwater in the past. I recently bought a Kenya tree leather frag to start with after reading about how hardy these guys are. When my frag arrived I started assimilating it, and three days later I noticed...

Hey everyone, Long story short, I picked up a few used fluval canister filters - 2 of them being a Fluval 204 and 104. The 204 works great but the 104 motor housing has some strange lubricant substance around the clips and seal ring (clear, jelly like, not sticky; feels more greasy after you...

My 1 and a half year old golden dojo has an eye slightly clouded and I'm unsure as to why. I first noticed it after I added him to a new 55g last night, and am worried it is a sign of something bigger? My questions are obviously what is this and can it be treated. I've never had this happen...

My current angel is a female. I originally thought she was male, but then I caught her laying eggs on my hob intake. Would be be a better idea to transfer the Kuhli into a 20g with a few others of his kind? So far the eel hasn't posed a problem with him, but I know he'll get bigger and more...

Is my plan for stock acceptable or overcrowded? I don't want to overload the filters or stress the fish out/create aggression.

Hey guys. I'm in the process of setting up my 55g planted freshwater once again; my first time around it crashed after a year of running. I don't plan on making the same mistakes again :ermm: As I set things up I want to plan for the future of my tank in terms of the fish living in it. My...

I gave the balas to my local petco; they took them in and put them in a big planted tank without a problem. Overnight my ammonia spiked back to > 8 ppm; the test turning blue (API master test). Could the Flora-max I use for my plants be retaining ammonia and leaking it? Should I have rinsed my...

Would it help if I added stress zyme to the tank? I've heard mixed reviews from people saying it helped kickstart their tank, to others who said it was a waste. Is there any harm in adding it in?

If I separated the angel and dojo to the 55 and the eel and khuli to the 20 for now, both tanks having seperate filtration, would I be in a good spot in terms of bioload? I'm going to look around today and see if I can get a LFS to take the balas...I heard Petco will take unwanted fish and adopt...

Hi! Khuli: I was planning on making the 20 long I have a refugium/space to grow more plants, algea, and snails to help with bio-filtration. Can I put a school of 5-6 khuli in there as well? The single on I have now usually sticks by the Dojo. They were introduced at the same time. Dojo: I was...

Hello again everyone, I've been struggling with ammonia for awhile in my tank, mainly due to the fact that it never cycled properly.Yesterday I did a full cleanout as my ammonia levels were off the charts (literally; the test was dark blue) and got the levels down to 1 ppm (my fish are sitting...