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http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Columnaris.html For the fungus

I know, sorry to even mention there to you. I thought you might want to know why he probably won’t answer

I think he is mostly on fishlore these days. Good luck!

If you have ich then using something with malachite green quickly is very important. Lots of water changes using your conditioner and beating ich with the right treatment is where I would start

In my experience with hornwort it reacts to change by dropping needles. For me, any change. It should recover

That’s probably the reason. Mine used to be like that when it was new. Purigen or carbon will take the smell out

Try some purigen. How long has it been cycled?

I would sterilize any equipment that went into the tank like syphon, bets etc I would dose three times for sure. First dose, let set, water change. Second dose in two weeks,repeat, so on and so forth. Some say 2ppm dose, some say up to 12ppm. I prefer more then less

Weigh down a big piece of lettuce just before lights off. Check in a few hours. If the lettuce is covered with snails then pull and pitch. I wouldn’t leave the vege in the water more then a day or so

Do you have any snails?

For me, the digital thermometer fail. The glass tube is like a timex watch

A big Rainbow aquarium is stunning when they mature

I always evaluate the anal fin. Works for me. A male will be more pointed and further into the tail

Two males to me

Low potassium can cause pinholes that shrimp and snail will exploit