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50% can have a big impact on the plants and pH, which has a trickle down effect. It's not just about a 50% water change in general, it's about a 50% water change in THAT system with Rams who are very sensitive to changes in water quality and parameters.

Please help!!! Thanks for the info, I forgot one last thing to ask what your temperature is! The pH is a touch on the high side for those South American fish but still reasonable. I think your fish will be happier if you lower it more towards 6.0-6.5 but that's probably not the cause of the...

Please help!!! A couple questions concerning your set up, what are your stats on pH and hardness? Is your tank planted? And if so, what regimen do you use to support the plants? Fertilizer, CO2, etc? Have you made any significant changes to the tank lately like an extra large water change or...

Please help!!! Petco is still having their $1/gallon sale on tanks under like 29 gallons I believe, so try there first if you need to buy another. The larger tanks have a sale too like 50% off.

After having taken a break from fish keeping due to cross country move, I wanted to get back into it with a 60G biotope tank. Instead I ended up with 4 more tanks, with 2 additional ones planned for breeding tetras. My profile has my current tanks listed. The two additional ones are a 29G and...