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I was out of town this weekend and when I got back my Pearl Gourami looks like he is sick. I know he has some fin rot, but when I bought him he looked like that. It's getting better, but I think he might have ich now. I have attached the best picture I could get of him. The lower part of his...

It's an eco-complete substrate. There is a little bit of the rhizome exposed on the java fern. I'm least happy with it's placement, so I'm hoping when I get the new driftwood, I can find a place to attach it. It should be OK partially planted for a week shouldn't it?

Thanks for all the encouragement. I'm pretty happy with it, but I wondered if there was something that people saw that could be moved to improve it in a way I wasn't seeing. I'll let these grow in a little and see what needs added. Adding them improved the feel of the tank so much. I like the...

I got 12 new plants a few days ago. I have never planted a tank before so I'm not sure what I'm doing. I plan on replacing the fake driftwood with a real piece next week. Any feedback on how I planted any recommendation on what I could move around to make it better? I can take more pictures...

(S)he died. Anyone have a guess on what could have happened?

First, my parameters: 38 Gallon. Been cycled for 2 or 3 weeks. Water test this morning showed 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 30ish nitrate. My tap water has 10 nitrate, today was water change day. I have 8 neon tetras, 6 (5 if this goes south) spotted corys, 6 long fin zebra danios, 10 ghost shrimp...

I'd take 2 of them if still available

I'm having trouble finding another school that fits my setup. I'd like something either green or yellow. Maybe something red. I'd rather not have them breed because I don't want to deal with chancing of getting really overstocked. Anyone have a suggestion on something I should look at?

Something smells 'fishy' about you just remembering you have a huge tank to put fish in.

You didn't want anything else, then you did. You need to make up your mind. You can't keep them together because they will die.

To answer you question: no, you can't keep them together.

Anybody?

It's my first aquarium so I don't know too much about stocking. I know the archaic rule of 1 inch of fish per gallon, but don't know a better way to tell when I'm fully stocked. I have a 38 gallon, lightly planted. I'm running a seeded sponge filter from Angel's Plus and an AquaClear 70. I...

Thanks. There were labeled as Agassizi. It was in a tank separate from julis, but I don't know enough to tell the differences.

I bought 5 cories when I started cycling my tank. They were all the same size. This was around month ago. Yesterday, I bought another one to bump up the group to 6. They didn't have any that were the same size as the ones I bought previously. They only had one and it was much bigger than the...

Forgot the pic. It's attached now.

Woke up this morning and couldn't find another tetra. Fed everyone as normal and hoped it would come out of hiding. It never did. I started moving around decorations and found it. Shrimp had eaten about 1/3 of it. The other 3 are looking a little better today though. I'm thinking I got a bad...

Right now the Nitrate levels are the same as the tap water, but I just did the really big change. Generally, the tap water is at around 10ppm.

Another update and a few more questions: I added 5 neon tetras to the tank. I know it was probably too early. This morning I fed all the fish. I only counted 4 tetras. Eventually, I saw all 5 and they all ate something. An hour later, one tetra is dead among the plants. I tested the water and...

Any opinion on this one. The price seems much better than the other two above options. Aqueon Coralife 05619 Aqualight T5 Freshwater Dual Lamp Fixture, 36-Inch: Amazon.com: Pet Supplies

Then could you or someone else point me in the direction of a light that comes with normal output bulbs? Or would it be better if I just ran the one linked above with only one bulb?

I was out of town from Sunday until last night. I did a 25% water change before I left. When I got back last night and tested the water it looked like the attached picture. Looks like the ammonia dropped and the nitrate has been rising. That's good news right? Still no movement on Nitrite, but...

I have been looking around for a new light. It's my first planted tank and I'm honestly at a loss. I bought a few beginner/low light plants yesterday. Some anacharis, wisteria, and something else I'm not sure of, but was told it's low light. I am using the bulb/light that came with my 38 gallon...

I did the high end test and it's at the bottom of that scale. It's hovering between the top of the normal test and bottom of the high test.

The tap water has more ammonia than the tank water. I'll hold out until tomorrow and check the levels again.