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Yes, fins were "pine coned" out, especially in the rear part of the body, except it was for weeks, sometimes months with the fish acting completely normal. Then the tail fin would start to disintegrate and finally the fish would start to act dopey, floating around the tank strangely for a day...

I have a 36 gallon planted community tank that has been established for nearly two years. About a year ago, I purchased five panda (black and white) platys. They thrived, even bred some offspring, which added two additional members to the school. Within about three months, the largest developed...

I was about to buy a powder blue dwarf gourami at my LFS when I noticed that all five in the store's tank had little splits in their tail fins. It was nothing major, but the tail fins were definitely not all one piece. They had maybe three or four 1 mm or so tears or splits in them on the end...

I'm currently dosing Pimafix for a fungal growth on one of my platys. Immediately after I add 3 1/2 teaspoons of it to my tank (36 gal), my cherry barbs come out of their usual hiding place at the rear and start schooling with my harlequin rasboras back and forth across the front of the bow...

Do you have a Petco (Pet Supplies - Pet Products - Pet Food | Petco.com) near you? I saw some bagged black sand at my local Petco. Though, I didn't look close enough to note the brand or the quality.

I managed to get six cherry barbs (2 M, 4 F) after going to about five pet stores in the area. The stores had low stock and some were just nasty with algae and dead fish--not just at chain stores either. Seriously, I found dead fish at every single local fish store except one, the one where I...

Here's my current 36 gallon bow stocking plan. It changes daily. :) Initially... 6 cherry barbs 6 glowlight tetras 3 platys (maybe 3 more) 6 white clouds (maybe too similar to barbs to be interesting?) Eventually also... 5 false julii corys (maybe oto's or 1 bushynose pleco instead) 2 dwarf...

My tank cycled. Ammonia 0 and Nitrite 0 in 24 hours after adding 3ppm of ammonia. Yay! I still have an issue with pH dropping considerably after each dosage, though. I had to do a 50% water change almost every day. The pH should stay more stable with fish, I hope!? I never added crushed...

The thing is I have already been through almost the complete cycle (in four weeks). Ammonia spiked, ammonia went to 0, went to daily dosing of ammonia, nitrite spiked, nitrite went to 0, then immediately ammonia stopped being processed by the bacteria. It seems that pH is affecting my tank...

Ammonia was still stuck at a little over 1 ppm this morning and again this afternoon. On a whim, I checked pH and it was 6.4! I immediately did a 70% water change to get it back to roughly 7.4. This may have been the cause of the cycle breakdown from what I have read on this site. Anyway, I...

:ermm: Sorry.. back to my original thread... I am down to 1 ppm of ammonia 28 hours after the second 50% water change. The bio filter was quicker at disposing ammonia before my first 50% water change. Hopefully tomorrow it will go down to 0. At that point I will dose one teaspoon (5ml)...

36 gallon bow front - pool filter sand substrate - plastic plants - two moss balls - plastic driftwood turned on end (I like it that way better!) - two cichlid stones - home made black felt background Currently in fishless cycle as of April 2012.

Plastic flora and fauna at first with the exception of a few moss balls. Eventually, I would like to switch little by little to live plants, but my light isn't very good. I also want to concentrate on fish care before plant care at this time. I have a pool filter sand substrate with no...

Thank you jlk and librarygirl. I did as you suggested. I did another 50% water change being very careful with the Prime dosage and water temperature (84 F). I then measured ammonia, nitrite and nitrate about three hours afterward. ammonia might be a tad better - between 2 and 4 maybe nitrite...

A couple of additional notes. 1. I have a Seachem AmmoniaAlert wheel in my tank. It is yellow, showing no ammonia. That could be inaccurate because the overdosed Prime is probably masking the total ammonia count. 2. My theory is that I overdosed ammonia because I forgot that my tap water...

Hi, I'm new to the hobby. I'm attempting a fishless cycle of a 36 gallon bow front with clear ammonia. All was going as expected for three weeks. My ammonia stayed at 4 for awhile. Then it started going down and then went to 0 as nitrites skyrocketed off my API color chart. I then started...