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Hey all ive tried twice with GBRs with no success. Both times they arrive breathing extremely heavy and with very bright and swollen gills (im assuming gill flukes) and ended up passing away within 3 days. My tank water is perfect and very stable, Ammo: 0, Ni: 0 Na: 0, Ph:7.6, Temp: 79-80. Its a...

Hey all, This project started because my tank is over stocked, it was originally a planted tank but due to algae issues it became a unplanted tank. Ive had Diatoms for 3-4 months now and decided to find out why. Upon calling the water company they average 15-22ppm of silicates, that combined...

Hey guys, Ive had my take setup for awhile 5-6 months Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 20-30 or so Phosphate: close to 0 Ph: 7.6 I dose 1ml of calcium per water change My nitrates used to be higher, say almost 60-80 by the end of a week after a 50% water change, so gaining 30ppm in 7 days. I...

Hopefully this is an easy one :) In my tank I have 4 Amazon sword and 3 Water Fern or Water sprite. The hood I have is an Aqueon which has a T8 24" Full spectrum 17watt bulb. It is just bearly cutting it with the fact that the tank gets a few hours of morning sunlight. So Ive come to these two...

I believe its called diatoms as well? Either way I know it is sometimes apart of a newly setup tank, Tank has been running for 2 months or so and I have a good amount of it on my airline hose, underwater pump power cord, heater power cord, a very coarse rock, and a few of my plastic plants...

Hey guys hopefully this is an easy one. This is the first time ive ever done a fishless cycle. Ive been adding ammonia to keep it around 2-4ppm and that level goes to zero within 12 hours or so. Now I have very high levels of Nitrite (will need to to a water change tomorrow since it pegged the...

Hey guys quick question, Ive got my 29 gal tank setup (30 long) and it has a marineland emperor 400 on it. Since it is a bio wheel filter there seems to be almost no current in the tank, I have a bubbler in it as well. Im basically just watching some of the bubbles in the water move and they...

Hey guys, finally got my 29gal setup and the cycling process is about half way done or so. I have my 10 gal tank that is 100% cycled, its way overstocked with 5 black skirt tetras. My plan was to get 2 more black skirts and move all 7 to the 29 gal. My question is what other fish would go...

So I cant catch a break :/ One Black skirt now has ich, I put two pennys in the tank for copper, and aquarium salt, I also have melafix in the tank do to a fin rot issue I had a few days ago which is much better. Ammo: less than .25 Nitrite: less than .25 Nitrate: 10ppm I have copper sulfate...

Hey guys, So I originally had 3 black skirt tetras, one died from most likely shock and injury when his anal fin was ripped clean off :/ So now I only have 2 teras, 1 smaller one 1" and a larger one 2"-2 1/4". I believe the bigger one killed the other tetra as it was a smaller one (Why the pet...

Just came home from work today to find my black skirt tetra on the gravel gilling with a missing fin, I cant find the fin anywhere including the filter there are 2 other tetras in the tank. Im assuming its going to die? Any advice? Thanks EDIT: not sure what the fin is called but its the...

First post here hopefully this is a quick easy one :) I have a 10 gal tank with 3 black Hi fin tetras in it. It is currently cycling and the fish are very young. I feed them very slowly but some food does fall down to the bottom. I was thinking about getting a bottom feeder to eat up the...