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Got a couple. Thanks for looking.

My LFS doesn't stock nerites or assassin snails, and I am hoping to get a few. Anyone on here have some pretty ones they want to part with? (Different tanks). Thanks

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Looking for some healthy growing apogenton plants. I would also be interested in other fast growing plants. I live in SD 57702 (despite my username). Thank you.

Is this still available

In a couple of weeks I am going on Vacation for about 2 weeks for the holidays. I recently acquired a Tiger Oscar, and am wondering what everyone suggests for feeding him during my vacation. I am nervous for an automatic feeder because I have found none that someone has not had a terrible...

Malachite green is also as carcinogen in rats causing lung cancer with ingestion of large amounts of the chemical. Much higher amounts than you will be exposed to. There are no linked cases in humans in the research article i read on it.

A lot of things fall into that category of type 2 carcinogen. When i was in college, i worked in a lab that used formalin (the carcinogen in the mix) and yes it can cause cancer in high doses for prolonged time periods. At the levels you would get in quick cure, it would take a very very long...

Yes, the nitrogen levels are VERY important. I just sent you a private message that explains more.

Years ago, my first tank was a fish in cycle! I loved it and it got me going on the hobby and reading which i find invaluable!

A word of warming, gourami are beautiful, but the can be aggressive and territorial. Ten gal is on the small side for one Gourami, and you have two plus your live bearers. So, be aware that you are going to have some fin nipping, and possibly some problems associated with that.

How long was it set up before you added the fish? Is it cycled? What is your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels? Look around for a getting started tank article to help you learn about tank cycling, or private message me, and i will send you the information i share about tank set up and the...

It really is pretty good stuff. I successfully used quick cure recently to nab a ick dusted fish before the whole tank got it. Sadly there were brand new fry in the tank, but i didn't lose any after a treatment with quick cure. So, it now has a place in my weaponry against tank disease.

I agree, with zero nitrates, either the test was bad, our the tank has not cycled ever. Ammonia build up is most likely the culprit as to the new lethargic behavior of the fish. Add prime to detoxify the ammonia, and don't add any more fish for now. You are now doing a fish in cycle...

When there is sickness, live bearers who are from brackish waters do well with some salt in the water

Unless you are like allot of people and have no freshwater lfs's around! I am one of those and luckily i have had good luck getting fish (not advice) from Petsmart

Fish and their life cycle. A tropical fish tank needs light, filtration, oxygenation, salt, food*and heat. Lights*on a timer work best for*consistant*timing of*ten hours of light per day*at an intensity of*1 watt of bulb*per gallon of water. Oxygenation takes two forms, bubblers and plants. Both...

First off, we need to know the size of your tank, how long it has been set up, and what your levels of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are. This will help us with suggestions

I love my Cory's i started with one not knowing to get them in shoals, and he was crazy all over the tank, then i added three more and they started to shoal and it was really cool seeing them go around together cleaning up the tank for me. That was when my gravel started being clean! They do a...

My understanding is that Moon fish are a type of platy.

+1 then recheck it after 2 hours, that will give the detritus time to settle, and the levels to come to equilibrium. Sometimes levels go weird immediately after a pwc if you gravel vac/ disturb the substrate with the water addition

Crushing works, but if you have a mortar and pestle that will get it smaller.

It sounds like the ammonia rise is the bacteria not being used to the extra fish. The bacteria will accept the change, colonize the new filter and take care of the increased ammonia quickly. As long as our stays below 0.5 i would not add ammonia carb because you need the ammonia to increase to...

That is great, the reason i ask is that it sounded like maybe the purchase and set up all happened yesterday! I was just worried and wanted to help you avoid a catastrophe. How are your levels? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate? What did you do to cycle? Congratulations on your fish tank, and come back...