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All four of our fish love blanched zucchini. We have two Platys and two Otos. But they do eat the biofilm. Adding the zucchini once a week allows the film to grow because they seem to prefer veggies. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

That could have been the case. We bought most of them about the same time. There is one left and he is the smallest male. I need to pick up some new ones. I like having a clean up crew. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I bought am Aquaclear 30 for my 10g and love it. My Otos love when I turn up the flow during the evening. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I wanted to share some images of the Princess Tank since you all have been so instrumental in our success. Here is the tank. This is our Red Wag Platy who my three year old named Rose. This is our Sunburst Wag named Sunny. Here is one of my favorites in the tank. One of our Otos...

Sorry, should say I keep losing GS.... Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I have an established 10g tank that had four Ghost Shrimp, 2 Otos, and 2 Platys. A month ago (or so) I bought an AC30 power filter. I did use the filter media from my older filter until last night so that I could seed the new filter. The first week I lost one GS to the filter intake, the...

So things had stabilized with the princess tank until the past couple of weeks when my ghost shrimp started dying off. I had four in my 10 gallon for months until I added the AC30 power filter. Then I lost one to the intake. The next day I had another shrimp stuck, but I as able to save him...

They definitely work fast. I keep zucchini in my tank three days a week and I have still not seen algae since I bought the otos. My understanding is they mostly eat the biofilm. Before my otos there was a slimy layer all around my tank glass, but now it is spick-n-span. Sent from my iPad...

Sally are you blanching the zucchini? I boil mine for like three minutes and freeze what doesn't ho in the tank right away (of course after it cools). Everyone n my tank loves it, but my otos especially like the skin. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Did my weekly water change, and vacuumed some of the gravel. I rinsed off my filter media in the water. My AC30 is only a week and half old so I still have my filter from my old Whisper EX 30 in there folds over. I cut the Whisper filter in half and left part of it in the AC30. I also rinsed the...

I think you would be happier with just the back. You are probably just trying to make it where you don't see wires and tubing behind the tank and there won't be any there. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Oh, and I have been testing every day since the change just to be sure. No increase in ammonia or nitrite. However my nitrate did did rise some so I did my water change a couple of days early.

Thanks Matty, I have the Whisper filter in there now. I found someone suggest 2 weeks in a different thread. It has cleared significantly as of last night. I bought a 4.4 ounce bag of biomax last night. When I remove the Whisper pad I will add the extra media. I am hoping to buy a larger tank...

There are a few that I have found on these boards. Aqadvisor.com is useful but some people say it is inaccurate and should be used just as a rough guide. It does use your filter set up. I recently downloaded My Aquarium Guide from the App Store. It seems to be more conservative, but doesn't...

Also, I am very cloudy today after my water change last night... First time I have ever been cloudy. Would the floss help with that?

Thanks! I currently have my old Whisper filter taking up a lot of space, how long do you think I will need to leave it in there to colonize the other filter media?

Sorry, typo. I meant 1 mL...

So I have been running the AC30 for a few days. I am surprised how high it sits on the back of my tank. This actually makes it quite loud, and I had to add water to my tank. The intake is so much smaller than my Whisper EX was and it looks like I have a larger tank (the motor for the Whisper...

Thank you all so much for your help. Wanted to post an update. I have started changing only 2.5-3 gallons per week, no more salt, and I have increased Prime to 10 mL each water change. And everybody is doing fabulous! I have noticed my sunburst Platy's gills have gone down and are less red...

Awesome! I would much rather have the extra filtration and my Marineland hood has a large enough cut out to fit the AC30. I wasn't sure how far you could restrict the flow. Thanks.

So my Tetra whisper EX20 went out today when I did my water change. I plugged it in and it didn't start. It has it cut out a couple of times after unplugging before... So tomorrow I am thinking about stopping by the box store and picking up an Aquaclear Fluval, but I am I unsure which to get...

Thank you. I do not have well water and I guess it could be chloramine. I don't think those tests tested for that. I have added the extra Prime to my tank and I will use 1 mL with every future water change of 3 gallons. As long as Nitrates do not rise to quickly (and I do not believe they will)...

Thanks. I changed three gallons this morning and did not add salt. I have always been unclear as to how much Prime to use, but after reading your post I see that the bottle says that 10mL will treat 1000 gallons. So you are right, 1 mL for the whole tank. I currently put four drops per 3 gallon...

Should I put anything in the tank in case of some disease?

Thank you all for your replies. The tank is over a year old and has been cycled after the first few months. We have had zero readings of ammonia and nitrites ever since. Nitrates creeped up on me one time but water was changed around 20 ppm (you know how hard the API liquid test can be to read...