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Be sure to keep up with water changes. IME, it shows up when I get behind on PWCs. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I live in a small town, and my LFS isn't bad considering. Selection is limited, though, so I occasionally go to a very big aquarium store in Columbus. They are pricey, but a very cool store to walk around in and their selection is awesome. But their employees are lacking. When I went there for a...

Here are a couple pix. She is about 3 inches long. I don't remember exactly when I got them. Several months ago. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Keep offering it. He will find it and then he will be a happy camper. Mine likes zucchini better than cucumber. I feed veggies 2-3 times a week, along with frozen food. I have a heavily planted tank and my BN's don't bother my plants except to clean them. I slice up a veggie then freeze the...

Try adding more plants/decorations and put food at opposite ends of the tank so they don't see each other. I also give veggies twice a week and have at least two veggie clips in there far apart when I do. They leave each other alone because they're too busy sucking on their own veggie slice...

They are about 3 inches now. I don't have any recent pics. I will try to remember to get one tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

They were about an inch long when I got them. Let me see if I can link to that post. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2970343 Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Mine have grown really fast. I bought them several months ago and they were so small and fragile looking. They are well past half grown already. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Agreed. I change 20 gallons (33%) per week on my 60 gallon heavily, fully stocked tank. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Do some extra pwc's, too. It can only help. If I start to see something suspicious, it usually happens when I have gotten behind on pwc's and usually resolves itself when I step it up. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have found water sprite to be nitrate hogs. If my nitrate levels get too low, they don't do well. Just something to factor in to your experimenting. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

My hornwort did better before I started dosing Excel, but it hasn't died. It just isn't flourishing as much as it used to. I chose my other plants (which ARE flourishing) over the hornwort. I have actually been experimenting with allowing a few of my water sprite "offshoots" to grow as...

Just throwing this out there...a few of my fish will start flashing at the smallest ammonia spike, so don't discount that as a possible cause if there is even a small amount of ammonia present. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I'm sorry. :( Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I don't have any advice for you. At that age, you may be right about it just being near the end of his lifespan. :( Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I use two filters, too. I like knowing there is a back-up. Another thing I like is that I alternate "cleaning" the filters (squeezing the gunk out of the sponge in old tank water), which helps prevent mini-cycles. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

That's what I do--I put 3 of them in different places in the tank. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I take a cucumber or zucchini, slice it all up, put them in a ziploc in the freezer (separate the slices so they don't freeze together) Then a couple times a week I take out a slice, let it thaw in warm water, then stick it to the side of the aquarium with a veggie clip. Leave it in overnight...

No, do not stop with the water changes. It is what is going to keep your fish alive. The beneficial bacteria mostly build up in the filter media, not the water column. Keep the ammonia below 0.25. Do not change your filter media. Use Prime. It detoxifies the ammonia but leaves it available for...

Try giving it a good shake. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Definitely could be. My platy was apparently pregnant when I got her. The only indication I had that there were babies is that two of them survived by hiding in my plants. I got lucky in that the two survivors were female, so the buck stopped there. Otherwise I wouldn't have known there were...

If that's the case, it might be wise to lose the breeder box and let nature take its course. You can use Prime to help detoxify the ammonia while you are trying to get through the mini cycle with daily pwc's. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Sounds like you got fish that were already ill. It would probably be better to add the water to the bag while it's floating to keep temp stable. You can use a chip clip to clip it to the side of the tank. You also probably don't need to wait an hour before starting to add water. I only wait...

How long has the tank been set up? Do you know what the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels are? How often do you do partial water changes, and how much? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice