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So I haven't added any new fish to my tank for roughly a year, and I am seeing what looks like ich on 2 of my cardinal tetras. I am at a total loss. Is this even possible? Tanks parameters are: 0ppm ammo 0ppm nitrite 20ppm nitrate (I am lucky to get it down that far even heavily planted) Temp...

So we will most likely be getting my daughter her new betta today for her Christmas present. (If she finds one she likes). But the heater in her tank seems to really be struggling to keep the temps up. It's been stable at 75f for about the last week but the heater is always on. It's set to 79...

So my kids brought some goldfish home from the fair :facepalm:. It was pretty evident immediately that they were in really bad shape. We lost one about 4 days in and the other one seems to be healing up very well. He hasn't eating anything I've given him other than he really seems to love the...

Ok so my kids went to fair and came home with 2 goldfish and a very small and yes illegal sized red ear slider! The goldfish were easy I set them up in my 36g quarantine tank. The RES is definitely more worrying. he spent the first day in the stupid little 1 gallon critter cage. That I kept warm...

Ok so here is it my husband wants to move to Arizona. We live in Minnesota currently. Yes this will be the mother of all moves with 5 kids already! But I would also be taking my tanks with me. Would it make more sense to re-home the fish I have and start over or take them with me? I am not...

So last night my canister to a crap and started leaking. I am heading to the store this afternoon. I still have 2 HOB's running but I would rather get the canister replaced today so I don't lose my biofilter. So quick quick I need a decent cheap canister filter for my 55!

So I got new fish about a week ago. I figured I might have a bump in Ammonia for a couple of days, and I figured I was in for some water changes not big deal. So I did a water change then tested the water it was .5 ppm. So I did another water change. It was .25 okay so not great but with some...

I broke down and got a few mollies to get a few more fish in the tank as it was looking very empty. I got 6 dalmatians and 2 gold lyretail panda mollies about a week ago. For some reason the panda mollies hide all the time. It's really weird. Today was the first day they sort of came out when I...

Ok so as many of you know I have been trying to deal with my high Nitrates in my water. So I have come up with an experiment that I think works. So normally I do 2 50% pwc a week. Well I stopped doing them last week so I could actually watch the nitrates and how they rise versus plant mass...

Ok so I have been looking on the internet trying to figure out how fast Angels grow. As you can imagine I have heard and found everything from I had 2year old angels that were only 2 inches to mine got to 6 inches in 10 months, to Angels will never get to their full 8 inches in anything less...

Ok so I have been going over everything I can. I dose pps-pro without the KNO3. I keep a my plant load very high, fish load low, feeding schedule small and every other day and pwc of 50% twice a week. Yes I have nitrates in my tap right around 10ppm. Today's pwc looked like 80ppm. The only...

In the last couple of months I have really been getting back at working on my plants. I am in dire need of a rescape. I decided to wait until this summer and I figured I would get the plants I do have in the best health possible before I rip them all out and start over. So today I just did a...

I have no idea why but I have a massive snail invasion. I have never had an issue with them before. My assassins have always kept them under control but now the are everywhere constantly climbing the glass. I am really careful not to overfeed if anything I under feed, because I have a nitrate...

This is Sprinkles my albino bnp. I don't have any top pics, a totally uncooperative fishy today.

So I live in SW Minnesota (think little house on the prairie) I live in an old house with old doors my tank is right next to the door. Well the wind kicked up sometime in the middle of the night and blew my front door open and at 5:30 this morning my husband woke me up because it was snowing in...

Ok so another post made me think of this. I am going to do a total break down and rescape. New plants, substrate, co2 system, and rocks. The thought just crossed my mind. I live in Pipestone and we have some of the most beautiful red stone I have ever seen, and I can go pick it up from almost...

What does everybody do with their fish when they rescape? I am going to redo mine but the terror I feel as I contemplate moving plants that are well rooted in a dirted substrate is giving me the willies.

Did I kill my cycle? so as a few of you may know I have been fighting a columnaris outbreak. I have treated with kanaplex and more recently with nitrofurazone prophylactically. Doing bi weekly water changes of 50% to keep the water as clean as possible I have been trying to get my co2 right...

This tank is a mess. I had everything in there in my 37g and my 38g bf. It's a long story that nobody wants to here (trust me) but I took my other 2 tanks down and put up my 55g that had been in my basement for the better part of the last 4 years. It was all done in one day all the filters were...

Ok I am having a brainfart here. What can I use with glut? I know it will melt vals and I know it will melt a few other so before I waste money again what should I not buy? I am running quad t5HO over a 55g if that helps and I high dose the glut. Ferts are pps pro. My tank needs some work as I...

I can't figure out what is on my angel fish. I did just purchase him and all of the fish in my tank. I don't have a quarantine tank as I just don't have the space for one. Everybody else appears healthy the tank is fully cycled. He is eating well and seems to be swimming well, although he...

I can't remember at what nitrate ppm do you need to do the water change to prevent a stall?

Which in your opinion is better fluorite or Eco Complete? I am setting up a new 55g dirted.

Can you put 2 jack Dempseys in a 55g?

Is it safe to quarantine 4 comets in a 10g tank for 2-4 weeks? Yes parameters will be carefully monitored.