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im using a tetratest kit it told me 6.5 to 8.5 is fine with 7 being nuetral. My corys are not the problem they have lived in my tank for several years and i have never had a problem with them. I have had no problems with the ones i have purchased or bred in my tank. i also have had Harlequin...

I retested and here is my results ph=8, no2= <0.3 mg/l, gh= 9, kh=7, nh3 nh4=0mg/l none of the fish had pinecone scales, just a raged look with missing scales. the last firefox had no missing scales but was bloated with red marks around its scales it dies very quickly with in one day

so far i have had 2 of my 3 flying foxes die and one of my small fish. i have 1 fox left 10 harlican rosetta fish i think they are called, a pleco, 6 pepper corys, 3 autocats ,and 6 little fish with white tipped fins forget there names. my water conditions are fine except for my ph which is a...

I have had 3 fish die from dropsy in the lst 2 weeks. they were losing scales and swelling before death. MY local fish store told me to turn up my heat to 82 deg and salt the tank with 1 tbs per gal ( 120 gal tank) every day for 3 days. I just wanted to confirm this on the forums before i did it

hehe ya after thinking about the changes i made i had the DoH! moment. anyways thanks for all the advice :)

the tank has been going for about a year now but the 2 things that are new are the filter and the gravel at the bottom of the tank i used to have sand but didnt like it so replaced it with gravel

hello everyone im having a minor problem with cloudy water. I have a 120 gal tank and recently purchaes a rena filstar xp3 canister filter http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=3602&N=2004+22777 i was having trouble with algea in my tank and as soon as i install my new...

hiya i'm having a condensation problem. the water collects between my pump and the glass tanks and then drips down and floods the base. i try to keep it clean but im scared it will rot my wood stand if it continues. i have taped paper towel below the pump to collect the water. i keep my water...

i m trying to breed some corys and i have the eggs in a little dish with some antifungle stuff and a hose from my air pump for keep air in the water but there is alot of vibrations in the dich because of it will that kill the eggs or is it ok?

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k i want to start raising some corys but dont have brine shrimp to feed em what else can i use? i read boiled egg yok can work. any suggestions

afternoon all i want to try and upgrade my tanks equipment here is what i have so far 120 gal fresh water tank 2 Visi-Therm Deluxe Heaters 200 watt aquaclear 500 pump/filter maxima 5 air pump 4 40 watt floresent bulbs( still having aglea problems) my saturate is sand but i hate it so im...

thanks i ordered the 30" Coralife Aqualight CF hood should take a few weeks to get to me. i also have a question about the live rock i wanted to start with 20 pounds so i didnt stress the tank to much just starting out and one of the posters said i should get 40. can i start with 20 and once...

my tanks dimentions are 31.5 inches long 12 inches deep and 16 inches high i would like to keep the light as close to $100-150 if possible in not i think ill have to shelve my tank plans.

can i just replace the tube with a coral grow bulb or do i have to replace the whole tank hood/light

afternoon all i want to start a reef tank with my old 30 glass tank. this is a starter for me so i can learn how to take care of a reef tank before i get anything bigger. my tanks as a lightglo hood with a 24" 20 watt tube and a aquaclear 200 filter. i want to get my tank started soon by...

each bulb is 40 watts. i did have more plants but they started to take over the tank all you could see was plants. then they started to get cought up in the filter so i took most of em out. i was hoping to take out some the coral and power grow bulbs and put in some normal floresent bulbs so i...

Im wondering how much light is too much light for my120 gal tank. right now i have 4 floresent tubes with each tube producing 18000 to 20000 k. the tank used to be a coral tank i know it too much light but how much is right for my tank. as of now my tank is fresh water with about 20% plants, a...

My sister inlaw has just given me her 30 gal tanks and fish i want to transfer the fish to my 120g tank. I want to make sure the fish are healthy and will not transfer anything bad to my tank. the tank is pretty dirty lots of floatys and aglie caked on the tank. most of the fish looks fine the...

nope but he is always eating algea off stuff

i was watching my platy in my tank and he started puffs this white substance out of his gills like we was smoking a cigerette anyone have any idea what is happening should i remove him from my tank?

k thanks guys i got em at 75 right now will pop em up a few degrees

k thanks i got a pleco 4 cories 4 mollys some outocats and misc others

i looked around and couldnt find an answer to this i got heaters for chirstmas two 300 watt for my 120 gal tank what is the best temp to set them at

i see some red algae growing on some of my plastic roots should i remove them for cleaning or is it ok to leave it on there for the fish to munch on ?