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Somewhat new but a very fast learner. I have a friend with over 25 years of experience and this is my first tank 55gal. I don't think anything changed. Although I noticed on one my Red rainbows about 10 Ich spots so I increased the temp to 85 and that eliminated the ich. The temp was raised for...

Thanks live fish guy. Unfortunately I don't have another tank and I wasn't expecting SAE's to breed, if this is really the case. Are there small baskets or plastic cages I can put in this tank to allow them to be contained but separated and in their normal water conditions. Also do they lay...

i need some help with my SAE. Is she pregnant? Her and another one of the SAE's in the tank where swimming/dancing very close together a couple of weeks ago and now this one is just resting on plants, rocks, DW really anything and everything in the tank. None of the other fish have any bellies...

here's the tank and water test results. so no ammonia and no nitrites. Nitrates look around 20 ppm. My weekly WC tomorrow and I'm going to up it to a 25 gal change. Thoughts? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Mebbid- I will be checking levels tonight. I'll let you know the results. Thanks for your input. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

BBradbury - Thanks for the advice. My WC's are more like 40-45% because I don't think there is actually 55gal of water in the tank. I change out 20 gal every week so what I'll do is up it a bit. I have 60 lbs of gravel and 3 pieces of driftwood along with 2 big swords, 2 Anubias, 2 rotala and 8...

I have 62 fish - 30 small schooling fish(rummynoses, HY 511's and lambchop rasboras) 8 oto's, 3 SAE, 8 cories, 4 Gouramis, 3 Boesemani rainbows, a pair of red wag swordtails,1 Angel, 1 redtail shark,1 black kuhli loach , 1 Kubotai Loach in a heavily planted tank. Weekly 33% WC with an Eheim 65...

I wanted to see how my perimeters changed after a 33% WC and here are the results. Tested 0 ppm Ammonia, 0 ppm Nitrite and 30 ppm Nitrate performed the 33% WC. The tank is 55 gal heavily planted with 50 or fish and it's been in existence for 3 months. After WC I tested it again and all the...

Delapool - I thought about the clown loaches growing too big but after a couple of years I'll probably invest in a larger tank. This way I'll have a home for them. I originally got them because of the snails a had in the tank due to the purchase of the plants. Well they were gone in a day. So do...

Also my lights are on for 7 hours. Should I worry about the elevated nitrate level? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

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Here's the results. so I'd say pH - 7.6 high range pH - 8.0 Ammonia - maybe .10 ish ppm Nitrite - 0 ppm Nitrate - maybe 30 ppm I just did a 33% WC last night. Since I added more filter floss the particles have subsided but not crystal clear yet. I've had the tank going do 2 1/2 months with 42...

I just finished with a 33% WC and changed the filter floss. I'll test the water tomorrow and publish the results. Hopefully the white particles will clear up. One question - Where is the proper placement of the intake and outflow tubes? I have the outflow kinda in the middle to left side and I...

Sorry I forgot to add the . In front of 10. It's actually .10 ppm. It was yellow. Not green. I'm still going to do a WC and add more filter floss. I'll see how that goes. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Still have floating particles and did a 25% WC on Saturday. Here are the test results. I so live in Chicago so I'm pretty sure we have higher pH water to begin with. pH - 7.4 High Range pH - 8.0 Ammonia - 10 ppm Nitrite - 0 ppm Nitrate - 20 ppm I'm open for suggestions about how to clear up the...

Aqua Holic - I have a Eheim G65 canister with 2 types of hard media and 2 filter pads (blue and white). I'm going to try the Purigen and I'll leave the tank alone for away. I'll respond back in a couple of days. Thanks to all. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

also this is the whole 55 gal tank shot. Light is on for 5 1/2 hours. And I just did a 25% WC. I cleaned the canister and just rinsed the white and blue pads. Should I replace the white one? I started the tank 2 months ago and there are 39 fish - 11 rummynoses, 10 HY 511 tetra's, 7 Lambchop...

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My 55g tank is not crystal clear after 7 weeks of existence and weekly WC, the water has white floating particles. I have upped the WC to 5 in the past week and I thought that would do the trick but it hasn't. The tank is planted with 40 fish and the quality of the water is good. Some algae does...