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Just to reinforce what @Andy Sager has said. The softening pillow or however you try to do a DIY version with resin, works on an ion...

Tiger Barbs are one of those fish that have been bred in captivity for a long time so there are going to be deformities as well as...

The issue becomes that if the cationized resin uses salt, you will be adding salt to the tank which the fish may not like. The API water...

It sounds like your water source has changed it's water source or maybe this is a seasonal thing for them? I would suggest contacting...

Your description screams it's the city water that's the problem. Either you are not treating it properly or it contains items that your...

Back then, the fish, the tanks and the public water systems were a lot less complicated than they are today. Some of the " ease" of...

I've never been a fan of large volume water changes unless you were doing them from the start. There's too great a risk that the change...

The bubbles will caused by microbes breaking down organic material in the substrate and releasing gas. Oxygen, nitrogen, maybe carbon...

Well, if you add 7.0 water to 6.0 water, the pH should rise by the percentage of dilution. If your nitrates have climbed from between...

First off, I wouldn't put Ottos in a 10 gallon tank. They prefer faster moving water and you can't get that good of a circulation in a...

What kinds of fish have you tried and lost in it?

It's really hard to say with this fish because if you are overfeeding, that's what an overfed fish can look like. The problem is that...

I'm sorry to hear. :( Here's a few pointers should you try this specie again: Leaf fish, ( African or S. American) do better on live...

I can feel for you as I had a similar situation back in the mid 1980s when I lost 75 out of my 100 pairs of Angels to " Angelfish Aids"...

It wasn't called " Cycling" 60 years ago but was 30 years ago here in the States. I know because I was working in retail pet shops then...