Recent content by elizae

No live foods, just pellets and frozen in that tank. I saw a video where someone called them some sort of shrimp Things that eat detritus? I’m not sure. This tank has been running for 6 years, never had live food, and no new plants in years, and they’ve only just now made themselves known. I...

I’ll try that. Here’s what they are, i was barely able to get the camera to focus on it. It’s currently in a plastic bottle cap in my palm for comparison. it’s about as big as the ridges on the cap. I’m not sure if my identification of water fleas is correct. At first I thought they were poop...

I have a 40 gallon aquarium with 2 angelfish and a nerite snail. Tank has been running this setup for a couple months now. A couple weeks ago, I noticed these brown dots on the glass, and saw they were moving. They sat at the water surface and down by the sand. I tried to google them but I...

There are different qualities/types of stainless steel, and since it is not actually a pure metal, you can have different levels of iron, silicon, and everything else. I have not known for it to cause problems but if it does interact with the water, it would be adding more iron (I presume)...

The barb will regrow his scales, they just may not look the same as the surrounding or previous scales. I know it’s hard watching fish suffer, it’s no fun. Now that it has spread to the angels we can start considering that something is in your water and it is not just the mollies. I’m assuming...

Maybe I should have clarified that you raise the remaining eggs or the next batch. I meant, after the fish lay eggs your hand raise all living ones, such as removing the slate after your pair has finished, because not all angelfish are brilliant parents. Hand raising eggs in the same idea of...

Earthmother, I want to but i do not have a good camera and it is hard to see unless you’re in person. I’ll post some photos somewhere with them Edit: quick googling revealed they’re bronze cories, aka green cories, but were sold as emeralds... So now I have green cories and emerald...

You want a freshwater aquarium at about 4-8. Your kH and gH (maybe pH?) I believe go hand in hand so if one is high so should the other. I was just now able to view your video and I have two concerns. You have some VERY swollen mollies. I cannot tell if they are balloon hybrids. It looks very...

I had a school of cherry barbs, and all of them ended up passing except for one and this tiny cherry barb harassed the entire tank (angels, cories, tetra, everything). All barbs are schooling fish. Fish don’t like to school with different colored fish, hence why when you might get black skirt...

What fish is it?

I got my shipment of fish today. 2 doas but everyone else is super active. The new angels are a lot more bright than the last new ones. These are active and exploring, and their fins are in perfect condition. Some of their gills are red but I don’t know if it’s from ammonia or it’s a blushing...

As far as I know the shells will slowly grow and “heal” My nerite has cracks and missing pieces from being knocked about by goldfish. He is very happy and very big. His shell did “grow back” but you can see and feel the damage. It won’t go back to having the same prettiness, and will most...

The best way to check is to dose ammonia (If you can dose 2ppm that is best), and if in 24 hrs , ammonia and nitrite are 0 you can slowly start adding fish, and during the week to test the water. If you’re cycling with fish food, it is hard to know how fast it is rotting/ammonia being produced...

How long do you plan to hold these fish in that tank? Some quarantine for 2 weeks, some more than a month. Just want to know your plan I see no problem concerning the snails too much. I know Gouramis need about 38 L for just one. Honey Gouramis I believe have been decided as the peaceful...

I believe I have narrowed it down to columnaris or costia, I'm leaning towards costia. Conflicting sources say treat with: Salt, Heat, Copper meds, General Cure, Methylene Blue, Paraguard, Malachite Green, No salt, and a thousand other cures. Stores close very early here so I am looking for...