Recent content by lostintheforest

Wow sounds like your fish are certainly well fed! I'm going to pick up some daphnia or bloodworms next time I'm at the lfs along w an air stone. The flakes seem to be working out though they float around the surface until they hit the stream from the filter then they shoot down towards the...

I see, I didn't know about dropsy, based on the photos i've looked at, seems like that's what this poor guy had. dropsy explains the pinecone effect, but i wonder what caused the de-scaleing/discoloration. it almost looks like they just rubbed off. so far i've just been feeding them a small...

Well sadly the little male CPD has crossed the rainbow bridge...I took some photos after I took him out and noticed that his scales were spiked up all over his body and that discoloration I mentioned earlier looks like missing scales. Now I'm worried it is some kind of infection....any ideas...

Thanks for the immediate reply! I don't have an air stone, but it sounds like i should get one asap (thank you for explaining the relationship between higher temps and o2 levels). I too was worried about the dramatic change in temperature, but i saw online some suggestions to use the bottle and...

Thank you librarygirl, for again providing some excellent advice. Unfortunately when i got home from work today i noticed one of my male CPD up at the very top of the tank sort of floating in the cabomba i have planted. it certainly is not in good shape, and has since sunk to the bottom of the...

Hi everyone, Just looking for some stocking advice. I currently have a 6 gallon fluval edge nano tank (fully cycled and planted) with 7 Celestial Pearl Danios, one Cherry red Shrimp, and one nerite snail. The CPD's seem pretty happy but spend most of the time around the bottom of the tank (in...

Nitrates are around 40ppm. I will be doing a 30-40% water change when I get home from work to try and reduce that, although when I told the guy at lfs he said that 40 wasn't too high. It's possible the browning has to do with particles settling on the moss itself, and I had wondered if maybe...

Anyone else have any ideas what might by causing my moss and other plants to turn brown? This is what it looks like today and about a month ago

So far I'm just using regular seachem flourish. I've order some excel as well but it won't get here until next week. Do you think my lighting is not adequate? Any idea why the moss would look dull? If you look at the photo, the miss on the bottom right is brand new added yesterday. While the...

Hello all, Just hoping to get some advice on plant care. I've noticed gradually over the past few weeks my Xmas moss has started turning darker with some parts tuning brownish. I also have cabomba as well and although it is growing like crazy it is looking a lot less green and more...

Wow thank you for your great reply. I am happy to say that somewhat miraculously the little fish I was worried about is looking at acting almost completely different just 24 hours later. It's really remarkable, I had a hard time finding him (almost positive he's a male now) in the group he had...

Hi all, I recently added 5 galaxy rasboras to my newly cycled fluval edge (6 gallon) and for the most part it seems like they're slowly getting more comfortable--still pretty skiddish but they have a good appetite and seem to like the flake food I have (as long as its crushed into tiny bits)...

wow! that's certainly out of my budget at the moment. good to know the difference between lumens and par though! i honestly don't need to get too technical/fancy with things at the moment. i just want to make sure i'm providing my plants with enough energy to grow, and be healthy. perhaps you...

unfortunately electrical wiring is not something i'm very experience with. I do love figuring things out and learning new things though so if you'd like to share with me what you're doing that would be great (i'm also just intrigued by the "experimental" factor). I just did a quick search on...

Great, thank you for your advice!! I will look for some more LEDs on eBay. :) I wanna get this tank looking lush and healthy!