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My plants are not quite densely packed though they do cover the entire bottom. I would easily be able to clean around them except for the fact that I fear damaging their roots. From what it sounds like there should be a balance between plants and nitrates that I might not quite be able to...

A few months ago, after reading in numerous places that planted tanks did not require-and in fact benefited from-not cleaning deep into the gravel to get out the mulm, I started to do so. The problem is that now there are snails everywhere. Should I clean the gravel or not? I believe they...

I suppose there is also information here on something similar but aside from that I'm afraid I can't help much: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f17/bloated-dg-238215.html

I would try to give it a pea. Take off the thin shell and crush it up. Not sure how often, maybe every other feeding? If it has dropsy you might be able to see pineconey scales that stick out. My fish that have had dropsy lasted only a few days, but I don't know.

I've been reading up on it and I think the overall consensus is that its not bad to over filtrate but it can be bad to create powerful currents?

I'll be able to test the water soon with a second 50% water change also. But I was wondering, I have an extra twenty gallon filter with minimal water flow. Would it be beneficial to add that to the tank and try to seed it with media from a different aquarium? Would you recommend that someone...

Stock level? You mean?: Stocked with: 1 adult guppy (dead) ~1.5 in female 3 juvenile guppies ~1in 4baby guppies ~ 1cm It's hard to measure with the tails

I can't measure PH above 8.4 and it near maxes out my tests so I'm not sure but it is quite alkaline water. Can this also have detrimental effects on bacteria growth? It is quite alkaline and hard even right out the faucet, and I heard it is slightly more acidic while the chlorine is still in...

It is a 10 gallon aquarium, little over a year old Stocked with: 1 adult guppy (dead) ~1.5 in female 3 juvenile guppies ~1in 4baby guppies ~ 1cm It's hard to measure with the tails I use extra "top-fin water conditioner" after waiting 24 hours to release gases just in case. I add it to the...

Yea, I think between the two I would choose the Apisto. I might like a GBR slightly more or less in looks but they seem more sensitive and I have hard water. Actually they both prefer soft. Given my hard water do you know any rift lake cichlids which might be slightly more comfortable...

I just tested it Ammonia: 0.1-0.25 ppm Nitrite: 0.5-1.0 ppm Nitrate: 0-0.1ppm These aren't that bad are they? I probably shouldn't have ammonia in a year old tank if I'm doing it right, right? Why is my nitrite moderately high but almost no Nitrate? Last week I did a fifty percent water...

A couple of my guppies have gotten dropsy lately and I was wondering what the cause might be? They both got fat right away and showed pointy scales and within a few days in which they stopped eating they died. I heard that it was noncommunicable, and both times I tried to feed them peas but...

Or maybe the black molly's name is mountain dew and it went insane? Yup, I like natural aquariums also. Maybe add a few medium-small rocks as well

Both Ideas are great, either of which I might do. I do get fry every once in a while and might be able to put some hardy plants along with the rocks in it since they'll be too small to dig them out. I also think that shell dwellers are interesting if I can manage to pull off the territory...

I am wondering if for Shelldwellers it is not the floor space that matters. In that case, the Marineland Crescent might have a similar amount of territory to a ten gallon. Perhaps enough for three?