Recent content by mrvincent

I have a GHA problem, nutrients are probably coming from a dry white dead rock I added to my 20g... Will Emrauld crab help with this situation ? Water changes doesn't seems to help... NO3: 0 ppm PO4: 0 ppm

I have a 90g skimmer on my 20g, but if you don't own corals and don't have powerfull lighting system, I won't add a skimmer on it...

No need of heater for goldfish, for winter, use a heater. Don't forget to monitor water temp.

Add hiding spots

Kind of big dannio... THey should be kept in group of 5-6 or more

Maybe the ammonia get too much diluated in that big tank water volume... So you don't get readings. Plants may be consuming ammonia too..

If lot of plants and lot of light, that may happens, so cycle won't start. Or maybe a little cycle...

Neons and cardinals are sensitives fishs, and sometime they don't work in a tank... Maybe a disease from the store that only affect paracheirodons...

Shake your nitrate bottle #2 like hell... Or if it's a 3 bottle test, then shake bottle #3 instead #2... There's a chemical reagent wich tend to crystalize at the bottom of the bottle, so bang it and shake if VERY VERY strong ! Maybe your readings will differ...

Coral food for low tech systems = more money for the store, also = more problems related to nutrients and algae = more money for the store, that will try to sell you product to control algae and reduce nutrients wich also = more money to the store, wich will sell you more coral food to...

Need more informations to help... Try to find out thoses things: Water temp Ca Mg Kh Ph Water flow Type of lighting DId you moved the coral or changed hit water flow ?

Aiptasia-X worked well for me, turn the pump off before you dose. Peppermint sometimes works, it worked in my case.

RODI water... but try to keep that PH constant, fishes don't like varitions in params...

Does he seems to float or try to swim at bottom to keep his level after he eats? Give it a chance, wait to see if he dies...

LOT of 50% waterchange... Daily or each two days for the firsts 3 weeks. Also, if you can get that, use your friends old filter media without rinsing them...