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I have 3 lampeye tetras with what I think is ich. I had five and two died within a few days of bringing them home from the pet store. All of them were covered with spots when I brought them home about 2 weeks ago. I was looking at all of the fish, my wife tried to get me to leave in a hurry and...

Ok, so I know I am starting out already a bit behind the power curve, but I really want some advice as to if this is possible and how to make it work on the cheap. I want to grow HC in a 20 gal tank. Is this possible to do with 4 T8 fluorescent bulbs? Each bulb is 15 watts and I was thinking...

Awesome. I am going to get a piece of driftwood and try it. I would love it if I could find a substrate that it would grow on. I think it would make for a decent low light ground cover.

Wow that was a fast response. The thing is, I have a bit of a time communicating with the store people and I wouldn't begin to know how to find that in Japan. Do you happen to know what Tetra or Hikari call their product that contains gluteraldahyde? Thanks.

I am looking for a product that basically helps a planted tank that doesn't have CO2. Where I live (Japan) they don't sell any Seachem products, but they do have Tetra, Hikari, and ADA. Most of the products in these lines are the same composition as the ones in the states, except the back labels...

Just got one of these moss balls yesterday. I really like the look of that wood. If I just put a piece of driftwood in the tank with it will it automatically start to cover it? I know it will probably take a long time, but how long am I looking at? Thanks. BTW I have decent light in the tank...

Then do they eat the snails under the sand? I have only seen 2 shells in the past month and I have 4 assassins.

My assassins spend a lot of time in the sand. I don't really know what they are doing in there because they don't seem to burrow and travel through it like a MTS would, they just go there to hide I guess.

Since this thread is not that old I am interested in hearing updates. I too have the problem of too many pond snails in my RCS tank (have since cut back in food) and got 4 assassin snails to "control" the problem. Thing is I have only found 2 shells of the pond snails since introducing them over...

Hey all, New member to the community. Just thought I would stop by and say hi. I have a ton of questions, but I don't want to be that guy that posts stuff that has already been commented on a hundred other places on the forums. That being said, there is a lot to weed through. I want to set up a...