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[UPDATE] One week on of 50% wc followed by 25% change, as well as strategic fasting, has seen the fungus drastically recede. I was able to actually peel off a huge layer of it from my driftwood and man did it ever stink something fierce when it eventually came out of the tank... Will be...

Black water actually looks really nice imo and depending on the decorations you may like it as well. Tannins don't do any harm to the fish. Don't think carbon will have an effect on tannins.

You may be right about the over-feeding... The night I returned from my vacation I had to scoop food out of the tank despite strict instruction not to feed them if there was food still in the tank. Ah well. Thanks for the input

I have one rubberlip pleco who I got the driftwood for in the first place and he hasn't gone near the wood (I assume because of the fungus?). Would you say one 50% followed by a 25% wc a couple of days apart for a couple of weeks would handle this?

Posting in general because I'm not sure where this would go... See pictures below I put a small piece of driftwood in my 30 gallon about a month and a half ago and within a few days of putting it in the tank this white fungus like stuff started forming on it. I am aware that this can happen...

UPDATE: Tried pushing the intake in in case it hadn't been pushed all the way. It had been. Got in touch with customer service and long story short they're sending me a new filter.

I'll try pushing the intake tube in again. I had taken the whole thing apart and cleaned it because I thought maybe there was a blockage somewhere. Pretty sure I put it back together properly but I'll give it a try.

Eco complete is a soil type substrate isn't it? I use flourite sand and my loaches are happy with it. Do some good research in to the type of Loach you want. I got a school of yoyos with the same idea as yours (actually it's part of the reason I switched to sand... So they could dig around in...

I am having an issue with my Aqua clear 50. It is only a year or so old and has worked perfectly for months, and just in the last week I have noticed that the output is less than what it should be. The filter is set to max, the flow coming out of the filter is less than if it were set at the...

Also you have to be careful with guppy pairs because they can breed like crazy and the fry are numerous. I have a friend who ended up with over 100 guppies and had to get rid of some because they were interbreeding and had lots of birth defects as a result.

Do you live near a big al's? They have an excellent selection of fish. I know of two nearby me but I'm in the GTA in Ontario. Which province are you in?

What kind of fish are you looking for? From what I've seen ordering online can be kind of hectic and expensive . Sooner or later my local fish store has what I'm looking for. I was going nuts trying to find cpd and one day I just went for a stroll in the store and there they were. Google...

It is done. He is in fish heaven now. RIP little cpd.

It didn't really happen over night, so to the speak. I suspect it started several days ago, however work has kept me very tied up for the last couple of weeks and I haven't been able to do anything more than water changes and feeding. I just noticed this yesterday, probably way too late :(

I'm pretty sure there's nothing aggressive. Other tank mates include four other cpd, 4 cory cats, a couple of shrimp, and about a half dozen snails. Honestly I'm getting ready to euthanise. This is way beyond what my capabilities are as a fish keeper, and he's just floating at the top of the...

Guys I checked my fish out and his tail is about to fall off. I don't know what the heck happened. There aren't any aggressive tank mates. I'm suspecting bacteria... What should I do for this little guy?

I doesn't sound like there's enough light with a single bulb nor that the light is on long enough. I don't know much about this particular plant but maybe it's worth some more research in to it. Do you use any c02 or excel? I've been using excel and flourish and have a double light fixture and...

Just going to jump right in to it. What is an appropriately sized tank for 6 adult yoyo loaches? I currently have 6 juveniles, the largest being about 2" and the smallest perhaps 1 1/2". They're growing much faster than I was expected them to (thanks a lot, stupid high quality and live foods...

I would highly suggest using a test kit for ammonia reading instead of the alert tags. I had the exact same tags in my tank and they failed spectacularly. My tank ammonia had crept up to 2ppm, unbeknownst to me had I not used a test kit, and the tag still showed that it was safe. A quick Google...

I second everyone saying to get a chlorine remover. I use API Stress coat with aloe Vera, you can put some extra because it will help with the slime coat which may help with what is happening to your cpd. It is absolutely necessary to remove chlorine from your water before adding it to the...

Okie dokie, so I just wanted to take some time to offer a quick update on what's going on. I ran another ammonia test yesterday morning and it came at .25 ppm. So that seems to be decreasing. Just for fun I decided to do a nitrate and nitrite test. Nitrite is at 2 ppm and nitrate is at 10...

Also, before I forget, I was reading about bacterial blooms as toolman had suggested that was the cause of the cloudiness. What I read told me that these blooms can cause a big spike in ammonia, and because now I strongly suspect this may be behind the ammonia levels my next research topic will...

So I've just gotten home form work and the first thing I did was test it for ammonia. Good news is that it's decreased to .50 ppm after the water change this morning. Bad news is that I still have ammonia at .50 ppm... I was able to pick up prime before getting home and have dosed the tank...

1/3 charcoal, 1/3 biomax, 1/3 sponge. I removed the charcoal this morning.

Okay so I get that it's going through a cycle but what I don't quite have figured out is why the cycle started. I'm going to get some prime tonight and if they also have purigen I'll grab that too. It's petsmart though, so if it's not there I'll go to my more reliable/preferred, albeit further...