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    Please Help, Silver Dollars with Ich

    well I just got home from a 3 day business trip in Charlotte. My wife continued to treat the tank while I was gone. It has been 6 days now of medicine and a steady temperature of 86. Although I did lose 3 Silver Dollars and a Bala Shark, I am happy to say the entire tank didnt get wiped out. The...
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    Please Help, Silver Dollars with Ich

    I do have some clown loaches in the tank. Is that Rid Ich Plus safe for the Clowns?
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    Please Help, Silver Dollars with Ich

    Hi All, I really need some advice on this one. In my 125G tank, I recently added some Silver Dollars (about 2 weeks ago). The tank is stocked with the following: 1. 1 Rope Fish 2. 5 Cory Cats 3. 1 Pleco 4. 3 Bala Sharks 5. 7 Silver Dollars On Wednesday night, I noticed my Silver Dollars had...
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    Media Order, Fluval 406, right or wrong?

    So in my 55G established aquarium, I was experiencing a .25 Ammonia level that just would not go away after adding an additional 5 Mbuna Cichlids to the tank. In order to establish more beneficial bacteria to help with the small amount of Ammonia, I changed out 2 of the 4 baskets of filtration...
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    African Cichlid 101........?

    It does help a lot. I know it was extremely broad, and was just looking for a overall generic answer and I appreciate your help
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    African Cichlid 101........?

    so its my first time keeping African cichlids in a aquarium and they all look very healthy and are very active so I think. With this being my first time with cichlids what are their overall behavior like? What do they do that is considered normal behavior in a aquarium? What signs should I watch...
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    Water Parameters

    As for the Heater - yes I would get a new heater, sounds like the one you have may be going bad. As for the PH, how are your current fish doing? if they are doing good then I would just monitor the PH to make sure it doesn't start to get to much higher than what it currently is.... what kind of...
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    Need help choosing a canister filter please.

    A little under a month ago if someone would have asked me what my filtration system was, I would have answered that it was a HOB Emperor 400 Filter. In early November, I also switched over to a canister filter and it was the best thing I have ever done..... I bought the Fluval 406 Canister...
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    went ahead and changed substrate out

    I saw that most fish can adapt to higher PH as long as they are acclimated correctly which I use the drip method acclimation that usually takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. Also, I guess worse case scenario, I could move towards a African Cichlid tank
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    went ahead and changed substrate out

    So the deal on that was I went up to my LPS yesterday to get everything I would need for the substrate change..... I had been doing a lot of research and was thinking I was going with sand but when I got up there all they had was Live Sand..... So I purchased the black eco complete substrate and...
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    Pretty Sure I messed up and my Angel Fish is dying

    Here is my Nitrate reading from 3 days ago, and this was before I did such a large water change....
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    went ahead and changed substrate out

    So I have been doing a lot of research on changing out substrate and was super nervious to do so because of BB that was established in my old substrate and not wanting to kill any fish...... Well a few days ago I thought I had crashed my tank just by trying to get some Danios which I actually...
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    Pretty Sure I messed up and my Angel Fish is dying

    It is a 55G tank with a Fluval 406 Canister Filter I use Prime everytime I do a water change and believe me, I do water changes religiously, once per week. The fish in the tank are now 1 Angel Fish and 6 Albino Cory Cats The parameters now are: PH 7.8 Ammonia - between 0 and .25 Nitrite - 0...
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    Pretty Sure I messed up and my Angel Fish is dying

    So earlier today, I decided to re home my 5 Giant Danios simple because they were swimming around the tank so fast that I feel like they were stressing out my 2 Angel Fish Big Time....... The Danios are super fast and super frustrating, especially when trying to net the dang fish. I ended up...
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    First Time Aquascaping with Rocks, Driftwood, and Live Plants, Opinions?

    Thank you, I am slowly transitioning to all live plants, will look into that plant... is that a pretty hardy plant?
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    First Time Aquascaping with Rocks, Driftwood, and Live Plants, Opinions?

    So I am going to put some pictures of my aquarium set up now. Keep in mind this is my first time ever using Rock, Driftwood, and Live Plants all together. I did the best I could on it and I am just looking for honest feedback. I am fully prepared for constructive criticism lol. If it looks bad...
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    General questions about owning a tank

    1. Tank is cycled when you get readings of Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, and Nitrate around 20 ppm or lower (API Master Test Kit to obtain these readings) 2. Not sure on snails, I don't own any 3. I usually go off of a fish compatibility chart you can find online when stocking 4. Temperature is...
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    55G Stocking Question

    Thank you, Here is the current set up.... the only change is actually coming in the mail on Friday. I have a large piece of Malaysian Driftwood coming in that I am going to attach 2 or 3 Anubius Plants to and put on the left side where the fake log decoration is now
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    55G Stocking Question

    So I currently have a 55G aquarium with 5 Giant Danios, 6 Albino Cory Cats, and 2 Angel Fish. I really want to add 3 Red Fire Dwarf Gourami to complete my tank. What are your opinions on that? I am thinking this is a good fish to add because its max size is 2-3 inches and they are not schooling...
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    Possible Fish TB? Please Help!!!

    So in my 55G tank, I added 4 Giant Danios to the 4 I already had, giving me 8 total. I put them in the tank about 2 weeks ago and started noticing that 3 of the 4 I added just didn't seem right. One of them had a tail that was bent down and the other two just look really thin compared to how my...
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    Angel Fish Behavior Question

    I will have to try that, seems like a very sufficient and great way to acclimate fish to the aquarium. Just a update, I have the moonlight setting on the tank and the angel fish are now out of hiding and swimming around slowly..... baby steps lol
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    Angel Fish Behavior Question

    My lights are on Moonlight setting, very dim right now, is that sufficient enough?
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    Angel Fish Behavior Question

    ok so I took everyone’s advice on here and purchased two angel fish today (I was going to add 4 to my tank but was advised I would be overstocking the tank.) so I put the bag in the water for 25 minutes then I added a little bit of aquarium water and waited an additional 15 minutes. As soon as I...
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