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Thank you both. I've started testing kh and gh for and am currently in a middle ground of ideal ranges for all 3 species. As for the one shrimp that I could identify a deformity on: he's dead. I took him out and did a salt dip as its kinda hard to find information on shrimp diseases and the...

Hello, I have a 5g tank that has been up and fully cycled for a couple of years now. Just recently, I switched it from a betta tank to a shrimp tank. (picture below). A few months ago, I bought 9 shrinp 3 blood reds, 3 blue ones (forgot real name), and 3 gold backs. Since then, they have been...

So I wanted some taller plants for the shrimp to hide in in my betta tank and I remembered a local lake was having problems with what I assumed was hornwort so I decided to go over there and grab some instead of going to my LFS and buying it, I got it, got back, and cleaned them with a mix of...

Hi guys I have this betta who has been in a clean and cycled comunity tank for around 6 months without issue and without any other fish getting sick. But recently she started sitting at the bottom of the tank and breathing heavy. I tried to feed her and she ate like she normally did then went...

Almost a Week late still no smell. The cat couldnt have gotten to him either so ur probably right that he jumped and I never smelt him. There is a little space between the lid and edges of tank (though it must have been a very tight fit). from the sounds of it I need to move the 6 dollar rock...

I was thinking that at first but I have a glass lid on the top and if it had jumped out I would have smelt it by now.

Hi guys below I posted a picture of my 5g tank. It's completely cycled and I recently bought a betta, nerite, and an assain snail. One the first day everything went fine and then on the second day I got the betta to eat. He was looking good and healthy then the next morning I wake up and hes no...

Hi guys I have a 20g cycled tank that been up for a couple years now with adequate stocking and recently my corydora stopped moving alot and got a huge bump in its stomach. Its fins are currently clamped and its nose Brussels are broken (have been for a while, probable because of the gravel...

78 is on the higher side but should be fine for the fish mentioned. they will get used to it and be fine in it though. changing the heater isnt nessicary

Cartridge change = bad, period stop. Water clarity will come after cycle is over and has nothing to do with clean filters if your extremely worried about water clarity you can put some filter floss (100% polyester filling) right in front of the intake on your filter. This will clean your water...

Your tanks gonna be cloudy for a while it's not a bad thing it's just the bacteria growing, just gotta deal with it until it works itself out. The only parameters that matter are amonia, nitrite, and nitrate. Dont worry about ph and phosphates unless your trying to do something advanced like...

Prime is soposte to smell like sulfur you shouldnt be using enough that you smell it after its added to the tank though

Same have tried it multiple times only to get the same results. Too fragile imo

Chemicals should not make that smell. If you have a basic HOB filter you should be able to pretty easily get into the motor. If you can, make sure theres no substrate, skeletons, or hair in it. if your motor is being blocked it will make a louder noise and the flow would be slightly slower but...

5 mollies will give you 20 mollies in a couple months if your tank has alot of decorations/plants so be careful on that and I also agree with the previous post that corydoras should be in larger schools, but at the same time when I got my corydoras I got 6 and 5 died within a couple months, 2...

First, cycling and getting into keeping fish is alot more work than expected and alot to take in but it gets alot easier as you go on. just think you've come to the right place for opinions and help and this is making ur experience alot better. Second, I wouldn't know never seen any reviews on...

Not discarding what anyone above said but it seems this has gotten way over complicated. Your tank is fine with the filtration it currently has (though more never hurts) and above people are giving their opinions on what works best not what is necessary. Just look into the links given above on...

The tank is getting cloudy at around the same time every month because it's trying to cycle and everytime you change the filter cartridge it resets this cycle. The fry are not dying from the filter being too strong(although this is very possible) there dying because there not as hardy as the...

Do you know your nitrate/nitrite readings? Ammonia being at 0 is only helpful if you know that the tank would be able to keep that number at 0 with fish in it. If you are just testing ammonia and seeing it at 0 although the plants and snails help its pretty much the same as a newly setup tank...

In all seriousness, the best way to check if a snail is dead is to pick it up and smell it. If it smells like nothing its prolly alive but if he has a bad smell it's dead. Also your parameters make it sound like your tank is not cycled, judging by how there is 0 nitrate. What are your ammonia...

That's good that u notice the food is molding at the bottom but the molding food isnt the main problem. When that food sits there it creates ammonia. Your problem is your tank doesnt have enough beneficial bacteria to deal with that ammonia and turn it into nitrates. You need to go to the store...

From your profile it looks like your new to the aquarium game. Read this it's about the nitrogen cycle which is a must know if you will be keeping fish. https://fishlab.com/nitrogen-cycle/ After that give us information on your aquarium size and how long it's been up. It looks like alot...

If it's what I think it is, a sponge with a hole in it on the intake pipe of a HOB filter, it should work fine as its then basically just extra mechanical filtration. I've had one on my HOB filter for years to prevent decaying plant parts from getting stuck in the impeller and I only clean it...

Drip acclimation is more geared towards saltwater fish as the different water parameters in saltwater are much more finicky. Also I might have read it wrong, but it sounds like u gave the water parameters before the betta arrived. Is it possible you tried to get the fish to eat too much and the...

Hi guys I have a perfectly fine 20 gallon tank with alot of media in the back which has been cycled for a couple years now. However I have recently added a filter cartridge from another tank witch is not cycled at all (new cartridge). My question is how long does it take the bacteria to spread...