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It is white and when I look at it closely, part of it seems to be semi-transparent white. The bulge is internal and appears to be hard.

I was watching my fish in my 10gal planted tank today and I noticed something out the ordinary. My Rosy Barb was acting funny. It is losing color like it is stressed out and is hanging out towards the bottom of the tank. I also noticed it has a white bulge behind it's stomach. I've attached...

Today I bought a Wardly nitrate test kit at my fish store. I did the test as the kit instructed. The water turned a yellowish color when the test was complete. The test says no color change is 0 ppm and shades of pink are detectable nitrate levels. Yellow is not a color on the chart. Am I...

Alright then, I'll use the siphon to get the poop out. Sometimes it is hard to get between plants without damaging them, but I should be able to get most of it.

I have two questions about my planted 10g tank. 1)What kink of algae/bacteria do I have based on my picture? The algae is all over my plants and surfaces. It has 1/4 inch hairs and is very slimy. I stopped adding chemical fertilizers when my tank was covered. It is more under control now...

I bought 3 fertilizers today, Seachem Flourish, Iron, and Trace. The regular flourish says it is recommended that I refrigerate it. Should I put the other two in the fridge?

I do not test for nitrates or phosphates. I do not have those tests. I can take water to the lfs and have them test it though. I do not dose potassium. Going by what the Kent fertalizer says it includes trace minerals and iron. KH- 89.5ppm GH- 35.8ppm It is green algae on both the...

I only have two swords in my planted tank. I am getting about 12 more assorted plants though on Friday when my shipment comes. The swords have been doing fine but I have been noticing they are losing their clorophyl. There's about 5 leaves altogether that you can see through. The tank is...

Thanks everyone, now I can really start propagating my planted tank.

As I am getting into plants, I am realizing that my lfs doesn't have the plants I want. Can someone give me a list of good online plant stores or a link to another post with a list? Thanks

I was thinking that shipping would be high everywhere but hoping there would be on it was cheap at. I guess I could order multiple things even if I don't need them right at this moment. I'll have to price some stuff out.

I have been looking all over the internet for the nutrafin bubble counter and diffuser. My lfs doesn't have it so I have to get it online. I found it at a bunch of online stores but shipping was outrageous, to me at least. Does anyone know of an online store that has this product and charges...

I was at my lfs last week and he didn't have any hagen diffusers. I knew the airstone wouldn't work once I started getting more plants than just the cabomba. What is a good online store that has the hagen diffuser? I checked BigAls and they don't have it.

OK, thank you everyone. The yellow labs will be out in a week. I will keep an eye on the pleco. I think I will run to the fish store this week and get some ferts. Corvuscorax, do I have to put CO2 tube close to the impeller so it suckes the bubbles down? I have tried it and if the tube...

There are no snails that I know of in the tank.

I came home today and noticed my plants aren't doing so well. It is a 10gal planted tank. My swords have holes in them and the leaves(or whatever you call them) on my cambomba are falling off. I am adding CO2 to the tank and I have 2X13watt bulbs for lighting for 10 hours a day. The...

OK, I was pretty sure they would just eat the leftovers but wasn't sure if I had to feed them anything special.

When I was at my LFS two days ago I got 4 ghost shrimp. Do I need to feed them a certain food or will they just eat the waste on the bottom of the tank?

There definitely is not a leak, the airline is connected to the bottle through a rubber cork. I have an aquaclear mini filter. Should I put the airstone in the intake section or not use an airstone at all and just put the tube in the intake area? I will try adding more sugar and less yeast...

Last week I decided to make my own CO2 system for my 10gal tank. I used the standard method, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon yeast, 1 teaspoon baking soda, filled with water to 3 inches from top. It worked great, I was getting 3 bubbles every 8 seconds after 2 hours of setup. It got even better after...