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I think we are getting close to adding our final group of fish to our 20g community. The kids want glofish which I'm fine with but I thought I read somewhere that because of the inbreeding of them that their health/hardiness may not be as strong as their non-glofish species (especially the...

New bolivian ram in quarantine for about a week now. I haven't seen him eat at all. Swims in place most of the time, periodically turning or going to the other side of the tank. Quarantine tank mate (a male Platy) is very active and eats. The first day he was in quarantine he was pretty active...

20g tank, finally cycled (or very close to it). 8ph, 179ppm GH. 2 platies and 1 swordtail (all male) have made it through the fish-in cycle like champs. Also recently added 3 Amano shrimp that are funny to watch. Will be setting up a quarantine tank this weekend (hopefully using one of my...

Almost four weeks into a fish-in cycle with my 20g - 2 Platies, 1 swordtail. Only fake plants. Temp is 77-79. KH is 120ish, maybe a tad higher using the test strips. Water is hard to very hard. Not sure if something changed in the last week or so with my tap but I feel like the last time I...

20g, 2 male Platy, 1 male swordtail, aquarium has been running for 3 weeks. Finally got the liquid test kit 5 days ago and have been testing daily along with water changes and dosing with Seachem Prime and Stability. Used Tetra safestart 3+ weeks ago a couple days before adding fish. Today's...

20 gallon. I was treating for ich with meds so I got rid of the standard carbon cartridge. Replaced it with the below setup: bag of seachem matrix below two aqua clear sponges behind the biowheel that comes with the filter. Hoping this does the trick for bio and mechanical filtration. All...

20g aquarium, running for 3 weeks now. Started with 3 swordtails and 3 platy, down now to 1 healthy swordtail and 2 healthy platies. Was using strips to test but finally got the liquid test kid and apparently I have an ammonia problem. I also used tetra safe start plus when I first cranked up...

Using Nox Ich for the past three days (along with slight raise in temp to just over 81). Day 4 is supposed to be off day before starting the 3 day course again. I plan to vacuum and water change (30ish percent) tomorrow. Should I redose the tank for the amount of water I take out or just wait...

Relatively new aquarium with three male swordtails and two male platy. I just noticed all of these little white dots on one of my swordtails (body and fin). Note, no typical behaviors of ich that I've read about and it eats well. Swimming around seemingly happy and healthy. We had three platy...

20gallon tank I've had running for 9 days. I know I know I didn't do a fishless cycle and instead used tetra safe start plus for a day and then introduced 3 platies and 3 swordtails. I've tested every day and have done one 25% water change with gravel vaccum. I use water conditioner. All of my...