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Sounds good. I think my original thoughts on adding it was it doesn’t do any harm having it, and it could benefit it in there, so I figured I’d have it. Lol.

Gotcha. Once this bag runs is course I won’t put a new bag in, I’ll probably just add more bio rings in its place then.

The carbon was originally intended to help keep the water crystal clear. It seems to have done well so I’ve just kept using it since I bought a couple boxes. And yeah the crushed coral was because my PH was on the low side. I’m not sure where it actually falls but it is below a 6.0 on the API...

Not counting any sponges, I’ve packed it with The fluval bio rings (the white circular things), fluval carbon, fluval ammonia remover, and a bag of crushed coral. And I have my seachem stability to add each day for the next 7 days

I was told it should be replaced (meaning the carbon) about every 6 months. The sponging and bio rings are all still the same. The new carbon and crushed coral was rinsed and soaked in the tank water inside the filter for a good while before hand. So it wasn’t totally void of that.

It needed to be. That was the first time it had been since April or may. I didn’t replace any of the filter floss or sponging, just the carbon filter and the crushed coral that were in it.

Update: appears it was the nitrate upsetting the barbs. Since doing about a 60% water change, and replacing all the filtration media in the fx4 filter (and cleaning it out), the bards are back to exploring around the tank.

Appreciate that. Yeah definitely forgot to shake the bottle #2 before using it. It ended up at around 40 ppm. Going to do a water change and gravel vac to bring that back down a bit.

Now that you mention it, I 100% forgot the shake the Nitrate Test Solution bottle 2 before using it. Just did that and retesting it. Will let you know what that looks like in 5 minutes. As far as the tank goes, I’ve had it since April. The largest water change I’ve done has been somewhere...

So here’s a question…. I’m my 75 gal, I have 14 (give or take 1) Tiger barbs (along with some other fish). They seem healthy, they all have an appetite, the come up for food on command, and eat like there’s no tomorrow. No aggression issues in the tank. But they aren’t exactly “active”. By that...

This is my 75 gallon. Still pretty new to the aquarium hobby. Not confident to go real plants. But I think I’m doing ok so far. 12 Tiger Barbs 8 neon tetras 5 false rummy nose tetras 5 orange rosy barbs 2 honey Gourami 5 giant danios 1madagascar rainbow 1 pleco 1 clown loach

Should add I only just got into having a legit tank this year. Pretty proud of myself that I’ve added all these and had almost no die offs I added 15 fish the other day and only one of the smaller tiger barbs didn’t make it. Everyone else is just fine :)

Here’s what’s in my 75 gal aquarium 12 tiger barbs 1 Madagascar rainbow 5 giant danios 1 pleco 1 clown loch 5 false rummynose tetras 8 neon tetras 5 orange rosy barbs 2 honey Gourami It’s a unique mix for sure but I love the schooling effect it has. I may add some more neon tetras, they 8 I...

Here’s a question, my PH had been hovering right around a 7.4 or so, just did my water check for the week and it’s jumped to 8.4. I currently have tiger barbs, 1 Gould Gourami, 2 honey Gourami, 1 clown loach, and 5 Giant Danios and a pleco. Should I bring down that PH level? If so, how **I...

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General question- finally got my KH and GH test kit and was finally able to test that PH around a 7.0 KH 2 GH 6 Are those acceptable numbers? My PH was a 6.0 (or lower) before I added the small bag of crushed coral to the filter. They are noticeably happier and more active now.

I recently had to re home my pink kissing Gourami because he got too aggressive and was chasing everything. In a 75 gallon tank, should have been plent of space. I still have a gold Gourami and 2 baby Honey Gourami in the tank with some tiger barbs, danios, clown loach and pleco. Since re homing...

Welcome. I’m new to all this, like very new, like just really got into it this year kinda new lol. I have little I can tell you about planted tanks, I went the fake plant route until I get more comfortable with my knowledge. But I watch a lot of the videos on KGTropicals and Aquarium Co-Op on...

Update- added a small bag of crushed coral yesterday... my Tiger Barbs are now schooling around the tank and out of hiding. But it’s also 24 hours since the bully of the tank has been re homed, so I’m not sure if it’s the crushed coral or the bulky being taken out, but I’m glad the tigers seem...

It’s a little annoying because Petsmart, where I got the Pink Gouramis, sell them as a community fish. I do still have a gold Gourami and 3 baby honey gouramis, they are much more peaceful. Especially the honey gouramis. You can tell the Tiger Barbs are still very unsure/timid. Hopefully in time...

I think I solved the mystery of why my Barbs would always be in hiding. I believe they were terrified of my Pink Kissing Gourami. I caught my pink Gourami chasing virtually every other fish in the tank last night and this morning, I have since taken him out and re-homed him and now the barbs do...

Haha yeah, for sure.

Thanks! Appreciate it!

Also, can someone explain to me the differences in Seachem Prime and Stability? I have both, but I just want/need some clarity on when the appropriate time to use each one is? Currently as I go, I use a cap full of each anytime I do even the smallest of water changes. But some clarity on this...

Okay so Here’s a question... in my tank, the water Ph tests at a straight 6 (on both the API Ph bottle and the High Range Ph bottle. But when I do the same tests on the water out of the tap, it measures a 6.6 on the Ph and a 7.4 on the high range. Why would my tank water be so significantly...