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Frozen or Freeze Dried foods are great. Freeze dried are IMO, best when re-hydrated before feeding. I like to add a drop or two of Boyd's Vita-Chem to the food when re-hydrating. Bloodworms Brine Shrimp Daphnia Mysis Shrimp Tubifex Krill Even better are live food cultures. And these can be...

I always recommend Heat & Salt, and I really like Kordon's ICH-Attack.

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Knowledge is power. If its that bad you're likely screwed... This pest is deadly, and already well advanced in it's infestation when it becomes readily visible. All the fish and the tank must be treated at the same time.

Pretty danged big. The Angels would need a defined biotope/territory, which they would not be inclined to leave, even to chase down tasty Neon tetras. And the Neons would need suitable numbers, room to escape their predation and breed unmolested. Reproduce about 20-50' of SA blackwater biotope.

More than likely planaria or nematodes. Some questions, are they... Little white squiggly worms aprox 1/16"-1/8", that are freefloating and on the glass? Or are they on your fish? Free floating? More than like they are Planaria or Nematodes that are caused by excessive nutrients/lack of...

Numbers, the more you have, the more likely they are to exhibit their natural schooling behavior. Five or six does not cut it, a dozen at least, several dozen, think big. Space, the more space you have, the more likely they are to exhibit their natural schooling behavior. A couple of feet...

55gal.... Hmmmm... I'd keep the JD and both the Clown Loach & Zebra Pleco. Bye bye, Oscar & Common Pleco.

Clown Loaches grow slow and live a long time, give'em that time and a good home and you end up with this...

Hmmmm... Been running the carbon for the whole month... Time to change it. If that doesn't get rid of the odor, then you've another problem than dissolved organics. I'd also suggest ditching one bag of bio media (pellets) and adding 1/2 of another sponge or some Blue Bonded padding. I vigorously...

The Manufacturers have little to no regulation of the claims they make for their product's effectiveness, nor control of the product once it leaves their facilities. Live bacteria products may not have the the actual nitrifying bacteria, or even if it did, shippers may not have stored/shipped...

In a healthy established tank odors are not normal, its a sign of a problem. In a newer tank it may not be as indicative of a real problem, but more often just the new system still in flux, e.g. a bacterial bloom, excessive nutrients or some such. In your case, I'd say that after a month...

Krap, try rephrasing that cr@p, "... dumb people in the world....". You ain't seen nothing until you go into Asian fish markets and see deliberately mutilated fish, and they export'em here to the ignorant. Heart shaped BPs anyone? Tails amputated at the peduncle. They do this (and other...

ICH... Nasty lil'buggers.

They are dipped, painted and injected (tattooed), all methods are horribly harmful to the fish, and result in many initial deaths from the actual methods, subsequent deaths/slow deaths from infection and in many of the best cases a shortened lifespan. Visit, Death by Dyeing.org - Shades of...

x4... Never too much filtration, but current can pose a issue with some species. I'd run one as primarily biological and the other as mechanical. Spray bars can help diffuse outflow current, I direct mine slightly up and against the glass, not into the tank. I've a 75gal with two AC110s and a...

When first discovered they were supposedly located in a relatively limited area of ponds within the region. Collecting was done by scooping the dense vegetation out and sorting through it for fish. This was of course very destructive to their habitat. This habitat destruction and high demand...

:thumb: happy Otos eating your problems away... Otos are great. Do you have any 'True' Siamese Algae Eaters, they too are awesome at algae control.

To be specific... More Panda Cories, your lone Panda is a Sad Panda... LOL. They are MUCH happier in shoals of at least 6 fish, and the more the merrier. In the wild they roam in shoals numbering from hundreds to thousands, yes thousands of fish in one school. Several species of cat/pleco...

Don't be scaredy of boiling a rock, I've never heard of a boiled rock exploding. Now high heat in a fire or oven, I could see it... Have seen it... Seen rocks pop/crack in firepits.

API products- Nitrate solution bottle #1 = Hydrochloric acid, pH Down = Sulfuric acid. Both are great test agents for minerals. ;)

Once upon a time I used Tetra Filters, I always opened the cartridges and removed the carbon. The cartridges open up clam shell style, and can be reloaded with any cut sponge/padding or loose floss. As for replacing medias, only if they're falling apart... Rinse well and reuse. AquaClear...

Hi LM, yes, different types of rock/gravel & sand can affect (raise) your water chemistry (pH/GH/KH), particularly those which are of limestone. Yes again on the driftwood, the tannins in woods are acidic, and can affect (lower) your water chemistry (pH/GH/KH). Further, they (tannins) can stain...