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What did your angelfish die of? How many inches in size is your surviving angelfish?

Maybe it would be a good idea to move the neon tetras now, while you still have them to move.

does/did he move if you prodded him or touched his flesh? My snails float even though they are fine.

maybe a while in the tank will allow the inside tissue to relax and return to the inside of the snail's body.

Sorry, I made a mistake. I should have written "1.5 to 2 watts per gallon". Therefore "1.5 to 2 watts per gallon" multiplied by 44 gallons should be 66 watts to 88 watts. I'm sorry for the confusion.

I'm sorry your snail is injured. That does look bad, especially if his insides are comming out! However, snails are able to regrow a lot of lost parts like tentacles, eyes, etc. Some people might recommend euthanasia, but personally I'd give him a chance, at least a day or so, and see if he...

To summarise the answers so far: 2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values. ______ Temperature somewhere between 20 C to 28 C. 3~ How large is the tank? 60 liters = 15.5 gallons How long has the tank been set up? 8 Months? 4~What...

60 liters = 15.5 U.S. Gallons, for people more used to thinking in gallons.

Hi, sorry your fish is not well. Answer these Qs to ensure we have as much information as possible about your ailing fish and its environment: 1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth...

Also, as a temporary aid or solution, although it's a bit Mickey Mouse, you could use a desk lamp shining into your tank to add more light for now.

oooh, 15 watts isn't much light for that distance and that tank volume. Is the bulb one long flourescent tube, or is it a compact flourescent bulb (CFL)? Can you replace the bulb with a higher watt bulb (at least until the plants are taller and can reach the upper areas of the tank that have...

Looks good. What grit numbers did you use to sand the tank?

EDIT: I think for low light plants you need 1.5 to 2 watts of light per gallon as a general rule of thumb. If that's wrong, please correct me. Anacharis/Elodia/Egera densa isn't/aren't really low light plants, but rather are medium light plants, but will do ok and grow even in low light, they...

Well, that's your answer.

from the initial photos it seemed that the snail was changing position, therefore not dead. Mine exude a milky, stringy substance sometimes. Sometimes I think it's just odd colored poop. But sometimes I've added calcium to the bottom of the tank and then later add water that stirs up the...

Live plants are not a Mystery Snail's (Pomacea difusa) prefered food. They might nibble plants a bit now and then, but they prefer softer food like dead, dying rotting plants, and the biofilm and algae on the plants, leftover fish food, algae wafers. Even a human, left with nothing else to eat...

what kind of loaches? Clown loaches and yoyo loaches eat snails.

I suspect the crayfish is likely, especially as it gets bigger, to eat any snail you put in the tank: the fast breeders like Pond (Physa acuta), and ramshorn; as well as the slow to non-breeders like Apples, Mystery, and Nerites. But I know very little about crayfish, so maybe someone more...

That's also what i read. But seeing the "plant and aquarium" light at 9000K got me thinking if 9000K would be better, even if the light looked purple-ish.

I bought bulbs today with 6500K , but I also saw a "plant and aquarium" bulb at 9000K. would 9000K work better to produce growth?

Ok, then it's probably not the plants that are causing your 0 nitrate readings. It's time to bang and shake the nitrate test bottles :)

Are your live plants newly added, that is, did you add them at about the time you started getting the all 0 readings?

Re: Silver Lyretail Molly, Thank you. She's very pretty.

1) Have you added live plants? Live plants absorb ammonia, nitrite and nitrate out of the tank water as the plants grow. 2) Are you sure you are doing the liquid nitrate test correctly exactly following the directions? People have found it helpfull to bang bottle #2 on a table a few times and...

What kind of fish is that white one? Platie or molly?