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Thanks so much for responding! The lampeyes that died were all having trouble swimming. They were swimming vertically, with their tail down and head up. They couldn't seem to swim normally at all. When the lampeyes and the neon died they just seemed kinda pale. Only the one cory had the...

Bumping. Does ANYONE have anything to say? having a real hard time sorting this out... thanks

Hi AA, I've been dealing with what I assume is Internal and/or External Parasites in my tank. Before the sickness my 50 gallon tank was stocked with: 13 Norman Lampeye Ricefish/Killifish 5 Green Neons 7 Neons 6 Panda Cories I have lost 3 Lampeyes, 1 Neon, and 2 Cories. My water...

Thanks for the info. Interesting about the vitamin D! :)

Can anyone answer my questions????? Thanks in advance Sent from my Nexus 7 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Hey Everyone, So, I had a molly, who awhile ago started developing a pinkish-red bump on the top of his head, and his bottom lip looked bigger than normal... The bump gradually grew larger and larger, and a couple days ago he was extremely bloated and his scales were sticking outward. He...

Hi, sorry for the late reply!!! Thanks for clearing that up for me. We do not drink our water, because, nitrates over 10ppm is considered contaminated and dangerous to drink. We do get five gallon water jugs from the store. I've tested it and the pH was 7, and the nitrates were 0ppm. I did put...

So, I'm on a well and my hardness ppm is about 500, and because of the agricultural crops around me the fertilizer gets into the water causing nitrates to come into the tank, and they read 80-100 ppm (on the API master test kit). So I'm thinking I need to get an RO unit, so that I can actually...

If I end up getting an RO unit it would not be very soon... I may be able to just put in RO water when doing water changes, though. And, I was really hoping to have this as my future stock: Neon Tetras or Glowlights White Cloud mountain minnows Panda Corys Guppies Would that be possible...

Bbradbury, thanks for the reply. I will consider getting floaters, but I'm just afraid it will take away too much light from my other plants. My radican sword is doing so well, but every time another leaf covers the other it dies away, and I have to clip it away. I'm just afraid it will take...

Thanks for the replies! @Delapool- Thanks!! And yes, I get A LOT of nitrates out of water, probably more like 90 ppm, from my previous tests from the well water. Pretty much all of my plants are medium - fast growers.. Except anubias, and my vals are taking awhile. My Mexican oak leaf, was...

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any water experts out there? I have a 50 gal. freshwater aquarium and I live in an agricultural area in California, so the nitrates that enter the ground water and that are present in our well water are high. They are even higher at this time of year because there has been a drought and new rain...

Thanks for the replies! I'm just not gonna worry about it, I think they'll be fine. :) Like I said, there will be a sandy area if they want a "break" from the rougher stuff.

I made a semi-circle, "basket" sorta thing, with one of those plastic water containers. Going to plant a couple dwarf sags, too. Also, going to document everything by picture/video :)

Thanks again Mebbid for your input; you have helped me more than once! :) Okay, i won't worry about it. I am going to have a sandy region for them-so that's that!

Hey Everyone, I need some advice... I'm redoing my 50gallon. I want it heavily planted. I have purchased Eco-Complete black substrate for most of my tank, but, I also am planning on a sand area with a couple dwarf sags only. I have plants coming from AP on Thursday (ship out on Wednesday), I...

Fresh2o: Thanks for your input, I will definitely make sure there is enough room, will not plant some if there is too many!!! jwh0818: Thanks for the suggestion :), will check it out.

Hi, thanks for the replies. I decided to just go ahead and buy them! And yes I am going for heavily planted look. :) BBradbury, I purchased an "upgrade" on my lighting, suggested by another member on here. It is the US current plus light fixture. Really cool light! The plants are coming...

Hey everyone, I have a 50 gallon hexagon front-corner back, tank. I have blueprinted out my tank, found the plants I want, added them to the blueprint, and etc(have not bought them yet)... But, now I'm wondering if I put TOO many plants on it. Tell me what you think... 2 bunches Corkscrew...

Plantaholic: Thanks for your input :) I actually don't put my strips inside the tank, I put them on top... Thats how they fit best on my tank.

Okay thank you so much for the light fixture suggestions. The US current plus, I really like. I just went and measured the glass space and it would fit perfect! I think I may be buying that. As for the substrate, that's what I was thinking, would you recommend putting more like 2 1/2- 3 inches...

Okay thanks for clearing that up for me. I will use flourish excel. (1. My tank is 23 in. high. Because it's so deep, I've been wondering about how much light I need. (2.They are single. I could fit one more strip on the hood if necessary. (3. How many inches high do you need the substrate...

(1. I have a 17 watt T-5 (which the tank came with) plus two LED marineland 17 inch strips that are each 6500K ...I would say I have medium light. That is the only thing that fits on the glass slot on my hood. (2. I have a canister filter, which I put Chem-Zorb carbon filter media. Not sure...