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I can't be 100% certain. The active ingredient in the medicine was permethrin. Based on the timing of the initial event I would say I am 95% sure this was the cause. I have trimmed plants in that tank many times without a response from the fish/shrimp. The tank is only a few months old so I...

I lost 24 fish and probably about 18 shrimp. A few fish and shrimp pulled through. I'm just glad I figured out what happened. It's not so bad when you realize/learn something. I would have gone crazy if I never figured it out.

Well I think I figured it out. After a few days of thinking I realized that the initial event happened on the same day I put flea and tick medicine on my dogs. I probably pet them when I got home from work and then reached into the tank.

Well its not the heater. Any other ideas?

And I think it has something to do with the water. When I moved a few shrimp and fish into a different tank the shrimp in that tank started to freak out. So it must be something in the water that got transferred by the net.

How do I check that? I don't feel a zap when I put my hands in the water.

75 gallon moderately heavy planted tank. Eheim 2217. Seachem black sand topped with play sand from Lowes. Ammonia 0-0.25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 pH 7.2 Well water This is driving me insane. I need suggestions. Wed night I watched my fish after work. Everything was fine. I trimmed a few leaves...

I'm 99% sure they are the Glossolepis incisus. My closest LFS is kind of disappointing. I had a few bad experiences there so I found a new one a little bit closer to Pittsburgh. They seem like a better place to do business. Everyone in there seems knowledgeable (although they didn't tell me...

I saw that page and that is why I asked. I guess I will have to get a couple more fish then. I'm getting really close to my stocking limit as per aqadvisor. If I get one more neon and two more reds that puts me at approximately 96% stocked. My unknown number of constantly reproducing cory...

I am completing the stocking of my 125 gallon planted aquarium. I purchased 5 dwarf neon rainbowfish and 4 red rainbowfish on Saturday. After doing more research I realized I should keep at least 5 of each. I do not plan on breeding the fish. I would like them to mature into healthy colorful...

I have been emailing GLA. I think its actually leaking right at the pressure gauge. There are two black screws on the back of the housing. I am wondering if they tighten the housing. I hear and feel CO2 leaking. It's just my luck. Everytime I buy some top of the line equipment I tend to have...

Looks like I might have a leak where the tank pressure gauge screws into the regulator. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I just got my GLA co2 system tonite. After running it for about 2 hours my bubbles per second dropped from 1 to 0.5. I tried opening the needle valve all the way but it didnt change the bubbles per second. I turned up the working pressure and it helped for a few minutes. Any suggestions as to...

I have not tested the pH of my well water. I will do that tonite. As for GH/KH I don't have a test for them yet. They should be delivered tomorrow. And I believe that is correct, higher numbers = greater buffering capacity. But if higher GH/KH has more buffering capacity, will it require...

I'm a little nervous about how the pH controller will work. If I currently have a pH of around 8.0 and the controller dictates when and how much CO2 to release, I'm worried that my fish might get gassed. I plan on slowly dropping the pH to my desired level. I'm not sure if it is my water or my...

I ended up buying the Atomic inline diffuser. It looks pretty small and should fit well. Does anybody know if I need to slowly increase the CO2 when I get it installed or can I just start pumping it out to reach 30 ppm? My pH is high so I don't want that to drop too quickly and shock my fish...

What is the proper way to maintain a quarantine or hospital tank when there are no fish?

I'm fairly new to the forum as well. I would double the number of corys. I have quite a few in my tank (they keep breeding) and it's pretty cool watching them work the bottom of the tank as a school.

An inline reactor attaches to the filter return correct? And the other option would be a diffuser mounted in the tank? I have read that the inlines are more efficient but I don't know if I have space in the cabinet for an inline reactor. Do you have any idea how much gas I will be using? I...

I need some advice. I have upgraded to a 125 gallon aquarium recently. My plan was to have a moderate light planted tank. I have two 36" Finnex Planted+ 24/7 lights. I was only going to do DIY CO2 until this morning. I found out that my well water combined with the rocks in my tank puts my...

Well in that case it seems like the way to go. As long as I have enough fall from the tank to the sink. It's probably 40 -50 ft away and around a corner. My nitrite levels looked better this morning. The lowest I have seen yet. I'm thinking part of the problem could be my pH. It's pretty...

I looked into those but I'm not sure how I feel about them. It seems like you have to run water the whole time you are draining the tank and then more water to fill it. I would probably end up running my well dry after a large water change.

Thanks. I guess I have a lot of buckets of water to carry tonite!

It's a 125 gallon tank. I do one water change of about 30 - 40 gallons per day. On the weekends I usually do two water changes of 30 gallons. My fish seem healthy. I have 6 rasboras, 3 white skirt tetras and somewhere around 25 cory cats in the tank currently. I knew it would take some work...

I have been doing a fish-in cycle for about 2.5 weeks now. My nitrite has spiked already and I have nitrates. The last few days I keep getting the same reading though: Ammonia 0.25 PPM Nitrite 1.0 PPM Nitrate 20 - 40 PPM (Hard to tell between those colors) I seeded my tank with material from...