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What do I do now? I had an overabundance of hornwort in my Boesemani rainbowfish tank, so I transferred some of it to my quarantine/hospital tank. Now I have tiny rainbow fry swimming around everywhere I look. The other inhabitants of the tank are a single otocinclus and a bunch of snails...

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, bloated, etc.). On June 21 I noticed one of my females shimmying. The next day, she had a faint grayish patch on her back next to her dorsal fin...

Well, it looks like we have Columnaris again. We bought three Boesemani rainbows on 6/10 and two more on 6/17. The fish seemed happy and healthy until last Tuesday when I noticed my favorite female shimmying. The next day, she had a faint grayish patch on her back near her dorsal fin. Since...

I have a 29 gallon aquarium with 40 fluorescent watts of light, 5 swords, wisteria, java fern, and a bunch of anacharis. Unfortunately, I also have lots of algae. Should I add more light and CO2? If so, how? Tank Specs 40 Watts (6500 K, I believe) pH: 7.0 Ammonia: 0 ppm Nitrites: 0 ppm...

I added 3 Boesemani rainbowfish to my 29 gallon aquarium Friday. Since my aquarium has only been running for two months and I've just been keeping two fish in it (a bronze cory and a rubbernose pleco), I've been worried about a mini-cycle killing all of my new pets. For the past five days...

My husband and I will be purchasing a 35 gallon hexagonal tank soon and we could really use some stocking suggestions. My husband would like an angelfish, but other than that, we haven't decided what we will be doing with this tank after it cycles. Any ideas would be quite welcome.

Last weekend I purchased the last Boesemani rainbowfish from my lfs. I put him in my 5 week old, planted, 29 gallon aquarium with a bulldog pleco (Jorge) and a one-eyed emerald cory (Bob). At the time, the aquarium parameters (per Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit) were: pH...