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Quick status - I did get some additional plants (anacharis) and I orders some mangrove online. I researched RO systems and RO water.... sorry, I'm not "into it" that much and I do not have the support of my wife in this hobby. Sooooo.... As well, I contacted my water company (Aqua America)...

Ok, will add more hornwort and wisteria...looking for it locally Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Ok - here is the water today with the tap water on the side. Thoughts? I did buy the prime. I did a 50-60% wc yesterday evening.

ok - 60% WC just completed. Was out getting Prime and, unfortunately, came back and 1 guppy and 1 more panda have passed. The panda had snails on him and no fins left. I did not take a picture. No red marks. <sigh>

..an image of my substrate can be found here: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f129/does-a-water-change-bring-out-the-shrimp-288726.html

Hello - this morning I found 1 of my 7 Panda Cory's dead, near the surface, among a small amount of water lettuce. I have attached a few images of the Panda Cory as well as my water results from this morning. This is how I interpret them: pH: 7.4 Ammonia:0 Nitrite:0 Nitrate: 30-40 (there is...

Water change. Your pH dropped from 7.4 to 6. That's HUGE (and not good). You must have a very low KH which simply means your 'buffers' are rather weak to begin with making the 'fight' against pH changes difficult. A high or strong kH keeps pH 'in place' easier and less susceptible to...

...here is a clue, but maybe I'm racing, one of the guppies gave birth. I cannot see the fry in my plants. Is it possible this one ate too much? Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Here is the male. Any clues? Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Unfortunately, when I got home from work today, I found one of the male boesemani rainbow fish dead on the bottom. Everyone else seems fine. Water is fine. So I dunno.. Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Aquarium Advice mobile app

understand. I think i'll just go with the more frequent water changes and I'll test my tap water for kH and GH just to see what those are.

I'll be interested to see/hear what happens as well. I have guppies in the same situation and don't know if I should add salt ( I have a lot of live 'hardy' plants and I'm a newbie). -GD007 aka.I kill plants..

Thank you @masha Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Aquarium Advice mobile app

So far so good. I check this morning and all appear alive though I could not count all 7 Panda Corys ...noone was stuck to the filter inlet. At work today so will check again when I get home. -GD007

Excellent - I have bookmarked it and shall be reading it over the holiday. -GD007

Great reply - thank you! I like 'natural' methods versus adding chemicals. Are you aware if there anything I can add to the tank, like a certain rock or plants or less bubbles or less plants... versus adding a chemical to raise the kH? Thanks, -GD007

Hello, I recently purchase the KH & GH testing solutions to enhance the API Freshwater Master Kit I already own. I am having a hard time understanding the differences given I have a wide range between KH & GH. Here are my results: KH - took 3 drops (including drop#1) to turn yellow. Do I...

Thanks Herky213 and everyone else. Update: 1 additional female Boesemani died this AM. Bringing the death total to 3 fish - 2 female Boesemani and 1 Panda Cory. We went, as a family, to That Fish Place (about an hour and 30mins away) and I had all 3 fish credited. They confirmed all my water...

ok well so far so good (1105pm). I do notice that the bottom lip on 2 of the rainbows (m & f) has a white spot. I've been googling and it seems 'normal' due to the bumping and such. 50% wc is recommended. my stats are remain: temp 80 pH: 7.4 Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 20-40 soooo... we'll see.

just lost the female boesemani?!?!

water results at ~8pm

panda about 1hr before i found it belly up on the bottom..

last living image was taken 651pm. I could see it was having trouble and when it would try to swim back down would kinda of go sideways. found it dead ~1hr later. i'll post last living image... I also notice that the other 5 are schooling together but this was was by itself. I'm getting...

i just lost one of the Panda Corys.... testing water.... everyone else appears fine and schooling (the now 5 Pandas)

Now that they've settled in I can clearly tell I have 2 males and 3 females boesemanis. I had to research a bit because I thought, perhaps, they didn't send me boesemanis ;-) [duh <-- new user] As for the Panda's - no clue...