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I do have a large piece of wood in the tank maybe that is what is causeing it. I will look into the crushed coral in the filter for sure. What do you use as a buffer? a buffer should help if the pH is too high or too low right? also i am not familier with the relationship between pH and kH, i...

After 24 hours the tap water is about 7.0 but straight out of the tap it is more like 7.3 or 7.4. What can i do to raise the pH in my tank. I have had this problem with all of my tanks, this one is actually the highest my other tanks sit around 6.1 but i have had trouble finding a good way to...

So does this mean that I shouldnt replace the fish that died in your opinion?

I have 0 for ammonia and nitrites and about 40 for nitrate. I use API master test kit and the tank has been cycled for close to 3 months now. The pH is about 6.5 and i do weekly water changes of about 20 gallons and i clean the gravel every time as best as I can. It is hard to clean the gravel...

so theres nothing i can do to get rid of it?

Some of my fish had cottony stuff around their mouth when i fist added them maybe 3 months ago. I added them before the tank finished cycling but after it finished, the fuzz went away and the 3 fish that had it are still alive. Is it possible it survived in the tank and is now attacked the...

Thanks for the replies! I have been doing water changes frequently since the eel died and i would like to add salt but i am nervous because i just finished planting my tank and its a 55 gallon so its a lot of plants! how much salt would be safe to add. and i hope its not columnaris! i have not...

I have a 55 gallon that had 8 giant danios 7 australian rainbows 2 blue rames 1 albino rainbow shark 1 angelfish 1 striped raphael catfish 1 tiretrack eel Everything seemed fined, all the fish were getting along and seemed healthy until the eel died which wasnt that surprising i know i shouldnt...

glad to hear that! aqadvisor said differently but sometimes i think they are too far on the safe side. and yeah there is a lot of middle top activity but the rainbowfish and danios are actually schooling as two schools but each school is half rainbowfish half danio.

Does this seem overstocked for a 55 gallon? 8 giant danios 7 murray river rainbowfish 2 blue rams 1 rainbow shark 1 angelfish 1 striped raphael catfish

Glad to hear that! Thanks for the input:thanks:

my knowledge is pretty limited but from what ive read i inferred that they are more aggressive if they have a chance to pair and breed. I hope thats the case because i dont have room for 2 angels and my rainbowfish and my congos :facepalm:

I've done a lot of research about my stocking but I just wanted to hear some peoples opinions about what i plan on stocking. I have a 55 g long with a Whisper EX70 and a Lustar Hydrosponge filter III. Here's what i plan to put in there. 7 murray river rainbowfish (australian rainbowfish) 6...

My budget is pretty low maybe 100 dollars tops. I don't need that much light I just want to have amazon swords and java ferns. What's the highest I could Hang the lights over the tank?

I am in the process of building an enclosure for my Chinese Water Dragon and at the bottom i have a 55 gallon aquarium which i plan to add fish and plants to. My problem is that i want live plants in the tank but I cannot decide how to light the aquarium. The top needs to be open so my lizard...