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Yeah, you can keep a pair of cacs in a 20g no problem. Just give em lots of cover. You can keep dithers with them. and yeah, you can keep rasboras and tetras with them provided you have enough space. Also, as far as killies go, keeping rivulus species with them is a suggested 'biotope' thing.

Most importantly, I would say stop moving the betta between the bowl and the tank. The stress caused by all those temp changes really stands to make things worse for him. Since you already had him in the 10g, I would treat both. I would not do it with salt, however. Salt and ADFs to me sounds...

Right, that's why I said that temp fluctuations are a common cause of an ich outbreak, not a common cause of ich. It is the stress and related susceptability which increases the likelihood of it taking hold. Can we possibly split hairs anymore? Obviously, the LFS mentioned above has it living...

I would be tempted to generally agree with Harlock, most likely it isn't possible. Could it be a water temp thing? Fluctuations in water temps are a really common cause of an ich outbreak. I did however grow up in a rural town with a really slack muni water system. While there was never ich...

Personally, I'd avoid it, especially if they are mated pairs. Honestly, it sounds like it would just be absolute savagery, as both are territorial and get really aggressive when breeding. Why not try getting a male cockatoo and 2 females?

I do know that the majority of Cardinal Tetras and Hatchetfish are picked right from the wild. There was, as of a few years ago, a scientific/commmunity outreach program aimed at educating the folks who harvest them about making a sustaining the population with the aim of creating sustainable...

Right, okay, yes. But unless you are cycling, you shouldn't have nitrItes ever. The cycle should take care of them. (I have heard there are extreme circumstances where nitrAtes can be converted back into nitrItes. Still, to my understanding that is only if the tank is in a serious state of...

Actually, if cycle your tank before adding any fish, you shouldn't have any problems with nitrites. Nitrates should be kept below 20 ppm. High concentrations of nitrates are linked to most fish disease. Also, when in high concentration, nitrates can turn into phosphates. If your phosphates...

Nope, just the general freshwater should suffice. Make sure it has Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, pH, KH and Gh. Some folks add Iron (Fe) and Phosphate tests to their arsenal. I personally don't, as everything I have heard about them says that they are very innacurate.

Yeah, I agree that gross waiting room tanks are irritating. Here in Brooklyn, it is actually the restaraunts who are the worse offenders, which in a way to me is almost worse. There are two places in my neigborhood that I partiucarly have it out for. One, a Thai place, has a young arrowana...

I don't mean to be a nit picker or hi-jack, but I'm not sure that this is fundamentally accurate. Can you explain a bit more? To my understanding, CO2 is basically inert. It does create carbonic acid, but as far as I understand it, that is generally a temporary state and it's effects are minimal.

Nope. A bi-carb is a bi-carb. It will wear off if you're using it as a cure for an upset stomach :soda:

While your CO2 readings may seem to be an anomoly, 9 ppm is still ambient CO2 and could likely occur in your tank. Couple of questions- First and foremost, how long has the tank been setup and how long has it had the bogwood in it? What time of day did you test? Was it within the...

Since we're talking pros and cons, here's why I choose baking soda over coral- First and foremost, crushed coral does in fact increase GH. Coral is essentially carbons, calcium, magnesium and traces. Calcium and magnesium are the primary compounds which determine GH. Since I prefer SA, soft...

To find the CO2 ppm, you need to find the KH and pH values, then you can use the chart linked below to determine the C02 ppm. Generally, it is best to keep the co2 ppm at around 20 to 25 ppm, at 35 ppm co2 starts to become dangerous for the fish...

I completely agree with Aqualung and Cdawson here, and would add this is why I was driving so hard on the pH and KH question. Without knowing how many ppm of CO2 you have, there is absolutely no way to know if this is even the culprit. While O2 and CO2 are independent of eachother, it is still...

Woo...TYPO, that is really misleading. Gouramis and the like have the ability to take air directly, but that does not mean that overdosing CO2 wouldn't kill them. They do primarily breathe through gills. Incidentally, how much RO water are you using? If you are using 100%, then you certainly...

There is really no way to tell what the KH of your water is without testing it. There aren't any real signs to indicate if 'everything is okay' with CO2 until you've already put them under stress. I would recommend you get a KH test kit. They are relatively cheap, much cheaper then replacing...

Gotta be the platies or the gupps. If the platies are farther along, that definitely points to them. You may have to wait a week or two to be certain since livebearer fry are fairly non descript when they are 'freshly squeezed''

Bach, What are the pH and KH in your tank? (I think it's important to diagnose these sorts of things with as much science as possible. Calculating your CO2 concentration would be best to determine if what everyone is purposing is actually what is happening. Otherwise, this could just be...