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I'd love to ship my 100 spixis off to the UK. But you'd eventually curse me for it. At first, I let them breed, but now feel guilty for allowing nature to get out of control. I guess I'll continue to remove the new eggs as they are laid and let the current population live the good life of...

Thanks to all for your replies! I'm off to get some cories.

I have an established planted 60 gal tank with a low bioload of fish but I desperately need some bottom feeders. My substrate is ecocomplete. Will this substrate erode cory barbels? If so, any suggestions on suitable bottom feeders? Thanks!:help:

Yes, spixis are cute but a warning - I ordered 2 mystery snails from Rainbow Snails and received instead 5 spixis. I put them in my 60 gallon tank and I thought alright, lets see what develops. They started laying egg clutches and I was delighted. Within 2 months, the tank was overrun with...

Star Rider - what did you do about your filter media during that long outage? Presuming you are operating at least one canister filter, I understand that after a few hours, bacteria start to die off. Did you have to change out all the media? I'm curious, since out where I live, we have at...

Thanks for advice. I will do a more thorough job of gravel vacuuming and keep an eye on water parameters, including hardness.

Sorry - should have given more info on my tank. It is a 60 gallon heavily planted tank with corkbark background and two large pieces of mopani driftwood (previously cured). Substrate is ecocomplete and I run a Fluval 305 canister filter with filter media of biomaxx, floss and a phosphate-free...

OOps - my decimal point was way off - I meant the ammonia reading was 0.1. So after 4 months of biospyra, fish, food, and water changes, my tank still isn't cycled? Does a nitrate reading of anything above zero indicate cycled?

Well, I discovered in the interim that every single snail in my tank suddenly died, and my otherwise healthy looking oto also took the gas, seemingly all at once. I tested the water, Ammonia 1.0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0, but a very low ph reading below 6.0. All this was before I found the dead...

I just tried to google lymphocycts and couldn't get anything. Does anyone know how to research this disease?

Do you think I should treat them with anything, or just quarrantine them and observe them for awhile?

Today when I got home from work I noticed all seven of my harlequin rasboras had white on the ends of their fins. Is this the beginning of fin rot? Anyone know what causes this and the recommended treatment? They share a 60 gallon planted tank with a male betta and an oto. I have some...

What is the recommended salt dosage per gallon? Ive heard anywhere between 1 and 3 tsp per gallon, and will uniodized salt do just as well as aquarium salt? My betta has a spot on his fin and I'm worried, because he is in a 60 gallon tank with other fish.

I have a fairly new setup (3-months) of a 60-gallon planted tank with eco-complete and a low bioload of fish. I currently dont have CO2 fertilization, but plan to soon. I am running a Fluval 305 canister filter with 3 media baskets. First one has Bio-Maxx ceramic media, the second and third...

Well, I just returned from two days away and Foo's scales miraculously returned! I will pick up some Melafix, tho, for future incidences. Thanks for advice :)

My betta, Foo, loves to swim through the plants and under driftwood and around the heater. But I got home today and discovered that he had scraped some of the scales off the ridge of his body from his head almost to his tail! He must have brushed under the driftwood too close. He is in a 60...

Thanks - good to know I'm not breeding toxic sludge in my tank. :o

I have two large pieces of Mopani driftwood in my 60 gallon planted tank. Some algae is growing on it, which looks nice. But there is also a whitish, transparent slime coating on parts of it, and also parts of my cork bark backing. Anyone know what this is? For now I will brush it off and...

At this time, Foo seems to be acclimating pretty well to the big tank and swims freely, occasionally forgetting to avoid the filter outflow, but is feeding well and getting along with the rasboras. My task is to get some cory cats to clean up and some more tankmates. Alas, I don't have any...

Well, its been a few days and my water parameters are still the same as before: ammonia, nitrate, nitrite all at zero. I've done a 35% water change, My betta is looking good and has a healthy appetite; over the past week I've lost three rasboras out of the ten I originally brought home. The...