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The cichlids are Haps. What's the white spot on her head? I need to get new kh and gh tests, but pH is 6.8, Ammonia is 0, so are nitrite and nitrates. I'm not dosing ferts in this tank.

I got this Molly from a tank full of sick feeder mosquito fish. It's been in a 10 gallon QT tank with two cichlid fry and a mosquito fish from the same tank, and two platys from a different source. All fish have been in QT since the 5th of this month, it's the 29th now. They've been treated...

Wish the pics were still working. :(

I'm setting up a fish room next to our water heater closet/room. I have some questions for people who know what they're doing. First is shelving. I know that typically, people use cinderblocks and plywood boards for shelves. I'd like to go cheaper and salvage the planks of wood from shipping...

To which question? Euthanasia or recovery?

One of my female guppies has dropsy. I know it's not pregnancy or constipation. I tried meds but it's getting worse. Should I just put her down? Has anyone had a fish ever recover from dropsy? Btw, it's one of the grossest things ever. I can't even look at that tank it's freaking me out. I have...

Would it be detrimental to my plant's health in the long run if I run DIY CO2 to the tank for just about 2 weeks to help with algae control? I can't close the blinds all the ways on the window it's sitting in front of so I get algae run amok from time to time and would rather not shroud the tank...

Never mind! I found my answer. Thanks.

Yes. That's what I'm currently doing but I need to mix up more. I can't remember what recipe I used.

Ty, but I want to mix the dry stock up ahead of time in the right amounts so I don't have to dose from each type. I want to know how much NPK and Trace and also iron I add to a bag and then shake up.

I can't seem to find the answer, I must be looking right past it and can't remember from last time I mixed up a batch of fertilizer. So I was hoping someone could tell me how much of PPMD to mix up into a dry stock for direct dosing into my tanks. What parts of each I need to add of NPK, CSM+B...

Time for a little bit of a fish rant to blow off some steam. Some people may remember me posting a while back about my dad killing off the inhabitants of his too small, over stocked tank by not QTing, and not cleaning the tank, and not treating the fish. He has one fish left in his 29 gallon...

Do you know how fertilizers will effect daphnia? I have black sand in what I wanted to be my new shrimp tank. I haven't planted it yet but suppose the plants will hide the mulm after they grow in. One problem is that with sand, the mulm just kind of settles on top. Should I add some soil to...

The sponge or net method is what I've been doing, it doesn't address the crud on the bottom of the tank. I've also done the bucket thing but still am paranoid about losing shrimp. Sent from my KFTT using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

How do you clean shrimp tanks without losing shrimp but still getting rid of the mulm on the bottom of the tank? Is there some technique or something? I hate leaving that layer of dirt on the bottom or losing any shrimp. And now I have daphnia set ups so same problem, especially when their...

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Nope, they're at an all time low on algae since I started closing the blinds. I really hate this, losing one fish after another. :( I have my QT equipment all labeled and separate now so I can't make any mistakes again.

Oh right, I understood your post better after rereading. I'll see if I can find a place that does heavy metal testing just to rule it out. I think it's got to be a viral outbreak bc I stupidly used the same water changer amongsth the three tanks. But not the tanks where there are no...

If it means anything, it seems to be targeting my scaled fishes the most. I've had 4 out of 5 Apistos die and one endler. Then a Cory started to swim funny but got better. That's one tank. 2nd tank is female guppies and two banjo catfish. I've lost a lot of the guppies but the catfish are...

If my water is contaminated, I'd have deaths in every tank instead of just three. I have a newish house, custom built with tested well water and PVC pipes. How could a water contamination at that level happen all of a sudden and kill in some tanks but not others? Of course I tested all my...