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Bare with me. I really just need some information because my mother doesn't seem to take my word for it. Last fall I built a pond, filled it with water and the next day it froze. We left it all winter and my dog and cat crapped on the ice which then melted and you can imagine what happened to...

I have a 110g tall with stand, two 192w corallife cf lights, two fluval 405 filters, one inline heater and one stealth heater. This tank also has 8 discus in it. The discus range from 3" to 7". 2- San Merahs, 1 White Pigeon, 3 leopards and 2 pigeons. I also have a 38g with stand and a 45g tall...

I recently have come to realize my tap water is doing more harm than good. I lost some shrimp and a few fish but no matter how clean I keep the water I get BGA. Basically my hot water heater is leaching some nasty stuff into my water. And my ph is off. what do I keep the water in? I was...

the tap went in at ph7.2, I injected co2 so ph is 6.2, KH-80 and GH 50. Lots of live plants including a carpet of tall grass which made them very happy. The thing I notice in all the DP threads is 1 DP does ok but 5 or more in a big enough tank do even better. DPs also can tend to pick on...

I used to have 7 and counting in a20 gal. I was having giving babies away every couple of months. But the thing I noticed was when I would pull all the plants and re scape tbhe tank they. Would get a little aggressive with little cover. I've never just had one but I have to say 2.5 gal doesn't...

Not only do I have cats I have 4 of the most relentless cats ever. I have an open top betta tank on top of my Tv. I had to move him out of it because I got sick of filling it every other day. well guess what. Now my cats won't drink out of anything but that tank. My wife made put the tank back...

kh- 50 gh- 80-100 how do I have high ph and low kh? is this whats killed a few of my fish since moving here in jan? none of my discus are stressed or sick or died it was just some small tetras and old apistos.

Warm tap water ph7.4 - 7.6 cold tap water ph7.0 water after sitting out ph7.8 now the thing is I know that the change in ph is due to pressurized co2 in the tap water but the warm water has more bubbles in it and the cold water has no visible bubbles in it.

The tap water reads a very slight shade of greeny yellow when yellow is 0 so Its not enough to register fully on the test but not 0. When I test the tank just an hour after the WC it reads 0. The only reason I question the tap water as a cause is the tank goes cloudy very quickly after the WC...

My tank is a 110 that has been running for almost 5 months now but with filters that have been running for almost 2 years. I learned the ins and outs of cycling a tank a long time ago. Also in my original post I did say that I use prime. So my original questions go un answered. Why does my tank...

I realized the reason my tank goes cloudy and my fish get stressed after WCs is because my tap water reads very faintly positive for ammonia. I put ammonia chips in my filter and I use prime as a conditioner but that still doesn't prevent my tank from going cloudy. what should I do?

good to know thanks

I finally decided to make a spray bar to reduce current in my 110 discus tank. I have two fluval 305s and they push way too much water so I made two spray bars with 1/2" pvc but I need to know how to seal the connections. Is PVC cement safe when dried? I probably should be on a plumbers forum...

its probably NOT your co2. The way co2 lowers your ph isn't the same as having you ph change on its own due to a crash or low KH. Are your fish that are flashing breathing rapidly? The symptom of gill flukes I know best is the one gill closed but I've only ever seen that in discus. If you think...

I cut the center brace off my 45 tall because I was using a single metal halide lamp for my plants, it was centered on the tank and the brace was cutting light out. I have to say I did notice a slight bow in the glass after that. I got away with it for over a year till I moved my fish to a...

before you euthanize check to see if the fish has a curved spine. I recently had to put down an old apisto that showed symptoms of dropsy but also had a curve of his spine. I can't find any info on curved spines except TB and I won't believe that if I don't have to.

just so you know for future reference if the scales are sticking out then its dropsy. Dropsy is something of symptom before death. The bloating when not caused by constipation is due to internal organ failure. From what I understand is it is nearly impossible to treat. Anytime you see a bloated...

when discus have to be shipped cross country they may come from a tank much lower ph then the person buying the fish as well as the long journey in the bag creates a lot of ammonia which also lowers the ph. I have tested water of my fishs bags and had them read off the charts low when the fish...

the tetra color bits have always been my fishs favorite. Now I have a question. what is your feeding schedule? for adult or juvenile discus. i.e. beef heart, blood worms, brine shrimp??

the fish i killed was 90% motionless. occasionally I would see him in a different spot but always listless. I pulled him out with my hand and only then did I notice his spine was curved and his scales were stuck out. Now I have three other apistos in this tank. they all are very active and look...