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I just went out today and picked up a Phosphate, Calcium and Copper test kit to check all those in the tank. Our tap water is really bad around here, I know of a lot of people who go to our local fish store to get water from them because of it. I did pick up Seachem root tabs today also, killed...

I have been wondering about the CO2 for awhile after reading from multiple sources (hatcheries, scientific articles etc no youtube videos of "billy the fishkeeper") because they talked about it promoting plant growth and burning/killing algae. I never really acted nor concerned myself on it till...

The flourish I use is SeaChem Flourish, it says 5ml per 60 gal, twice a week. Which is what I have been doing, 5ml every 3 days, I can cut that back to 1 day PER WEEK, after I cut down on the lighting and see if that was the issue. The tabs I had said every 2 weeks, but I had the algae issue...

Is there a way to measure the CO2 content in the tank ? I do use normal flourish, the excel was a recent addition in the last month along with root tabs. The cuttlefish bone is mainly for the calcium for the snails and crabs, the coral is because my tap water is stupidly soft (its taken me...

I use Flourish Excel, API Root Tabs and Flourish in the tank now. Root Tabs every 2 weeks (just started this a month ago) and the Flourish & Flourish Excel every 3 days. The substrate I use had fertilizer in it also I stir up every few weeks. Only meant increasing flow if I dosed the tank...

It must be the excess light as you said because I the way I do everything has been the same since January when I set the 30gal tank up (which is where the algae started) literal only difference being is the change of season and the excel (which I started after the algae showed up). The fungus...

So I have been having this issues going on for about 2-3 months now. It started out as just little hairs on some of my plants and now it has spread throughout my whole tank. I believe its black hair algae but I could be wrong and I havent been able to identify what is on the spiderwood. It...

I keep my PH in my planted tank with Corys, Loaches, Fiddlers, Mollies and Platies at 7.6-7.8 and the temperature between 80-82. I believe you said your tank temperature was 73 ? Try raising that a little to, maybe a degree every 2 days, to maybe 78 . Every 2 water changes I dose with API...

Look at species of corydoras. They are small catfish typically grow between 2-4 inches and are schooling. They are constantly moving and fun to watch. You could keep at most 3 of them in 30 liter. I have sunburst platys in my tank they are only about 2 inches long and fun to watch, they love...

Here are some better pictures of the same fish, the fin that runs along its belly looks pretty rough. I just took these photos today, idk if its sick or getting attacked. I am getting ready to head to the store now to get what I need to isolate it or the molly. All my other fish look fine.

Ill have to do that then till I can get another tank set up for it, cause I noticed today that dwarf wont swim in any part of the tank but the top level, I dont know if its scared or sick.

I am leaning towards that, have you ever heard of putting aggresive fish in a breeder box in the tank for a few days to lower aggression ?

Yes it is, I was trying to get a picture of both sides of it but when I moved the light to see it better it scared the gourami. The molly has always chased the other fish especially when feeding but I never seen it actually attack any of them. This poor dwarf looks like its been attacked but I...

Heres the pictures you requested. The dwarf gourami looks like it's missing scales, its fin looks messed up to. I have a mollys in the tank, you'll see it in the pictures, that's constantly going st other fish, I think I may need to move it into a separate tank.

Thank you I appreciate it. Everyone else in the tank seems to be doing fine. That was the first loss I have had besides the one platy I got that slammed itself into the glass when I turned the light on, before I got a timer. Luckily the normal supplier I go to I have never had a fish die from, I...

I will today I took a couple last night cause I noticed the dwarf is missing scales and my wife said it looked like one of the mollys was going after it so I may have to set up my wifes small tank.

Adding to that, I am going to give it a few more days but like I said I got that dwarf gourami to go in the tank with the Honey but it doesnt seem like they really give a hoot about each other. I've also started to notice the Honey I have left has been hiding in the back of the tank behind my...

Wouldn't it show regardless in the actions of the fish ? That larger Gourami like I said would chase my mollys off whenever that little one did eat. I also noticed as it got worse the larger one was staying close to it and chasing the other fish away from it and it was using its tentacles or...

Like I said, they didn't attack each other. Thanks.

Yea ive read that to, I am going to keep an eye on it and see what happens. Its sad because the Gouramis are one of my favorite fish in the tank.

They never attacked each other, quite the opposite I saw numerous times where my larger Honey would chase off the mollys from the smaller one so it could eat. They also always swam around together.

No they should of both been the same sex. I don't know quite how to tell the sex on them without being able to see a "transmission" or lack there of so to speak lol. When I went to go the the fish store and get a net to hang in my tank and put the little fella in so I could try the peas thing...

No shortly after that I went back downstairs and he was gone. I took my water into the local fish store and my water parameters are perfect except for some slight nitrate. I dont know maybe it was just a freak thing. I am going to follow your guys advice with the bacteria, salt and food though...

Understood, I appreciate the help.

Here is a picture I just took of the same fish, I know horrible quality I got a 5 year old phone lol same Gourami, hes just laying at the bottom of the tank on the gravel, hes moved about 8 inches from where i put him on the moss last night. Hes still alive and will move slightly when other fish...

I unfortunately only have 1 other tank and it is my wifes like 3 gal beta tank and I would have to clean it because its been in the basement for 2 years. I would like to set up a 10 or 20 gal tank for quarantines but was informed by the wife if I set up another fish tank before we move then it...

There is hardly any ammonia in the tank, less than .25, the test was almost completely yellow just a slight tint of green and I let the tap water sit with the dechlorinator almost 24 hours and test it before I put it in the tank to make sure all the levels are 0 especially the ammonia I try make...