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The API GH test kit might not give a table over 200 but with it each drop is equivalent to 10 or 20 ppm so in effect you count the drops and there is nothing stopping you from going further. The test accuracy might drop off with more drops, but too much over 200 and you are getting into pretty...

I used to worry about introducing snails. I have them now and they are not causing any issues, kind of like them in the tank.

Could it be that the foam is just in there by accident?

If my niece or grandson gave me a plastic plant it would be in my tank for a least a little while. I did have artificial plants once and I found them to be as much maintenance as the real ones.

I used to feel that I need to clean my filters regularly but now I just make sure all my intakes have prefilters on them. I used to use sponge prefilters but I find net or screening better because they don't clog. The best part of prefilters is the biggest waste volume going into the filters...

Guppys look beautiful, but are those fake plants in the tank? And you a gardener. :)

I wire both the filter and the heaters into the same power bar and turn both off during the water change. I typically pull the water down below the filter intake during a water change and this causes a reverse syphon that pulls the water out of the filter. When this occurs it often doesn't...

I pressure fit black foam board between the top and bottom rims for my background. No tape, glue, or other items. The foam board also helps to slightly insulate the back of the tank .

My experience with angels, all I keep are angels and neos now, is that if you have more than a pair of adults you have to expect to need to setup a new tank from time to time. I manage to keep a number of adults together now approaching two years, longest time yet for me. But to do this I...

Sorry no. I don't use CO2 my comment comes from working with pressurized gasses and regulators in the past for a previous job. A broken solenoid should not cause a gas leak with most designs but from your description the regulator is leaking from around the solenoid fittings.

You shouldn't have to change your cartridges, rinse should do it. If you have a lot of particulates in the water it can mean something else. Perhaps you are overfeeding. Try putting a sponge prefilter on the intake, it might help in your case.

If it were me I would not use it any longer. I would get a new one.

Overall, I think this discussion really brings out that an aquarium is an unnatural environment for creatures that normally have much larger home ranges. I believe overall it is better for the fish to cover the view outside the tank on at least 1 side so the fish have somewhere they are not...

I prefer neutral "Solid" colors to my backgrounds. If it is confusing to you, think about how your fish feel about it. Looks like the water continues on, but wait, we just hit the glass. I think they adjust to it eventually, making a mental note, "wait that shrimp is not real or I cannot get...

I only have extra tanks, none are setup. How do you keep up the cycle, add ammonia from time to time. I have always setup my tanks with plants, never done a fishless cycle.

Depending on the type and brand of regulator you can get replacement solenoids. I don't exactly know how a CO2 regulator is "plumbed" but if you have gas coming out the issue might be larger than the solenoid. On other types of solenoid controlled valves the solenoid acts against a sealed...

Of the fish I bred the albinos were definitely the smallest, the largest is a Portuguese blue but otherwise only the silvers (normal angelfish color) seem to grow to full size. I feel the smaller ones likely have an albino gene that is not expressed in the color but affects the size. Of two...

I have raised a number of batches of angel fry and now only have ones that I bred. The size variation is about a factor of 3 times, 4 or 5 if you count the mass of the fish. Some of the fish never seemed to grow much, I even put the runts in a large tank of their own when they were younger but...

My name is Uberhoust and I am an aquarist-aholic. I am now 8 months clean. I find it is easier if you don't go into fish stores or look at online shops.

Does not look like the WROD to me. He actually looks not that bad, and he had high color saturation. I am sorry you lost him. I stopped getting the white ring of death once I got the GH higher.

Get a TDS monitor once you "calibrate" it to your water ie 200 ppm is equivalent to 10 GH or something similar then for the less critical phases you can just use the TDS value, measurements take seconds. They are less than an API test kit, but I would get one of those too.

Of the fish you have listed I had bad aggression with the Blue Gourami, in the end if allowed they would have killed all the fish in my tank. I had the best success with the pearl gourami, they seemed to me the most personable, at least to me. I currently have a single ember in my Angel tank...

I wondered about that so looked it up and couldn't find any references to any parasites from mosquitos to fish. I can feel happy about feeding my fish mosquito larva.

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Didn't catch the zooming part. Snails don't zoom.

It might be a bit for the cories to show an issue. Their barbels get eroded off when they dig or filter through the substrate.

I never had roots from irises puncture a pond liner. If you had bamboo in or near it that would be another story. Note plants under some circumstances will pull more water than just the pond without plants. It is possible you have a leak caused by placing the pots with rocks under them...

Hard to see but look like baby pond snails.

Not everyone is onboard with my method but I find netting then immediately throwing the fish against a hard surface the quickest way I have used. I use all my strength on the throw ensuring the fish is totally stunned/killed the first time.

The color is awesome but I would worry about the mouthparts on the cories. The tank with the different substrates might be interesting, ie wonder what will happen. With such a large buried organic layer I would watch for Hydrogen Sulfide production and ammonia release. Time will tell. Have...

Well...It seems like you might have to experiment. I think it is more or less safe but it is an industrial product that you are supposed to wear personal protective equipment when you use it. I don't think anyone can state if it affects the fish long term because there are not enough people...

I have heard of it being used, but have never used it myself, it is difficult to obtain here. I do have some concerns about it, first it is a by product that is generated by the burning of coal, so it might contain some nasty elements or compounds that could affect your fish or plants, emphasis...

I used them all, I prefer the liquid tests in general but if I want a quick result I will use a strip. With the strips I make sure I keep them very dry and don't pull a new one from the container with wet hands and they seem ok. Nitrate seems to be the most difficult for most test kits, if it...

Really like the coloration on these fish. They seem well proportioned and robust, are they?

I just removed the guppies from my shrimp tank this weekend. The shrimp population was primarily adults, with the majority of the juvenile shrimp being consumed. With the guppies in the tank I found I had a lot more algae issues because I had to feed a lot more, more nutrient in the tank, and...

The ideal fish would clean the glass, move the waste and detritus to an easy to clean out location of the tank, carefully prune the plants, perform and look pretty and talk to you to let you know if you are not meeting it's needs. Maybe the last point is not so good as we might not like what...

I suspend mine by large elastics or place them on packing foam.

From what I was able to translate this is may be a man-made product made from the ash from rice husks which have a high silica content. The material is known as Black Rice Husk Ash/stone. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773207X23000945. It would likely be ok to use if well...

I had a pearl gourami that would make a bubble nest and try to breed with my largest Angel. Kind of around the time I decided maybe gouramis and angels might not be the best tank mates.

I wouldn't trust a thermometer that does not go into the water. The outside the tank thermometers cannot give an accurate reading because they have to consider the temperature difference between the outside of the tank and the inside of the tank. This is influenced by the type of glass, the...