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Crushed coral can increase GH also. I have the revise problem and have to use RO water to reduce the hardness in my soft water tetra tank. I keep my guppies and platys in their ow n hard water tanks. It is easier to increase hardness than reduce it.

These are some pictures I took awhile ago.

very nice looking tank and the fish look great :good:

Check under the hood too, my nerites like to go upside down and hang there for awhile.

I have anywhere from 20-40, it is hard to tell with the large LOTR castle where they like to hide.

That is a lot of leaves, I have been adding flourish at 1/2 dosage once a week but recently doing it twice a week. I also lowered the water level to give the frogbite more light. Keeping my fingers crossed the frogbite will take off I would love to be able to have it look like yours :wub:

I am always having tiny fry show up in my guppy tank, the other day a small platy fry showed up hiding in the lower part of my LOTR castle. I have not had any platys in there for about a month and then it was just a female.

I had a fiddler crap go on a walkabout once, scared the heck out of my wife when it went across the kitchen floor, he made it home safe with a little help. Hopefully your snail will show up, did you check the filter?

I was gone for several years and your right it just draws you back

Wow, your tetras seem to like the roots :fish: I just have a few in my tetra tank and barely any roots but they are a nice shade of green and a few small leaves have shown up.

Hello and welcome to the forum :fish: :hi: :fish:

Hello and welcome to the forum :fish: :hi: :fish:

Raise the temp to 86 to 89 degrees and do daily 50% or more water changes, remember to treat the new water with conditioner. Do this for 2 weeks. You can add marine salt about 2 tablespoons per 5 gallons, this should be added slowly to the tank by dissolving it in water and adding that water to...

Looks like the fish like it too, :fish:Let me know how it works out, it looks good so far.

You are welcome. another thing I am researching and just bought a bottle of is "Fritz dark water almond leaf extract" I have not tried it yet but it claims to provide a natural source of tannins. I picked that up with a packet of Indian Almond leaves advertised as (Betta Catappa Leaf) at Petco.

@NCaquatics is right plants like anacharis, moneywort, hornwort, frogbite, salvinia and if you can not find these duckweed does a great job but may take over your tanks.

So sorry to hear about your fish loss :rip: I suggest getting some bottles of tetra safe start plus to replace the good bacteria your tanks lost. You can mix RO water in with your tap water, that is what I do. My oldest daughter lives in Colorado only an hours drive from Denver and has also told...

Ember tetras would work out also, corys are usually very peaceful but they would be better off in a 20 gallon long with more room to swim.

Nice pictures, @Barry Tetra good art work :clap:

I know how the real world can keep us busy, good night

He has very nice colors:wub: Thank you for posting the video.:snap:

My guess would be too much stress with how he was acting and from what you tell me. Maybe like someone getting too excited and having a heart attack. Sorry to hear about your loss :rip:

Tank is coming along, what did you decide to use for carpeting?

Very well done art work:clap:

Lots of bubbles, I would suggest putting the bubble line at the rear of the tank so you can watch the fish more clearly. Interesting stone/plastic stone set up. I like it.

Mine grew to be over 13 inches long, he liked to hang on the side of the tank near the filter.

Do you know what type of water you have? Hard or soft? You can check with your water provider to find out if you do not know. Tetras are soft water fish where your platys are hard water fish, the tetras may take time to get use to you tank. Can you post a picture or two of the tank? Also most...

Hello and welcome to the forum :fish: :hi: :fish:

I have to get the water conditions right, PH and GH. I read that they do not go after their fry but do eat the eggs. I have a 10 gallon tank ready to go when I am able to add a few more to my shoal. I hope to be able to breed enough fry to hit 20 or even a few more.

I only have 4 right now, had 10 about a year ago. They are hard to find around here with C19, I want to bring my shoal back up to 10 or even add more to 15 to 20 when I have my 29 gallon tank changed over to soft water. I want to give them their own tank. I also hope to breed them. My other...

Nice start, this will keep you busy for awhile, good luck.

They are a nice looking fish and a nice size too. I was looking at them a few months ago when I was thinking of changing over my 29 gallon to a soft water tank.

Tank looks great with the ember tetras in it, thanks for posting the video. I would be tempted to have a few more embers.

I think it looks very nice too

Sorry about your fish:rip:

I also have them in my tanks, they are pretty common and usually are on plants you buy. Their eggs are also easy to miss.

Most of my platy fry survived to adulthood 11 out of 13. Good luck.