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Most plants feed through both roots and water column so its best to have both ferys Dwarf Sag is a rooted plant obviously that sends out runners as such it needs nutrients in the substrate for root development. I use two types of root tabs to get a comprehensive nutrient bed. Seachem flourish...

Normally the magnesium sulfate will bond with tne chelate and will harden and be really hard to dissolve. If you can get it to dissolve in a bowl or cup then it should be ok, if not just dump it as you dont want chuncks in your tank.

Welcome Kirsty with a K. Hope you enjoy the boards, cool looking betta!

My java fern trims itself by dying :( Anytime i trim any plants i just cut the leaves as close to the base as possible then scoop up any stragglers with the net. Good luck have fun!

Cool. Good luck!

Cut off brown8ng leaves. Leaves thatvare brown are still utilizing nutrients that could other wise be utilized for healthy leaves and new growth.

Take the fish out and put them in a bucket. If you can run the filter and heater in the bucket then that would be helpful. After fish have been moved make sure all equipment is off and then tranfer gravel and plants. Id take gravel out and put it in a bucket and rinse it as well as its going to...

Fish are opportunistic eaters, meaning they eat when the opportunity presents itself. They can go days to a week or 2 without food so i wouldnt worry too much about them starving if you are feeding twice daily.

Angels need a far bigger tank then what you have them in and im surprised your jack dempsey hasnt killed all your fish. Getting the other RAM out ASAP would be recommended as they are a community fish not to be kept with large aggressive cichlids like dempseys and even tiger barbs and rainbow...

Good news, hopefully whatever it was is wiped out.

I had a neon with this, far as i could tell it was neon tetra disease which can be spread to other neons and fish when the neon dies.its a parasite As far as i know there is no cure. I put my neon down before it died as to not spread it to other neons. Havent seen it in any of my other neons...

Word of caution about flying foxes, they get about 6 inches and are a shoaling fish that belong in groups of at least 6, they also require long tanks with strong currents as they are a long slender muscular strong swimmer. While they do eat a lot of different kinds of algae once they get bigger...

10 is too small for a pair of cockatoo cichlids. Id go no smaller than 20.

The pleco trade bugs me the most. Every fishstore has a million plecos most of which get really big and those same pet stores always recommend getting a pleco to " clean" the tank, to which most new fishkeepers think that means they dont need to do water changes. So many plecos get sold in too...

Oscars are extremely dirty fish and moving an aquarium with water in it is going to stir things up from the substrate into a limited water column equals a concentration of nitrates. Id change all the water maybe even fill it and empty it again doing a really thorough gravel vac. The majority of...

Welcome. Already talked to you before welcoming you;). Your tanks look great! Hope you enjoy your time on this board!

Sorry for your loss that really sucks. I agree with Byron that Ich most likely wasnt the culprit as Ich in my experience doesnt lead to death that quickly. Hope you get it figured sorry again:(

Ive had my 20 long for around 15 years, its been through 7 moves 3 broken versa tops 4 substrate changes like 4 different filters, the front pane is all scratched up one corner has a crack in the sealant , the stand is wobbly with a broken sliding door the lights are just shop lights covered in...

Hows her behavior? Is she acting sick? Is she swimming, eating, pooping? Having said that sand is better for them as the food sits on top of it and is easier to find. I never had any problem with food impaction on sand or sand impaction. In the wild they live on sand. Gravel is rougher on their...

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You are pretty close to if not overstocked already. Id rehome or take back one of the gourami then fill out your corydora pack. They do better in larger groups. Then thats it. Good looking scape!

Not sure if its dropsy or something else. Frogs tend to get food obstructions And or bloat and most food for the fish isnt good for them and they need more than scraps. Not only that but keeping them on gravel increases chance of bacterial infection as food gets stuck between gravel and rots...

wow what an awesome looking pleco. I know nothing about this particular pleco but its a beauty!

I dont think its just misinformation but that there are constant new discoveries every day and fish keeping equipment and technology is also increasing that things i thought i knew have changed in the last 6 months. Not to mention different people experience different things in their tanks...

And duck weed, if one is feeling adventurous and willing to let a plant/weed dictate ones life;)

Also forgot to add if one has plants in the tank then might as well use the fertilizer. When plants arent provided with the amount of nutrients to grow algae will grow instead. The goal with plants is that they grow quickly enough to outcompete algae for nutrients, if the plants dont have enough...

Algae is a sign of an imbalance in the tank. In new tanks brown algae is the most common, what you have on your plants is a form of hair algae which can kill plants. Tomm barr says the two most common nutrients in water that cause algae are ammonia and CO2. New tanks normally have higher ammonia...

I keep tetras with my bolivian RAM. Currently neons and glo light tetra, ive also kept rummy nose and von rio flame tetra with them. Ive kept corydora with them, hasbrosus and pepper cory but i find that since RAMs are earth eaters and corydora ate bottom feeders that the bottom gets to crowded...

TDS is total dissolved solids. RO water has 0 TDS so adding RO water isnt the solution. A product ive heard used to " condition" water for shrimp is called Salty shrimp. Ive never used it but apparently it is used to get water in ideal conditions for shrimp. Give it a look. There are lots of...

13 DGH is a bit high for cardinals they prefer 7 and under dgh. The other fish should be ok. If one wants to lower DGH like others have said mixing RO water. Personally i use only RO water and raise the DGH to where i need it for the fish i keep. I use calcium chloride and magnesium sulfate to...

Theyre also nippy little buggers.

Cherry barbs are good,maybe even rosy barbs, though they get a bit bigger and your sword tails may pick on them. Danios are good in long tanks with other really active swimmers or as dither fish for larger shy fish. Cherry barbs are easy hardy fish, as long as you have more females to males, i...

Barbs are super active and semi aggressive fish who will love tearing up your guppies and other slower moving fish fins. Your GH is a bit hard for barbs as well, goid for live bearers not so much for barbs. Ive kept barbs in the past with danios( super fast) and rainbow shark, also semi...

Ive never used anything to cycle a tank other than fish food. Also no point in doing water changes during a cycle if no fish unless ammonia gets above 5ppm in which case the cycling process can stall.

Mollies are a top dwelling fish. Looking at a fish mouth one can determine where it mostly swims. Upturned mouth like a molly, top swimmer/feeder,front facing mouth like a tetra middle swimmer/feeder,or a down turned mouth like a cory.bottom swimmer/feedee Having said that balloon mollies are...

Welcome! Personally id do fresh water, its less expensive. Personally i avoid salt water because many of the fish are wild caught instead of bred. Good luck with water ever you choose!

If you knew whyd you ask? And yes i believe youre correct.!

Anaerobic pockets can release nitrogen gas bubbles into tank killing fish.

Maybe you and your cat are looking at this all wrong. Bottle that stuff as healthy mineral water and sell it to gullible americans.;)

Lol 19??? Sounds more like quick sand;)