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I use one heaped tablespoon per 5 gallons for finrot and the like. That would likely be fine for a guppy.

Did you cycle the tank? Do you have live plants? And how often do you perform water changes? It could be just not enough room in the tank. I wouldn't keep white clouds in anything smaller than 10 gallons, as with a smaller tank they get stressed out from not having enough swimming room. With...

Me too. I think I am just missing something with the chromides. I have tried taking the eggs and fry away, I have tried letting the parents raise them, I have tried isolating the parents and fry from other fish. Maybe the water isn't hard enough? I have my main breeding pair in with crushed...

If they are comet goldfish, they would need a 90 gallon or larger, if they are fancy goldfish you could probably get away with a 29(at a minimum). 5 gallons is completely unsuitable for goldfish of any kind. As far as plants go, quick growing plants would be of a more immediate help. Duck weed...

All of the fry were missing when I turned the tank lights on. I am disappointed, but not that surprised. This batch did last longer than any of my previous dozen or so.

Have you tried taking the filter apart and cleaning the impeller? If it is an electrical problem, that is beyond me. But if my filters jam up or slow down, I have found just taking the filter apart and cleaning the intake and impeller(once had a pebble stuck in it) might help.

Do you know what size tank it is? These look like comet goldfish, which really do belong in a pond. They continuously grow throughout their lives, and usually reach 12+ inches. You can keep them in large tanks, but they are poop machines. You can always think about revoking them if they outgrow...

When you get up close, yeah. That was my camera zoomed in as far as it goes. When looking at them normally, they look kinda like weird shrimp. I might put some actual shrimp in there too. I have reds already, so maybe blue or black.

If you don't want them, I would suggest scraping off the eggs and picking out any adults you see. Whenever there is food for them to eat, they will breed. You can also cut back on the amount of food you feed, or pull out uneaten food. A lot of people do a bleach dip (a small amount of bleach...

Lol, here is a a pic. To get a proper search on Google, you might have to look up aquarium scud or scud amphipod. They are also called side swimmers, I think.

They are amphipods that eat detritus and scavenge. They make a good clean up crew alternative, and will breed so long as there is plenty of food for them. I plan on feeding them to my fish once the culture starts producing.

The Electric Blue JDs, being from a recessive strain, are inherently very delicate. Most don't survive to adulthood, and have a sad tendency to just go. Sorry for your loss there.

If I can find them locally, yes. I got the scuds from my lfs, they always keep some on hand and one of the employees also has a culture.

Welcome to the forum!

Congratulations on the wonderful tank!

Cool! I might try it for my next tank, as I am not very good at on the fly scaping.

The giant duckweed gets about as big as my pinky nail. I like it a LOT more than regular duckweed, which I have made an effort to keep out of the jar. As far as true moss goes, I don't plan on adding any. The scuds will eat any delicate plants, and I expect the hornwort and anacharis to be...

I have been feeding them fry food and baby brine (pain in the butt, those) and there are bits of almond and oak leaves in there, which do have infusoria. I just started a microworm culture, as well as a scud culture.

Rather than the usual pair in my 29 gallon (who have yet to successfully raise their fry), a pair of Orange Chromides in my 80 gallon tank decided to pair off. They are about 2 weeks in from first laying of eggs.

I would suggest calling your local fish store and seeing if they are willing to trade the females out for males for you. Or see if they will take any fry. The females hold sperm packets and will continue to produce fry for up to 10 months, even if the male is taken out. Your best bet is to get...

Do you have a picture? That might help diagnose any problems. Without that, my best advice would be to do a large water change and wipe off the viewing side of the glass.

This is my L200 Green Phantom Pleco. I picked the L200 becuase they are one of my favorite colors ever, that nice calm green. He is a recent purchase, and only just came out of qt this week. He has been very active, even during the day, and none of my other livestock take notice of him. He is...

Added some giant duckweed, water spangles (?), and frogbit. Along with one of my mossballs.

I went with a simple black aquarium sand, an agate (I think?) that my mom gave me along with a piece of seiryu stone. Some anubias, anacharis, horn wort.

The first pic. Empty jar, small table, put up a background sheet.