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I have a lot of other young platys and guppies I've been growing in a separate tank (and not born in this tank) that I need to move into this tank soon but don't want to until I'm confident these worms have been killed off.

These are definitely not detritus worms. When feeding my fish I sometimes see almost like a liquid expelled from a couple fish downward, like they're peeing. That's when I'll occasionally see a white wiggly worm in the water shortly before it's eaten by another fish. It doesn't just hang...

When I feed my fish, sometimes I'll notice one expel a little white worm. It literally wiggles in the water. I never can tell which fish it is and the worm is quickly eaten by another fish. I've had fish all my life and I've never recalled ever seeing one expel a worm. I've tried Expel-p for...

What about lack of oxygen in the tank? Does it appear that any of my guppies are gasping for air? They hang a lot at the top, which I've read they do. As you can see I have great surface agitation from my Fluval 307 (only running at 50%). However, I don't have a lot of open space on my lid...

I'll check tomorrow.

This is only happening to adult guppies in the 53 gallon after they have been removed as babies from the 5 gallon, then moved to grow out 10 gallon tank. Original parents in the 5 gallon are not affected. I've also never lost a juvenile guppy in the 10 gallon grow out tank and they probably...

Sorry, been a busy weekend. Water is hard. I used Tetra Easy Strips to get the parameters for KH and GH. API Master Test Kit for PH. KH is 120, GH is 150, PH is 8.0

I have a 53 gallon tank with a fluval 307. I keep my tank at 79.5 degrees. Ammonia and Nitrites are 0ppm. Nitrates are never above 20ppm. I breed a pair of guppies in a 5 gallon tank, take the babies out and put them in a 10 gallon grow out tank, when they get larger the babies go into a 53...

Thanks for all of that information and your time. I am able to adjust the colors to whatever percentage I want. Sounds like I should dial down the red and blues to 0 and increase white and green to 100, thoughts? I am using flourish tabs for the two swords. My ferns probably aren't looking...

My Anubias and Ferns are attached to rocks and faux wood. Only the swords are in the substrate but the crown is not.

Thanks, are the plants from Buse snail free?

Do you have nerite snails?

I continue to struggle to grow Amazon Swords and Java Ferns successfully in my tank. Now granted I do purchase them in those tubes from Petco or PetSmart because I don't want snails. Anubias I can grow just fine. I know I didn't select the best substrate in the beginning but I'm not about to...

Interesting, I was only feeding them morning and night until recently when I read you should feed fry more often. I have 7 guppies in that breeder and I'm feeding them 3-4 times per day and they seem to be getting bigger rather quickly, although I will be transferring them soon to a new 10g QT...

Recommendations on a root tabs to use? Do I put it underneath the Amazon or in the gravel next to it?

No aggression, just babies in a 5 gallon tank, they're fed aqueon flake food, obviously crushed into powder when they were little.

My fear is root tabs causing excessive algae growth

I've had these two yellow and black baby platys for a year now and the pink one for about 9 months, they live in a 5 gallon tank with a snail and amano shrimp. As you can see they have not grown very quickly, I know it's due to the size of the tank. I change 20% of the water weekly. I have...

It's still alive and eating, but hides now when I move. I have a canopy on top of the tank that I need to take off to catch him, plus my only opportunity is late at night when the kids are in bed. Not sure it's gonna happen, we'll see.

Well I set up the quarantine tank. Filled half with fresh water, half with main tank water, put prime and stability in there a long with an old media cartridge and aquarium salt, unfortunately I can't catch the darn fish without tearing up the main tank, which I refuse to do. So I suppose...

She's still eating

I just purchased a 10 gallon tank kit today to set up a hospital tank tonight. I will transfer some water over from the main tank, and grab the used HOB filter cartridge from my 5 gallon tank (main display tank just has a canister) to stick into the new HOB filter that came with this kit. if...

substrate is probably 1.5 inches deep. I have 60 lbs of gravel in my 53 gallon tank. I have a 307 canister for filtration and have the outlet pointed up toward the surface to agitate it. I've had them in the middle of the tank. They've all been removed because they dwindle down to nothing...

male and female guppy keep to themselves. The male is always following her around. :)

You would think, I mean even my angels have some ripped fins every now and then (I bought the angels as a group of 4 when they were about the size of a quarter, now their bodies are probably silver dollar size). This tank is in the basement and I'm only down there at night, and they all seem to...

Are more water changes necessary if my ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates are good? Ammonia and nitrite are 0ppm, Nitrate is 5ppm. I don't have a hospital/quarantine tank, I've always thought about it. Only bad thing is that I wouldn't get one established in time to save this guy. I have two 5...

Ammonia and nitrite are 0ppm, Nitrate is 5ppm, and pH is 8.2 I have a Fluval 307 canister, I clean the canister sponges every month (in tank water in a bucket), along with replacing the carbon, polishing pad, and phosphate remover pad. I clean the substrate when I do my water changes, and...

Mix of fake and live plants (anubias and java ferns). I can't keep Amazon swords alive in this tank for more than a few months, they just end up shrinking down to nothing. I don't fertilize them though as I'm worried this will increase algae growth. I keep the lights on for 8 hrs a day using...

I have a 53 gallon tank that's been established now for 1.5 years. Do 20% water changes every 2 to 3 weeks. Not a lot of fish in the tank; 4 angels, 3 platys, 2 guppies, 2 bristle nose plecos, and 3 female pearl gouramis, used to be 4 females. I never see any of my fish get aggressive toward...