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My main tank (29g) is topless. I don't have fish known to be "jumpers" and there's a layer of duckweed that basically covers the entire surface. Even when the duckweed hadn't "taken over" though, it didn't seem to make a difference. Yes, the risk of contamination exists, but there aren't any...

You walking around with a giant white wig and a powdered face too? Just to complete the setup, innit, guvnah?

I personally wouldn't buy any sand from the pet store it's overpriced, and the fine grain of quickrete is better for the cory. In general for this tank situation, don't make any other changes until you get the water test kit (if you're going to the store take a sample of water so they can test...

I've heard most of these in New England, I guess the roots still have some mileage left in them here. But the specific aussie sayings or "guvnah" would be lost to most who either don't mingle with foreigners on a regular basis, or don't go trolling in other more obscure parts of the internet...

They'll survive but won't thrive, and that adds to stress and overall weakening of the fish. On top of that depending on how rough thr gravel is, it might damage their barbels sooner or later, and infections of all types will find their way into the fish due to those wounds. I've seen your...

Hi, hope he improves with the suggestions already given. A note about pH and carbonate. Have you tried finding out your local water company results? I ask because you mentioned these 2 parameters are "high". Do you know how much lower they were before? At least where I live I found out that...

The more I get into this hobby, the more I learn about EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE 🤣

I mean , look at what I'm working with. No power outlet, half the valves won't turn, some of these hoses are non-spec as far as I can tell, and the cramped space just comes with the territory. And of course, today I noticed a drop in water pressure (nothing I have done) so before I even start I...

I'm going to end up putting enough hours for plumbing apprenticeship with this. And there's nothing wrong with that. 👍🏻

Thanks for the pointer @GaryE @Back in the fold well I found out last night that the water connection in the kitchen at my apartment is some rigged up nonsense. I'll have to rig it up more to get it done. PITA specially because i rent, but worth it for the fish, and heck, I probably will...

Put the most delicious, freshly cooked (or raw, your call) most visually appealing (if that counts) vegetables and meat plates side by side in front of ANY dog on earth, let nature show you the answer.

Thanks @Back in the fold and @AdoraBelle Dearheart for the kind words and "explanation " we live, we die, so do our fish, so do all living beings. On a completely unrelated note, just scored a free reverse osmosis system, this will greatly help my fish since the summer months bring harder...

Woke up to one of my female cories dead at the bottom of the tank. As the pictures might show she had the bent spine that seems common on these when overbred/inbreeding, but she was always pretty active and healthy looking, up to last night on my last glance at the tank all the fish were acting...

It's either not properly seated by user error or its a defective /poorly made unit. Don't be afraid to push a little hard, I've got 4 of these currently running in various tanks and when taken apart and reassembled all of them need a little bit of a push for the impeller to sit, it's almost...

Welcome to the forum, no meds unless you know for sure fish have something spwcific that needs to be treated, and if that's the case you would be better off treating them in a separate quarantine tank or container instead of your main tank . Only recommendation would be to add "bacteria in a...

I find that all critters in my tanks (snails, a dwarf gourami, neon tetras, cories, a guppy and even ottos) will go for bug bites, BUT the neons seem to not like them that much. Not sure if it's due to the irregular size, some pieces are so big that they won't even try to bite smaller chunks...

Days hitting 80s, going to high 60s at night. Typical summer. Some days we'll get some 90s, maybe 2 or even 3 days in a row, rhen back down to normal ranges. Summer will be gone before we have enough chances to complain more about it and it'll be time to start complaining about the cold.

When the overwhelming majority of trinkets and actual useful stuff is made there, it's not surprising or unexpected

Someone please get the water params. Looks to me like that fish is stressed Jokes aside, impressive work, very nice!

Being the uk, one can assume you would need a loicense, innit?

Thats what you get for living in an imaginary island

I've got 3 HOBs at the moment in my 29g. But that's only because I'm "seasoning" a new one. Once that one is ready, I'll decommission the oldest. I started with one that came with the tank, it's old and the flow is too slow without ability to regulate it, so I added the second one thinking I'd...

There are no quicker or more permanent fixes to this than going RO or the solar still that @Colin_T keeps harping. Going with chemicals is a temporary bandaid, adds time and expense to your maintenance routine and may adversely affect the fish, short or long term. Adding plants, changing...

Hi, as you mentioned that your water params are almost identical, I'd just drop them in. Just to be sure though, are there any significant differences in pH, gH or kH? Assuming the water is clean on both, those would be the only possible things to ensure are a good match before the move.

Once it's fully cycled you should be ready to add the new fish. Whether you have a quarantine tank and procedure or not is up to you to ponder on before adding new fish, and as far as adding to the bioload, I'd get a bottle of seachem stability to "boost" your existing beneficial bacteria at...

It is a cruel thing to get fish with the actual intent of watching them fight. 🤷🏻‍♂️ if they can't be rehomed they should be euthanized.

Or, bring some hungry French people and let them have an all you can eat escargot buffet

Once again, my humble suggestion.

Everyone can be picky until it's starve or die. We're blessed and cursed to live with so much, which is why hard times and good times go in what seems are endless circles. We learn nothing although we've reached an age where the entire knowledge of human achievement is at our fingertips

I'd have shoved a couple hot dogs down the "protester" throat as a celebration

Give that man a beer!

Lol, funny, I like him even more now. But yeah no politics here. So, happy 4th, may this great nation rise from its current slumber and be again the beacon of freedom and opportunity for all that most people still trust it is today. Speaking of water changes, heaters come on because the AC...