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So they might have stuck together... And they might not have risen as much as they were supposed to (until they were in the oven apparently lol) but, hopefully they are at least edible!! These are all gifts so I have none left over to try :( recipe was supposed to make 4 but as mentioned it...

Lifting 5 gallon buckets totally counts as excercise.... Washing sand and gravel = excercise. Rescaling your tank for the 10th time = kind of excercise.... They should have drawn the guy with big arms and otherwise the same :D And yes I said drawn even though it's a photograph - everything is...

Woohoo!!! Congratulations!!

If you have a local fish store (not like a petsmart but a store dedicated to fish) near you, that would be a good place to ask

Also what are those leafy plants?

Oooh, handy! Are you going to cut the glass to size and attach it under the brace? That probably seems the strongest way to go about it.

Huh, that's unexpected! From what I understand the toxicity of nitrates depends on the pH, but I'm not sure what the best course of action is. To err on the safe side would be to do a water change, but you of course do need some nitrites in the water to grow the BB, soooo, tough to say... Sorry...

Oh cool!! Thanks for the heads up! Should I trim it if it tries to grow emersed?

Ooohhhh. Not good. Not good at all. No bueno. That sure made the vibes fall real flat real fast. Now what? Put the 46 on the stand and move everything back and wait to find a new 55? I'm really sorry that this happened :(

Everyone goes through the grieving process differently. You do what you need to do. I'm sorry to hear about your brother, I also feel like the older I get and the more deaths I experience each new death has me reflecting on the previous ones. Maybe that's how we are wired to process grief, who...

You know you're a fish nerd when you order curbside pickup for your plant fertilizer but when you get there you decide that you're just going to take a little peeksie at the plants and fish in stock....

Got some flourish complete liquid fertilizer today. Didn't add it yet since by the time I got to it it was already lights out in the tank, and I figured if the plants rest at night they won't need it. Or maybe now as I'm thinking about it this is exactly when they need it, nutrients to grow or...

@itiwhetu exactly :) I don't know why there called water softeners :D

oh wow, thats amazing!! congratulations!!! keep us updated on how he does!

one more thing on the water softener: The way a rechargeable whole-house softener system works is there is a resin that is periodically recharged by sodium chloride or potassium chloride. This works in a way that larger ions like magnesium and calcium are exchanged for sodium, so that the Mg and...

Also, you can take a look at this: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/water-issues.461146/post-3924574 Basically the way it works is this: fish, like most animals, regulate what is inside their body relative to the environment outside their body. In people, when you feel dehydrated (your body...

Here is a thread that discusses water hardness with relation to freshwater fish: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/effect-of-hard-water-on-soft-water-fish.464894/#post-3975997 Mollies, specifically, from what I understand are susceptible to an illness called the "shimmies" when they are kept...

Here is a link for how to dose salt into your aquarium: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/white-bone-like-thing-on-my-fish-upper-lip.466287/#post-3990556

I dont think antibiotics will help for a parasite. I think parasites respond negatively to salt treatment (I will find you a link for salt in a moment), or anti-parasite medications.

sounds great! Will be excited to see pictures of the new tank!

also totally didn't mean to contradict @NCaquatics about the molly thing - she was looking at the GH/KH numbers, I was looking at the term "softened well water". Let's get to the bottom of this so we can help you best!!

It looks like you already got some good answers to your question, but I wanted to touch upon something else you said. You said you use softened well water to fill your tank with. Does this mean that you have a water softener system at your house? Is it the kind that you put salt or potassium...

depending on what your plans are for the new tank, you can also do a planted/silent cycle. It might cut your wait down by a week or two since you can add fish as soon as the plants are showing good signs of growth

I now have pictures of the plants! In the end, it's probably for the better that I didn't do any hardscape yet, since the plants will probably take over if all goes to plan. that would be awesome since then I could transfer a bunch to the 125! I know nothing about these plants, but here's to...

Another awesome tank! love the colors on your endler :D

beautiful, just beautiful!!!! I bet this is a fun tank to just plop yourself in front of and watch forever....

I don't see a picture attached. What kind of substrate do you have in your tank?

I think it will work better with the airline connected. In general, I see people saying ~1 month for the BB to establish on a new surface.

I would not wash them in soap. I would use a bleach dip instead. https://buceplant.com/blogs/news/how-to-perform-a-bleach-dip-for-aquarium-plants Is one method, I'm sure you can find other directions and youtube videos as well :) Edit: make sure you use pure bleach, not a bleach detergent! you...

Hi Shaun350! welcome!

A possible scenario is this: fish are dying from a different cause (stress, disease, etc), and they are being eaten by the other fish before you find them. can you post a picture of your tank? What size is it? What are your water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, GH, KH, etc) what...

hornwort? Probably not, but hard to say without any kind of picture... Can you draw something that looks like it on paper and post the picture so we can guess better?

I ordered root tabs but they're somewhere in the USPS system. The tracking information says "delayed, but will be arriving". Very useful lol. Many of these plants I am hoping will eventually go into the 125 gallon, so I don't really care if in a month this entire tank is full of plant matter...

OH no, I am so so sorry. As others have mentioned, you did everything you could and you gave Midnight the best life he could have had. I think it's especially hard on people during these times because of so much of all kinds of other craziness going on in the world, this is just the thing that...

wow, congratulations!!! can't wait to see the pictures!!!

OK folks, despite the delay, the plants arrived mostly looking good! Here are some unboxing pictures: and this is the shipping list: I'm a little concerned since all the plants were supposed to be "hardy, no co2" and customer service told me that they don't require a lot of light, but I...