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Hi! I have a piece of driftwood that grew driftwood fungus almost immediately about 6 weeks ago. I looked around online and was told to leave it be and it'll go away. Well, it hasn't gone away and has now appeared to spread to my plants. I also have a very thick biofilm that my 3 gardneri...

I have 4 mystery snails in a 5 gallon vertical with my betta, Cheesecake. Temp is about 78 degrees F, parameters are 0/0/15. pH is around 6.4. Soft water around 50 ppm.Betta is fed daily, but the tank is fully planted so I only feed the snails every 2-3 days. They get homemade snello, which has...

Hi! I'm moving back to college about 3 hours away and want some advice on how to transport them. I have 3 gardneri killifish and 6 corycats in my 10 gallon, and one betta and 4 mystery snails in my 5 gallon. Both tanks are heavily planted and cycled. Where I am now, water is very soft (don't...

So plant everything then drain the water again?

After about 2 hours of struggling, I’m about to give up. I put it in without cleaning because I’m a beginner, now I’ve emptied EVERYTHING. How do I clean play sand so it doesn’t cloud up so bad? Thanks

Help! I bought play sand and didn’t realize I had to clean it. Now I’ve had to completely empty my tank, including the fluval stratum because it turned the water PITCH BLACK. Now, please help me on how to clean the play sand so I don’t have to spend another 2 hours on this. Thanks!

I’ve heard great things about play sand! And I also use root tabs and ferts even with the fluval.. overall gonna say it wasn’t worth the money

You’re right! These are older pictures.. they are definitely fat now though. Not sure if you can see one of them in this pic, but it was taken yesterday. I do have eggs but no fry yet! Hopefully in a few weeks I will have some babies!

Hey! So it's been a few weeks since my last post about the killifish tank, but they've been here over a week, and doing great! I am currently having a bacterial bloom issue but it's not severe. I know my killis are too fat, but I'm already cutting down as per the breeder's advice. They breed...

Hi! This is my 10 gallon killifish and corycat tank. Everyone is doing well, but I'm having trouble with my plants! I thought I'd really like fluval stratum but I don't... the plants won't stay put. Even in my other tank with 3+ inches of substrate, I'm constantly having to replant. Is there a...

Oh ok! The killifish will be gardneri, yes, so I’ll just leave the pH alone.

Tank without any chemicals sits around 6.0

I do have very soft water, around 50 ppm. Tap water is around 6.6 fresh and 6.2 after sitting. I check pH every other day and dose as necessary. I went out of town for part of the week and the person feeding my fish forgot to check pH, thus why it was so low when I came back.

I’ve been testing water and the only thing is that my pH is low, slowly dosing it back up everyday. That’s an issue with the city water though, not the tank. Thanks!

I did a planted cycle for about a week with already cycled filter media before adding 6 little corys yesterday

Ok! I think the cloudiness is mostly a substrate issue, but I’m sure there’s some algae making it that way too. I also have a UV light that’s supposed to kill algae, but I’ve not used it before. Either way, I’ll probably give it a few days before trying anything.

Yes, the water is a bit cloudy because the substrate is Fluval stratum which kicks up and clouds the tank when you add new plants. I’m thinking of dosing the tank with API algae fix but I’m concerned it could harm the plants or fish. What do you think?

Thanks!

This is my second tank ever and will soon have a couple pairs of killifish (gardneri)! Currently there's six little corycats in there and they love the plants. It's stocked with: various floaters, cabomba, java moss, wisteria, two amazon swords, rotala indica, ludwigia repens, pearlweed, and...

Oh man, when I'm not a poor college student, maybe I'll try saltwater one day, but I've definitely heard some horror stories. Instead of eggs, I've actually found a guy that's local (sorta, like 2-3 hours), that breeds killifish and is apparently an expert! He's offered to sell me a pair of...

Well I don't have any cories yet, so I might end up doing eggs and trying to raise some up. Otherwise I'll probably go with the American Killifish Association

Will do!

Ok! I'll look into the American Killifish Association - I saw something about new members getting fish?

Thank you for such an in-depth response! My only issue now is finding somewhere to buy them (the gardneris)! The only place I've found so far is two hours away and they still might not have any. Should I buy eggs on ebay? Where the heck can I find some live? The only place online I could find...

I checked them out, do I have to buy a membership too? What about the egg packages on ebay?

Thank you! Now I need to find where to buy these fish - they’re seemingly all out of stock online. Any help with that?

I’ll just start with a male and female pair then :)

Ok! I’m leaning towards the gardneri but, yes, my tank will be heavily planted! Could I do 2 females and 1 male?

what about blue lyretails, rachovi killifish, cape Lopez lyretail, Gardneri’s killifish, or black pearl killifish?