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I like! Can you post the before picture as welll? It is always good to add root tabs, especially for those swords you have. The other, they'd prefer trace elements fertilizers :)

I agree with you, that's exactly what I was thinking when introducing the fish.. Still, I know which shop not to go back to ;)

Are you using carbon only for your filter?

Can't find any source near my place for calcium and iodide..   I've been told to use a dr turtle slow release calcium block, wondering what it can do to my fish..   http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-Laboratories-SZMMD11-Slow-Release/dp/B0061TC8C2

Yeah exactly! I've been too impatient and immediately brought the fish in my main tank, it was fishless before so... :/   I'll continue as I mentionned earlier.. My fish seem to settle quite well now, less and less white spots, I'm hoping I'll win the battle :)

It's really hard to tell, what kind of tests do you use ?

Ouch. Bio start is most likely not going to succeed at anything except getting money from you.   Like Berry said, your tank is not cycled, making your fish sick, killing it. The best way to cycle a tank, is to do a fishless cycle, but since you already have fish, I suggest you do like she said...

It can actually be both of them, as everyone else mentioned. Rasboras need to be at least 6, Guppies like to be the prettiest. 

Shrimp are bottom of the food chain, you are taking a risk in putting them in the same tank than larger fish. You must be prepared of losing some of them to your fish. I've found my fish to eat everything, even when they are not hungry. You should see them having a go at sinking wafers! XD

Yes he's in the same tank, and the three tetras I identified as infectious are showing more and more white spots on them.. I'm worrying this treatment might not be working..   I don't see any new infected fish tho but it might just be a matter of time..    I'll do a large water change tomorrow...

it looks like my Gourami also has ich! :O Nooooooooooooooo! I didn't notice until now.

WAYYYY better than the first pictures with the clow puke substrate! I like it :)

I agree about the dwarf gourami eating shrimp. My betta ate shrimp a few times already, and it's smaller than a dwarf gourami

Hi and welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay here! :)

I know the feeling, good thing is you came here and asked for advise! :) You are doing great, don't worry, we all do mistakes!

LOL! I'll try this with my cat. I hate when they drink from the HOB filter.

They would not. The only time they'd eat them, is if they are already dying. Ghost shrimp are masters at disguising.

The only thing I'm scared of when doing a really large water change is to destroy my aquascape.

well.. I'm at 7. GH

Well it is really hard for me to tell you if you are doing it right or not.. Best thing would be to take a picture of your tank maybe?

Nitrates are a bit high, what is your ph?

It was half dark, with a white streak going horizontally through her body. I think she failed her moulting..   I had a few shrimp moulting successfully already in there, including my bamboo shrimp.   I saw at a few places that I should give my shrimp some calcium and iodine to facilitate their...

Thanks for your answer, I am spending about 60$ on this so I need to make sure I'm getting what I need! :P Do you know if the "golden" variety would grow as well in low light conditions?   Thanks :)

I never ever experienced such envy over someone else's stuff.

What I did when I switched filters seemed to have worked really well: I have took all the media from my old internal filter and fitted it in my aquaclear 50, I made sure that the biomass was also in there :) It did cause a mini cycle but that might have been because I also changed all the gravel...

Hello and welcome! First of all I hope your tank is cycled!   You can read this: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/421488-cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first/   It is really important to do this as your fish will have a lot of problems!   I am glad you subscribed here...

I have recently contacted my LFS to place an order for anubias nana "petite" and the guy told me about the Anubias Nana Petite, golden.. I have never seen, and can't find any info online about such plant. I'm wondering, would they be confusing the simple anubia nana with the "petite"?   Cheers!

Hi and welcome! YOu have a lot of fish! What is the size of your tank?

I think that the faster the water circulates in the filter, the better filtration you are going to have. It doesn't take long for the filter to do it's job.   Flow adjustment is there mostly to configure for various fish who would prefer a slower flow.   Not sure about all of this tho as I'm...

It's perfectly normal for a bamboo shrimp to turn red! Sometimes I mistake mine for a giant cherry! It's been red since I started feeding pellets to my cherries, maybe it's eating a few of the granules as well! :P

I prefer having slow flow as my fish don't like having a lot of current in the tank.

Thank you :) I have learned that the sooner you diagnose a disease, the higher your success rate is. No casualties to be reported this morning, I fed them gut loaded brine shrimp (frozen) this morning and they ate everything really fast, it was fun to see them swoosh aroung for bits and pieces...

Yes! I really, really love shrimp! :)

One more question, after all that I've said, do you think my plants would survive with the 0.56W per gallon that I give them?

Update: The fish's fins has been fine for the past 2 days, I am continuing treatement until sunday, and then will move him back in the main tank, hopefully my shrimp give birth until then ;)

Thank you!  I am going to use Kordon's Rid Fungus, which has been reported as an effective treatment against ich, and it's all natural and won't hurt my inverts. Water change is scheduled on sunday which concords with treatment completion.  :)

He was not pineconing no He did look a bit fat on the picture but not in front of me, perfectly normal. I think I identified the fish earlier as it's inside was a bit different than the other fish, more "opaque" and weird.. This same fish is no longer in the tank, which makes me think it must...

I have finished stocking one of my tanks and now I'm starting to fear the worst!   I came back from work, and did my routine check, to make sure everything was ok with my fish.   Well..  I WAS SHOCKED! One of my tetras was laying on it's back, twitching, gasping for air, his nose no longer red...

Well, I just went through all the thread and it was quite entertaining!

The only fish tattoo I'd ever consider would be a shrimp tattoo.  Shrimp are awesome.