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Thanks everyone for their input regarding the filter media! I have two cartridges, one with ceramic media, and one with the filter pad. Definitely going to exchange the latter for sponges once I'm through.

Hi @Byron, thanks again! :) Re soil and pH/hardness: It's funny, I started adding the buffers because somebody at a forum advised me to do so (I don't think it was in this one). The reason was that low pH/hardness could lead to pH swings and ammonia spikes, and that could cause my fish to get...

Hey @Byron, Thanks for your long reply, for some reason I didn't get a notification so I just saw it now. My light is a Zoo Med T8 Flora Sun light for plant growth. GH is 150. Just wanted to give a quick reply, will answer in more detail tomorrow!

Hi @Avel1896, I posted some pictures in my previous posts here in the same thread. I can post more tomorrow.

@I Like Rare Fish Really? I'm going off AqAdvisor and it calculates to 70% stocking capacity for a 20g long. The CPDs were not really planned, I took them in as rescues from my neighbor a couple months ago. Would it help to add a sponge filter as second filter, or do I need to relocate fish...

Hi everyone, First of all, thank you so much for your time and all the replies, I'm taking every single one seriously! @didz04 and @Byron Good point with the aquasoil. The product is called "Ada Aqua Soil Amazonia" and has been recommended for planted tanks worldwide... Here is the link...

I added the flag fish about 6 weeks ago, and they just started clamping their fins and dying a littke over a week ago. Around the same time I added two to my existing three getrudae and nothing happened to those (same source). I had the sparklers for many months. Some died shortly after I had...

No, I usually just replace it with a new one from the box, but I rinse that in dechlorinated water before installing it

Hi peeps! I do love my 20 gallon planted tank, however I keep losing fish from time to time and don't really know why. Is my tank just "dirty", and why? Tank setup and maintenance: The tank has been established for more than half a year, and for a long time I had no casualties. It has...

You're the best, thank you so much for replying. Just tested parameters again: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate, pH 6.5, KH 20, GH 150 I usually switch out the filter for a new one every 4 weeks or so (I have biowheel and an extra cartridge with media to retain BB). I have mild algae growing in...

Hi everyone, I ended up treating with flubendazole but unfortunately lost the fish in the days after. I am worried now that the female starts exhibiting the same symptoms: clamped fins, moves less. Since the problem did not seem to improve with General Cure or Flubendazole, it might not be...

Got it, thank you so much!

Hi Colin, Thanks for your reply. I actually read this thread before, but to the untrained eye the descriptions for protozoan and intestinal worms sound similar - losing weight, swimming and eating, stringy white poop. That's why I posted to get some clarification. Thank you for your input, I...

Hi everyone, Can anyone help me out with my American flagfish Jordanella floridae? About 1.5 weeks ago, he started showing clamped fins and was sitting at the bottom, while eating fine. I did some big water changes and dosed salt for the following three days, but condition didn't improve...

I lost another sparkler yesterday. Any ideas folks? :/

Hi guys, If anyone has some ideas, it would be greatly appreciated! @Colin_T ??

Hi Colin, Bad news. After another water change last night, I found a CPD dead this morning. I've attached two pics and noted read streaks in addition to the red gills, I didn't see that in the tank. Google gave me hemorrhagic septicemia, sounds horrible. Or are the red streaks something that...

Thanks again Colin, I will keep up with the water changes. Another thought I just had is that I've started feeding live grindal worms about three weeks ago. Could this be related?

Thanks for the input! Did you have bad experiences with stress coat, or why is prime preferred?

Thanks again Colin. What you said about the tap water makes sense. It didn't necessarily get better with the water change (status quo), but also not downhill, so I think there's something in the tank. As expected, the gourami was dead this morning. He definitely had quite protruding eyes. Is...