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I made a mistake about 3 weeks ago after purchasing a bunch of plants online and introducing them into my cycled aquarium. I thought the water felt warm when I placed them in the tank, but didn't think too much of it since I haven't had my tank up and running for about 10 months. After 24...

Thanks for the interest people. I'm changing the water daily now, waiting for the things to hatch. Hopefully they aren't insects, because if they become airborne...well...that would make my day.

Thanks for the ideas. I've got them in a tupperware container in my tank. Hopefully no new hatches will make it into the tank water.

I'm liking these answers a little better. I guess I'll keep them and see what comes about.

Thanks, Corin and helter. I wasn't wanting to do that, but I guess I will get rid of them. Hopefully they aren't anything neat.

Thanks for the replies. I hope these things are pond snails...as long as pond snails are larger snails that don't litter aquariums. My profile is a little old. That tank of fish seems like a lifetime ago. I've actually just now completed the cycle of my tank, but have no fish at the moment...

Yeah. I'm just hoping from the color and size of the eggs, that it won't be those tiny snails that breed like rabbits. Thanks for the reply.

I normally dont post, just read. But I've got a question and I am hoping someone can help. I've got some eggs on a piece of Jungle Val I purchased, and I have no idea what kind they are. I remember having tons of those little snails that do nothing but breed and quickly overpopulate the tank...

Just figured I'd put an end this thread/nightmare. After daily water changes for a week, I finally got the nitrate to only rise to 20. After one week of two water changes and two weeks of only weekly water changes the nitrate levels are at 10 (I'm guessing this is due to my abundance of...

My tap water is: GH - 8 KH - 0 pH - above 8.8 (as I just found out with a High pH test kit) My KH fluctuates way too much in my aquarium with CO2, loosing about 1 degree a day. I'm going to try Baking Soda for a week or so and see if I can come up with a daily dose that will keep everything...

I've got a tank that I am presently working on. I added some DIY CO2 to it and have found from members on the board and from reading that CO2 will acidify my water. I have had some pH shifts and am presently compensating with Baking Soda to keep my KH around 3 (and pH at 6.6). I have only...

Welcome to my latest horror. Sorry, but I don't have anything constructive to say, just that when this happened to me last week, after I changed a bunch of water and rinsed my filter under the tap my levels went up to .5. But when I let the tank sit for a few days with no water changes, my...

Cool! I found the information and it says that they use crushed coral with a little baking soda. rdd1952 said to use crushed coral to balance out the pH. From what I've read, crushed coral raises GH and KH. My GH is 14 degrees right now, so I really don't want to use that. I've almost...

Oh MAN, I hope I don't kill my fish! I made up a new batch of yeast/sugar last night and threw it in today, since my other was just a test and it smells like moonshine. It's bubbling good and the pH has gone down .4 since this morning. My KH is now at 1 degree and my pH is at 6.4. That...

Well, sinistral, I got C's in CHEM I & II (because I always "overslept"). ;) However the added baking soda brought my KH to 4 degrees. All water changes since then have added soda to them to make them 4 degrees as well. Strangely enough, after about 3 days the KH went down to 3 degrees (CO2...

Done and DONE! :) That's not what I want to hear, 3fish. C'mon, lie to me. Tell me it will all be OK, the pleco can stay for a while. I'm guessing I've got a month or two before I buy a bigger tank and I want this problem cleared (the sooner the better). I hope you're wrong, but I'm...

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention my: 2 - 2" danios There were more, but they dwindled away. That's it. I counted my fish just now and that's it. Yeah, my pleco is getting bigger. He started in a 10 Gallon till about 3". He then graduated to the 37 Gallon. He'll be going to a 90+ Gallon once...

I have the same kind of filter. I always just take off the filter lid, lift the old one out, plop in the new one and prop the old one in behind the new one about halfway down the water's surface. It doesn't look good for about 5 days, but I don't like to take chances. After 5 days I just...

Thanks a TON for the replies! tttnjfttt: Thanks for the support. I'll definitely not use tap water on the filter again. I've got to keep the little buggers happy! And I hope your luckier than I was. I had to buy my nitrate test kit online. I guess none of the stores around here want...

I'm new to this board, so I'll just say "hey" to start off with. I'll start off saying that I'm not new to fish keeping. I used to keep fish about 8 years ago and I think my success must have been due to being lucky. The only deaths I had were due to the city adding chloramine to the water...