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I’m sorry to hear your fish died ): I was going to say that 2 days ago I noticed one of my ember tetras was pale just like in your photo and they died the next day. So sad

Wow thank you for sharing your story! You put a lot of thought into your response and I really appreciate your time. I’ll honestly have to reread it a few times to understand it completely 😅 but I really like your explanation for the RO systems. I’ll look at your recommendations and see how I...

Yeah I’m in white bear lake area!

Thank you very much for the info I’ll give this a read :)

Yes I am

I had a similar problem a while back when I was keeping cherry shrimp, my water is really soft and I added wonder shells which fixed the problem but unfortunately I rescaped the tank about a month later and I lost all my shrimp from the plants being contaminated with pesticides. I guess you...

Unfortunately no I haven’t added anything new to the tank in months. I suspect whatever it is happened very recently because my fish only began acting stressed about 2-3 days ago. The only things that I’ve found that are out of the norm is the kH is very high as well as the pH. That’s how I...

Hi everyone. So I have a 17 gallon freshwater tank with 10 ember tetras and about 2 days ago I noticed them acting, well, not normal. They were hiding a lot more than usual. And this morning I wake up to one of them passed away ): I tested my tap water and tank water and the ph is extremely...

Ugh that is terrible I'm sorry that happened to you. Makes me so scared to buy plants now! I feel awful. But oh well, you live and you learn

Thank you so much for the information. I should’ve done my research but now I know! I will look into these. I was always under the impression that “oh there might be snails in here but that’s ok” never did I think that they could be treated with pesticides. I’ll be extra diligent in the future...

Tanks been running about 5 months now. I’ve had the cherry shrimp in there for about a month and a half with no problems. That is until I added new plants.

As you can see by the title, I did something really dumb ): I ordered some plants from Buceplant and I did not rinse them off/quarantine them. I’ve learned my lesson. Anyways I can’t tell if the massive shrimp die off is from a pesticide on the new plants, or from an ammonia spike from digging...

i love the groot

yes i use CO2, but i use the DYI Neo CO2 kit, not the pressurized stuff. i havent had any issues..(yet)

so cute! I love your plants too!!

Ugh they are adorable! agreed, totally too cute :)

I got a few good pics of my cherry shrimps!! Take a look 👀 And show me yours!!

I use one of these smart plugs off of Amazon and it works wonders! It comes with an app you can download on your phone and you can easily set a time for when you want your lights to turn on/off. they are fairly inexpensive too. that way you can just plug in whichever light you decide to go with.

i might look into the laminate roll too! i think that would be worlds easier than the sticky stuff or painting it. and you can change it whenever you want which is nice

I tried a peel and stick white background off of amazon and i had the WORST time with it, i ended up removing it because i had so many air pockets (and that was a big pain), and now I temporarily have a white poster board type thing that i cut out to slide behind the tank. it works for now, but...

they look like tiny oxygen bubbles but its hard to tell

Thank you for your input on the softener I have never had one in the house before so I had no idea this could be an issue! I’ll def have to do some more research on the topic because I was thinking about adding some kind of nano schooling fish in the future. But come to think of it, I do have a...

pH has been stable so far, always at about 7.2. The shell hasn’t seemed to change that. No fish, only cherry shrimp. They seem to be fine they’ve been in the tank for a couple weeks now. That’s why I’m trying the shell since they need it for molting. All my faucets are connected to the softener...

So I purchased a wonder shell off of aquarium co-op’s site and according to their directions, they are good for about a month before you need to replace them. I put in one large size according to their instructions it’s good for a tank up to 20g (mine is 17.5g) It is nearly completely dissolved...

Hello and welcome!!! :) would love to see your tanks!

I’m not super knowledgeable in snails but may I suggest buying tissue culture plants if you plan on starting over? They are grown in vitro and you have no possibility of any hitchhikers. They’re great!

Oh okay well I’ve heard good things about this stuff https://www.amazon.com/DrTims-Aquatics-Ammonium-Chloride-Solution/dp/B006MP4QG6 it’s just pure ammonia for cycling a tank, although I would be mindful of the fish you already have in there. Any high amounts can harm them I’m sure you know...

I think you should just let the tank run for a few weeks before adding any more fish for sure.. I think you just need to get it stabilized and make sure all the levels are steady before you do that. Adding natural plants is a good way to help cycle your tank because they help convert the ammonia...

August 1 update photos :)

Most recent photo. Can’t believe how different it looks compared to day one!

I got my shrimp! These are orange Sunkist cherry shrimp. I love them 😍