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bear in mind a 10 Us gallon tank weighs 83 pounds, you could always level the tank with a soft matting of some sort like neoprene or a camping bed.

Very informative post byron, these are some of the threads i have been reading on the subject at hand, i have to say my opinion seems to flip flop on this.. as from personal experience i have never added raw ammonia to a tank, i have either cycled with ADA aquasoil which leeches ammonia, or my...

I would disagree with this, myself and multiple others i know have used ammonia cycling in fully planted tanks (65-80% of substrate planted from day 1) with great success. there is a whole debate going on at the moment in planted circles as to wether a cycling process is even needed with...

Some bucephalandra cost way more than fish do, but they aren't living animals at the end of the day, that is the primary reason to value the fish more than the plants in your tank.

Some TLC should do wonders with these guys, i don't think they are too far gone by any means, i have had rasboras become emaciated and oddly shaped in the past and if they don't react to regular feeding it is really a death sentence, usually it only affected 1 of my group though and not the rest...

Salt can and will destroy planted tanks if you are growing delicate species i know that from my own experiences, it is a lot easier to move the fish than the plants in that situation, you can always transfer them via a large diameter hose syphon if you are worried about netting stress.

Very valid points as always Byron, although i would add salt treatment is not practical for planted aquariums, and you are best moving the fish to a quarantine to treat them.

Shrimp would be a good choice, a single dwarf puffer but not with the shrimp (maybe a pair if you had very heavy planting) and malaysian trumpet snails would work too.

it's an article by pet education, courtesy of Drs. Foster and Smith, so not wholly unbiased but a good resource none the less. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2160&aid=2421

Sorry byron i am not as organised as yourself when it comes to my postings, i highly agree with your comment above. some sources for what i put in my post. Fairfield, T. A Commonsense Guide to Fish Health. Barrons, New York, NY; 2000. Post, G. Textbook of Fish Health. TFH Publications...

my thinking was they could be hengeli but the orange colouration has dropped out, they also look quite young, but my initial thought was Hets.

i would be hesitant to give that as a identification just because the fish are so stressed and not fed well, the propper colouration can take a while to come out on these fish, my initial thought was Hets too, but the elongation on the thinnest edge of the black patch is throwing me off because...

It can be introduced on shop bought fish i agree, but what that article and other more in depth articles are saying is that it is in a form of suspended animation in any aquaria, it is just waiting for the right circumstances to start it's lifecycle.

it's hard to tell as the fish look young and very thin, they need feeding up, and need time to colour up, could be hengeli, espei, or heteromorpha, couldn't say which right now.

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it is very much dependant on the particular parents, they will all be different, some may not need removing, some may need removing earlier etc. http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?85917-When-to-separate-discus-fry-from-parents

most breeders use things like these for discus, but it requires their own tank with nothing else in it for them to lay on.

this is a flashy one but the principle is the same.

i doubt it... fry don't feed in that way, they feed in more of a foraging process, slow and steady, so the food needs to be small and accessible in the water column or on surfaces. The parents may eat some, but the food is usually so fine that they don't bother. *disclaimer* i don't keep and...

Nothing beats live at the end of the day does it mikey.... but i've heard nothing but good things about feeding repashy powder to fry, it hangs in the water column and settles on plants so the fry can graze, can't hurt as a supplement to live foods. Less is more, but if you are worried about...

Repashy foods soylent green powder is a good option, just add it as the powder and don't make it into the blocks. Combine that with a hatched brine shrimp and you will be golden, you will have to make the effort to hatch the live food as you need the first stages of the life cycle as they are...

Bee shrimps are fine to be kept together as you can actually produce nicer varieties through cross breeding, they are basically all mischling shrimps at the end of the day, i would agree about cherries though, keep them away from other types of shrimp or you will lose the bright red colouration...

Try adding some breeding mats or silk plants, they will tend to eat eggs and fry when they are worried or don't feel comfortable, driftwood would also be good, like wills said, new pairs will be inexperienced at first and may just eat the fry anyway, i have heard of people removing 1 fish after...

i can agree with this on many levels, people taking on unwanted fish do a good job, but you have to prepare yourself for the fact you are taking in a animal that has been mistreated, if you take in a rescue dog you get him wormed de-flea'd feed him up and pamper him, why not the same for rescue...

Right this is not referring to my comment when you bring up the fact that they are "too dumb to know better" but fish are a simple creature lets face it, they have a certain level of intelligence to seek out the best conditions for themselves and their offspring. Onto the issue at hand, and...

Right there is your problem, if you want to call yourself a fishkeeper or hobbyist, you cannot hold these views, would you treat mammalian pets like this or reptiles? i think not, hobbyists cannot go on holding the view point that deaths are inevitable or just part of the hobby, most fish deaths...

where are you from TankMan? try http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/ for re-homing if you are in the UK, or speak to your LFS, this stocking will never work, i would re-home ASAP.

Nice stuff brody! lovely natural tank

But a lot of fry will require a greenwater aquarium with infusoria would you not agree byron? adding the spinach culture just speeds up the process of gaining these unicellular algae and protozoans in an aquarium. it is very different to want algae growing on substrate glass or rocks than to...

hagen life glo are great bulbs, arcadia are a reputable uk brand that make aquarium lighting.

Be patient and just wait for the nitrite reading to happen. :)

Lots of people have used that brand of sand on a few different forums i have seen, i ordered westland play sand myself, most play sands and silica/quartz sands will be fine.

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/paracheirodon-innesi/ some important information about your fish that you should read there. and as far as whitespot (the propper name is ich) Ich is so widespread that many experts feel that it is present in the environment of most aquariums, especially...

I would do it whilst cycling, the sooner the better then it is over and done with, you could place the rocks in the sand and push them to the bottom, then move the sand with a fish net or a mug, make sure to change something like 50% of the water afterwards as you will kick up a lot of debris.

it depends what you want to do, you may not need to remove all the water, although removing all the water is not necessarily a bad thing, it will delay your cycle slightly, if it is just adding more sand, or moving or adding hardscape i would do it before your normal water change. Sounds like...

increasing the light period is going to help build algal growth if you are looking for it, if you want to encourage any sort of green water conditions you can culture it, you take some fresh spinach, wash it, blend it and strain it, and mix with aquarium water about a 25 parts water to 1 part...

Any bulb in a 6500k spectrum with a length of 41.3 inches will work, you don't HAVE to buy pet bulbs. But i have had a look where i bought my tubes from before (www.lamspecs.co.uk) and those measurements in a daylight spectrum just arent available to buy in a cheaper tube im afraid, look at...

Thanks for the information to chew on byron, as always your a star.

Goldfish belong in a pond for real... or a pond sized aquarium in your home.

those look like serpaes to me, ive kept them before, they are like the devils fish, super aggressive and will bite chunks out of other fishes fins, best kept alone or with plecostamus in my opinion.