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Your stocking is fine, you could up the number of rasboras for a bigger and flashier shoal of fish or add another shoal of a different small tetra species or peaceful barbs. How much filtration do you have? You need at least 100 gph, 150 or more would be better(something like an Aquaclear 30).

  You say 0 ppm.......ppm of what? Parts per million is just a unit, it needs to be so many ppm of something. TDS?   Chlorine in your tap water is no problem, just use a water conditioner and you can treat that easily and instantly. I've no clue about fluoride being an issue but it has never...

Odd number for nitrate, are you sure this is not nitrite?  My nitrate test kit does not report below 5ppm, let alone fractions of a ppm.

You'll likely need to use manual focus, as the contrast and phase detect autofocus system will likely be fooled by the glass and focus short of the fish. If the fish are too dark, then you need more exposure. You have to either decrease shutter speeds, which will lead to movement blur, increase...

I'd pass on the platies, mollies and swords. They're too big and they poop way too much for a 10 gallon tank. Stick with small tetras and do an Amazon themed tank. 

Nice start on the pics. The point about the macro is spot on, especially if you can get a hold of a DSLR rig and a 90mm macro. Another type you can try if you cannot do off camera flash is to get the lens right up against the glass and use your on camera flash. As long as the lens is against the...

You'll need very deep depth of field, which should be easy to obtain with a G9 since it is a small sensor compact and those cameras inherently have lots of DOF. Use a solid, sturdy tripod, lowest possible ISO and DO use flash, but use it properly, off camera and remotely triggered. That's how...

If your tank is at 70 degrees then your heater is defective. an HT10 is supposed to maintain a constant 78 degree temp. If yours is only getting to 70, the heater is bad....toss it and get another one, preferable one with a thermostat you can set for desired temp. the HT10 is a preset heater.

Thanks, basically the symtpoms seem to be flashing/rubbing the gills against the substrate and labored, rapid breathing. It's a bit hard to see his gills as the fish tends to stay deep in the plants. The Sterbai's appetite is off though as I noted he did not feed while the Pandas attacked the...

Your tank is not cycled. Thus you are most likely getting toxic levels of ammonia building up in the tank from fish waste. The cloudy water is just a bacterial bloom in the tank and is generally not harmful to the fish. Your best bet will be to return your fish and do fishless cycle. There...

Hi, I had one of my sterbais come up dead yesterday, unexepctedly. The previous day all the cories were quite active and showing no signs of distress. Yesterday I noticed one of the sterbais dead on his side in the tank and second one breathing quite heavily. All the other inhabitants seem...

Make sure all your electrical equipment for the tank is plugged into a GFCI protected power strip. A ground fault circuit interupter (GFCI) is a device that senses a fault to electrical ground (ie a cracked heater, wet cord, etc.) and kills the power to the entire power strip. GCFI's are...

I'm not positive about what is causing the water issues, but I will guess it has to do with your stocking. Having 6 four inch koi in a 20G tank is *way* overstocked. Koi and all goldfish are messy fish which generate huge amounts of waste. The typical recommendation for a single goldfish/koi...

The density of the ammonia will have not bearing. Once you disperse the ammonia solution within the volume of water within your tank, there will be difference at all in the denisty. In fact, I cannot imagine a household amount solution will have a density any different than plain water, as the...

You realize the OP posted the original question 4 years ago....... :) John

All size tanks need to be cycled. Cycling builds up a beneficial bacterial filter in your tank that processes the fish wastes. Even if you never made an effort to cycle your tanks, nature will still evenutally cycle the tank in time, though perhaps at the expense of your fish dying off. John

Is that really 1900 to 1100....that is from 7pm in the evening till 11am the next morning......or should be 1900 to 2300, from 7-11pm? If it is the former, then the light is the problem. John

Who knows what is what?? http://www.instantocean.com/sites/InstantO...ira_splash.html http://www.instantocean.com/sites/instanto...294&cid=933 Two products, different packaging, same name, same company, one refrigerated, one not........ :blink: although Dr Tim's One and Only is a refrigerated...

From reading the website, Safe Start is a similar product, not an exact copy of Bio Spira. It claims to not require refrigeration but also claims to only have a shelf life of 6-9 months. For what it is worth, the new version of Bio Spira for marine aquariums is also no longer a refrigerated...

Bio Spira is no longer a refrigerated product as well. The only place around me that seems to stock it is Aquarium Adventure/Petland and they keep the Bio Spira on the shelf next to the Safe Start. What I was told is Bio Spira is no longer manufactured for fresh water and Tetra Products...

You're looking for something like an ion selective electrode. They make them for a wide variety of parameters such as ammonia/ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, chloride, sulfate, pH, sodium, calcium, etc. You can get them in real time sensor packages as well, but you will need a separate electrode...

Hi, You have *way* too many fish for a 12 gallon tank. At the most this tank should support maybe 6 neons and one dwarf gourami. The barbs will be very aggressive, especially in such cramped quarters and the angels will grow way too large for that tank.....plus as they get larger they will...