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Cucumber is fine, along with string beens or spinach, the cucumber floats so you need to weigh it down, a chip clip works well.

So about my stocking choice for fish.... Which fish are the messy ones???? So, about my stocking of fish.... which fish are the messy culprits???? I am sure it is the butterfly fish and rope fish but I dont know about the others... Do I need another bottom feeder?

I thought my pH was good also. I dont understand what you mean about cycling the tank, I have a filter. haha. I am not well informed on filters, I know that it is a good one, it is for 40-70 g and mine is a 40 g. It has a sponge, a carbon bag and a bag for ammonia, I don't know if that means...

I am horrified to say that the fish in my 40 g tank have fin rot! First off here is some info. I tested my tank water and my pH is between 6.6 and 6.8. My nitrites are at 0. My nitrates are at 0. My ammonia is at 0. My tank contains 2 butterfly fish, 2 rope fish, 2 guppies, 2 sward tails, 1...

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So what is everyone's opinion on Fiddler Crabs, also known as mini crabs in a community tank??

Update: I did count all the fish however I forgot to count my mini crab. I found the shell, that was all.... It had been sucked clean. I am assuming this could be the reason for my fish to have a belly bump. Are mini crabs a good snack for the rope fish or should I avoid purchasing more??

So I am looking at my Rope Fish and half way down it, it has this large bump in its belly. It looks just like when a snake has eaten and it is digesting. I feed them bloodworms so there is no reason why it would have that from food. All my other fish are accounted for so it did not eat a larger...

Thank you guys so much for the input!!! You are very helpful!!!!!

Hello! I have had my 40 g tank for a few months and I always have a lot of crud in my gravel. My fish seem to be quite the poo-ers. I have a gravel vac for when I do my water changes. I was at Petco and saw a battery powered gravel vac that does not dump out water, it just filters the big stuff...

Returned the clam!!!! Hopefully the next person to purchase it knows more about it than I did!! Thank you all!

What should my nitrates be at??? I thought that nitrates at 0 was good.

I have a liquid master kit that tells me my ranges. Ammonia is at 0ppm Nitrate is at 0ppm and my Nitrate is at 0 ppm The only thing that is off is my pH and like I said it is between 6.6 and 6.4. I do not know why my gourami would die, it was behaving normally as far as I can tell and ate...

So my Rope Fish lived through the night however I had a large healthy gourami die. Left in my tank I have 2 butterfly fish, 2 rope fish, 2 pictus catfish, 3 guppies, 2 sward tails, 1 gourami, 3 tetra, and a royal pleco. The clam is going back to the pe tstore today but that is there also. I will...

I have had my 40 gallon tank for a few months now, everything has been going well. All the sudden my pH is low (6.4-6.6 range) and I can not get it back up! Everything else is at normal levels. Ammonia, Nitrates and Nitrites are good. I have been using Proper pH. That was not helping so I used a...

Will the clam lower the pH in my tank??????????????????????????????

Thank you trianglekitty.

And the book freshwater aquariums for dummies says they are compatible with with freshwater aquariums and says they are good for cleaning reducing nitrates, etc. Ahhh!!! I also Googled clams and did the info was really vague but did not say they would not go well with my tank, thank you for...

Ah!!! I am so upset! I did not buy this clam in town! I asked the fish store owner if it would be alright in my tank! What the heck were they thinking telling me I could have it!! As I will not be going back to that store for a few weeks as it is in another town, do you believe algae wafers will...

I just got a freshwater clam for my tank. I have done a little reading on them. The research said the gravel at the bottom should be no bigger than 3mm, and about 1/4 inches deep. They do not say if they fully submerge them selves in the gravel or partially. My clam is about 1 1/2 inches and it...

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My plecostomus has changed colors!!! I am thinking it could be one of two things but I am not sure. First thing is I changed my gravel and tank to be brighter, some fish i know can change colors to blend to tank. The next thing I am thinking it could be is he has been eating a lot of bloodworm...

My tank is a 40 gallon. I have recently rearranged my tank thinking it would help but apparently not.

I have a new question now but as for the old question, the rope fish seems to not be hiding in the plant anymore. My water is perfect good temp, ammonia, ph, nitrate and nitrite. I have had the tank for a few months now and it has had no problems so far. Is it possible my new rope fish does not...

Oh are your golden panchax middle swimmers! They would be perfect!

I have two Gioramis, one big orange and one smaller blue. My orange gourami like to chase the blue one sometimes so the blue has a place he likes to hide, it is in the corner of the tank by a plant. Now the blue one has dug himself a hole and is sort of laying in the gravel. It is eating and...

My butterlfy fish is not very big, I have guppies and tetra in my tank right not so I believe the killifish will be fine. Do you guys know if the Mamfensis Panchax Killifish is a mid swimmer. That is the most colorful one I have found.

I have two rope/reed fish and they are fairly new. One of them keeps swimming up a tall plant in the corner of the tank and just laying in it. It will lay sideways, upsidedown.... etc. It seems to be swimming ok, one of them is also swimming back and forth in the tank. Cant really tell if it is...

I have heard of sanitizing them in the oven at a high temp! I have never done it so I am not sure how but its an idea.

I don't use the dip stick tests because they all seem to not work correctly. I use the liquid testers and they have always been great. I got mine at a petsmart petstore for like $40. A little pricey but worth it. Good luck!!

I have two Rope or Reed fish, one I have had for a few weeks and had to get another because his friend died, so the new rope fish I have had a few days. I can not really tell the two apart so I'm not sure if which fish it is that I am worried about. I was under the impression they liked to hide...

I have two reed/rope fish and they do not bother my tetras or the fry (baby fish) I have in my tank. They are very friendly and need to have a friend, so make sure you have at least two in your tank!! So far my rope fish eat bloodworms and I believe they have started eating my placostomous algae...

I would special order another rope fish (reed fish)if you have to. They do love company. I had two from the start and one died two days after I got him and after that my other rope fish would not come out. I had to wait a few days for my local fish shop to get another one in but as soon as I...

I have a 40 gallon tank and I am looking for some nice colorful middle tank swimmers. I was hoping for a Killifish. I have found a few that are mid to top swimmers such as cinnamon killifish but I do not know if the source was correct and a lot of the sites I checked do not even tell me where in...