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Hi Everyone, A couple things outside the box. What is the temperature of your tank? How many fish do you have, what kind of fish and what size tank? Are you using a dechlore product that will take care of chlorine as well as chloramine? You mentioned that you had mollies. I think mollies...

Hi Everyone, I have a planted 37gallon tank with DIY C02. I just use a plastic 2 liter container filled with yeast sugar and water. Then I have an air line running to an air stone. You can regulate the amount of C02 concentration by raising or lowering the stone into the water. The lower the...

Hi Everyone, Depends on whether you want a baby platy or not. I would not use any gravel and try to dump as much of the water in the bowl as you can daily. 100% would be best. If you use a net to remove fish while your changing water make sure that it does not come in contact with equipment...

Hi Everyone, Just FYI. It wont help you much David but for anyone else reading this thread. If you left the tank empty of fish for about two weeks that would kill any ich left in the tank. Ich will not live very long without a host. mouse

Hi Everyone, I think I remember reading that animals are 80 to 90 percent water, including us. So even if you are feeding your fish live food they are mainly eating water. Some of my fish will only eat frozen brine shrimp; someone should inform my fish that they are neglecting their dietary...

Hi Everyone, My guess would be that something in the tank is making the PH go up. If you don't have any decorative rocks I would suspect the gravel. My tap water has a PH of 8.2. I used to just have gravel with decorative rocks in my tank. After a few days the PH would drop a few points, which...

Hi Everyone, The Coralife 9watt sterilizer I have runs about $90. It will work on a tank as large as 120gallons. You can run it inline if you have something like a canister filter. Otherwise you'll need to get a small submersible pump, which will cost around $15. It will kill small...

Hi Everyone, About a month ago I finally destroyed the ich in my 37 gal planted tank. I bought a couple fish from Petsmart and did not quarantine them, big mistake. I couldn't use copper because of the plants and corries. I had treated my tank for about a month and a half with various...

Hi Everyone, I give a second for a fluval cannister filter. I have the 204 for my 37 gal. planted tank and I couldn't be happier. The filter is very powerful, and after getting the initial bubbles out after start up, it will run silent. You also have the advantage of adding multiple filter...

Hi Everyone, I bought two Bumblebee Gobies for my community tank about 4 months ago. I didn't realize when I purchased them that they were brackish. One died within days of buying him. The second has been in freshwater the entire time and is thriving. I think the previous posts are correct...