Recent content by courtneylm

Okay, I will try and create some more hides and break up the line of sight first, but if nothing works I will try and find the Rainbow shark a new home

We've had the bichir for a little over two years, and he's only around 6 inches long. He's definitely intimidated by the rainbow shark, he's seems kinda stressed. He leaves the other fish alone entirely, even the neon tetras. Eventually we were planning on moving the bichir to another tank but...

Hey guys. So I've been noticing my rainbow shark chasing my senegal an awful lot lately. I have a 120 planted tank with 3 angels, 6 boesmani rainbowfish, 6 upside down catfish, 1 bn pleco, 1 senegal, 6 neon tetras and one rainbow shark. He doesn't mess with the other fish much at all, just the...

I noticed this weird thing on my ramshorn snail shell this morning. I tried googling but couldn't find anything. Anyone know what this is?

So most of my upside downs have swollen bellies, but one or 2 of them are extremely swollen. Is this normal with this species? This is my first time having them. I have 7 in a 120g, along with 6 odessa barbs, 6 Boesemani rainbowfish, 3 angelfish, 1 bn pleco, 1 senegal bichir, as well as a bunch...

I think you may be right about it being an injury. It looks a little less pronounced today than it did yesterday. I'm not sure how he could have gotten it, maybe got too close to one of the upside down catfish's barbs? With all the driftwood and plants in my tank I think I'll just leave him and...

Any idea what this could be? I just noticed it today and would like to know if I should put him in the hospital tank. He's very hard to catch so I don't want to do it if it's not necessary so I don't stress him. None of the other fish have it and he is acting normally otherwise, I just fed them...

So here's a video of my bubble count. It seems low to me but our drop checker is green. I may turn it up a hair because the color is a little darker than I think it should be, it's hard to get a good picture because of where it's located (total opposite of where the filter outlet is). My tank is...

I'm just guessing on the bubble rate so I may be wrong. The system is off right now and I've been lowering it because of the drop checker beginning to turn yellow. I will check for sure in the morning to see if I can even count it, if not I'll take a video. I have a diy reactor set up

Usual nitrates are only about 5-10 ppm. I'll try dosing less thrive+ for a bit and see how it goes. My bubble rate is about 2-3 bps. I have an air pump that runs at night once the light turns off (2 hours after co2 turns off) I also have one of my outlets pointed towards the surface to create...

Let me preface all of this by saying that I wrote this post yesterday and only posted it today. So everything I wrote is a day behind, my apologies. I have a drop checker, it's been green, I'm constantly checking it throughout the day to make sure it's staying the same. Before co2 my pH was...

I have a 120g planted tank that I've finally gotten the injected co2 figured out in. However when I tested my water tonight, the pH is reading between 6 and 6.4. I know co2 lowers pH, and I also know that it's typically better to just leave pH alone and stable rather than trying to achieve a...

What if the fish are all juveniles when you get them and then one of them ends up getting bullied to the point of some fin tearing and visible injuries on the body? I have 4 that I got at the same time as juveniles and they are beginning to come into sexual maturity. One of the ones I believe is...

Just to update, the spots have cleared up. I did not medicate, just kept an eye on him.

They don't appear to be fluffy. None of the other fish currently have any that I've noticed, however a little while ago I noticed one on one of the rainbowfishbut it cleared up on its own. It happened after I did big maintenance on the tank, I thought it could be stress related when it happened...