Recent content by LynnwoodFishDad

I recently fired my fish sitter and she did a horrible job. I purchased several KuiensI automatic fish feeders but have an issue. I’ve been feeding bug bites but the formula is too small and it dumps in way too much. Any suggestions on good dry food for a community tank that works well in...

Cool. Did you have to rinse the sand and how much does it move during water changes?

Hard to say without pictures, but not generally an issue.

Nice tank! Do you lose much sand to the vacuuming?

I wish I could turn up the health! LOL Yes, it recommends a higher temperature to speed the life cycle.

From my experience Danios like warmer water but I could be wrong.

Took your previous advice and turned up the heat, did a water change, and dosed with Ich-X. Will repeat Wednesday.

Your pH is high and your temperature is low. The temp may be the bigger issue. Try going up to 78 and see if that helps. They could be bad stock as well.

Many aquatic plants will do this. It might be because the roots got damaged when planting or it just really wants to grow. Mine did the same thing and they grow just fine. I’m not a plant expert, but sounds normal to me.

Welcome! I’d say get 5-6 cory catfish. Depending on the substrate you can get a color that will pop. I have albinos with black substrate in my larger tank. After that, you’re likely at capacity.

And now I see it on a few fish in my 54-gallon. Found out the person watching my tanks tried to clean my glass for me and cross contaminated all thee of the large tanks. Gonna be an expensive few weeks...

I recently had a mass outbreak of ich and possible other disease in one of my tanks. The tank was treated with General and Maracyn as well as Ich-X. I have some beautiful Val and Bacopa I would like to save if possible. Would those be safe to transplant to one of my other tanks? What are...

Well, looks like the outbreak is over. 6 survivors.

I plan on rebuilding my 36-gallon tank from the bottom up. I’ve got a good heater, plenty of light, and a Seachem 75 that will get brand new media. I’ve heard sand hold on to much less bacteria and is an amazing substrate but I have no experience with it myself. What are the pros/cons?

Thanks but I’m likely past that point. I can home from a work trip and had two fish with blusging eyes, 4 with bloated bellies, and a massive ich outbreak. I’ll keep your advise in mind for the future.