Recent content by MartinXIX

Ended up moving them into a food container with cuts of Limnophila sessiliflora, Christmas moss, and used the tank water. Counted about 46 and have it with an air stone floating on the surface of the tank water. Going to my LFS later today, should I pick up some alder cones? I'm hesitant to use...

Thanks for the ideas, encouragement, and resources! I went through the walls of the tank and realize that there's about 50 eggs to observe so I'll act fast with finding a food safe container or go out and buy a floating breeder box or something tomorrow. I have an extra air pump and stones so...

Q: How do I approach hatching sterbai corydora fry for the first time? I'm not exactly familiar with spawning fish but T-position for my corys meant I might see some eggs. And now that I do, I have no clue what my next step should be. I want to try to save and grow some fry but have no idea...

Hi JP, what I have is Limnophila sessiliflora (LS) and it was what I got instead of cabomba because it's what one of my LFS had in stock. From what I know LS is less demanding than cabomba to take care of when looking at lighting and water conditions. After a quick internet search some places...

After about half a year of keeping this 30gal tank I've ended up with: 9 Rummynose Tetra 9 Sterbai Corydoras 4 Honey Gourami 3 Nerite Snails 50 or more Cherry Shrimp 20 Ramahorn Snails constant population being pulled when doing water changes I wanted to add maybe 3 more tetras and 3 more...

Well I just took out 30% and will do 15-20% until my next Sunday for another 30. Unfortunately the little guy died and I had to remove it this morning. Doesn't seem like other fish are showing signs of infection or have died so will just lower temperature and observe. I'll probably look into...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 30g/113L How long has the tank been running? 5 months Does it have a filter? Eheim 2215, Aquaclear 50 Does it have a heater? Yes What is the water temperature? 23 Celsius What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.)...

I'm thinking of adding some fish to my 30gal/112L aquarium and want to either get a bigger school of Rummy Nose Tetras or get some top dwelling Kyathit Danios. Only problem I can see is if the danios are nippy I wouldn't want them with my honey gourami. Anyone have experience with them or...

Thanks all. I think I'll buy another 20lbs of sand then add it this weekend when I service the tank. I'd get an assasin snail but I'm worried it'll eventually go after some of my small nerites. Between the cories, cherry shrimp, nerites, and controlled ramshorn population maybe I shouldn't worry...

Edit: added photo The front of the tank is about an inch thick. Middle and back are just sprinkled over. I'm considering buying more sand but if I add an in over the mid and back I'm worried about pockets of gass buildup.

My cories keep bringing up the aquarium soil under my plants. Any ideas how to keep the sand above the soil? I'd prefer not have to keep digging around the tank every week. Edit: added photo

As an update I've been doing 5gal water changes every night after feeding to lower the nitrates. Also decided to remove as much decaying plant matter as possible. Have the sick honey gourami in a 10gal hospital tank. It developed some white fluff fungus on its pectoral fins. Just using some...

I apologize that I can't post the emergency template right now as I'm trying to balance working at home and taking care of my tank. Will post later when I get some free time. What I really need is to know what is wrong with my fish, if I can save it, or if I should euthanize. Some basic...

Thanks all, my dGH and dKH are anywhere from 1-2 straight from the tap and 1 in the tank. I'm definitely worried about dropping to 0 for KH especially.

Hey, I'm thinking of adding shrimp and snails as a clean up crew for my tank, but I just don't know what the best route is for making sure they get enough nutrients in the water to grow their shells are. I know they need calcium and I was just thinking of cleaning and tossing egg shells from my...