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I have two tanks at the moment. A 55 gal and a 20 gal. I previously had my white angelfish (moe) and female koi (lodi) in the 20 gal to see if they would pair up uninterrupted. (I have two other angels that are a pair already.) After two weeks of observation I felt comfortable moving them to the...

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Breeders and mom'n'pop style places are my personal choice for fish, they take better care, and could even tell you about their stock whereas at an LFS they'll not have that kind of information, most don't even really know what they're talking about half the time. One told me her mom doesn't...

Okok that's awesome! When I first started out my issue I ran into was all was fine for months (I also started in Jan/Feb haha) and then suddenly nitrate/nitrite just spiked. Had to get live plants, and remove my pleco entirely. Were your fish all from local pet stores or were they from mom'n'pop...

Do you have readings for your nitrates/nitrites?

That's a really good rule.. She's still been eating, not particularly going after the food like the others (I feed frozen cubes so the others kind of go crazy lol) but if it floats close enough she'll eat some. She's not a particularly social fish with me, so I can't really discern if that...

Oh boy. See my LFS told me that a UV sterilizer would kill all the nitrates, I popped it in and then googled it and nope, they were very wrong.. Which is why I am interested in the matrix, due to an article on here from multiple peoples opinions on it. I'm a bit worried about using the salt with...

I just bought aquarium salt actually! I'll have to give it a try. Thank you. I wasn't sure if it would work for her, I've heard of salt baths for golds.

I wish I knew how old she was. When I bought the tank I was only told the ages of the tetras in it, but not for the angels, gourami, pleco, or goldfish. I've removed the pleco and surrendered it as it was too large and aggressive towards the others. I've also removed the goldfish out to a 90 gal...

I'm unable to figure out if my Blue Gourami is really old and no longer thriving or if there is something else I can do for her to help her heal. A few weeks ago I had fin rot break out in my tank, I treated for it with Kanaplex, which did absolutely nothing. So I did a large water change, let...

1. What brought you to FishLore? I talked my family into getting an aquarium, so we got one 2nd hand that came with a couple fishies! I was looking around online at info for fish so I could be better prepared to keep them and stumbled upon fishlore, the community seemed so friendly. I've got...

I use black sand in my 55 gallon, and in my 20 tall I was using gravel but it currently has no substrate at the moment.

I see. I'm not exactly sure where to get crushed corals at though, so I will have to give my LFS a call and see about a special order. I was just there earlier today and looked at just about every product on their shelves for aquariums to see new stock. Alternatively, would aquarium salt work...

The waste away was given to us with the tank, and we hadn't used it until the last water change, so I'll be avoiding it from now on then. Thank you. When we were just using the reverse osmosis water, our level read 6.4, so we had our tap water tested and they told us it was around 7.4 - 7.6...

Hello, I've been consistently getting my water tested at my LFS, and each time have been told that my pH was low, tried using pH 7.0 to bring it up, and eventually was advised to stop using R.O. and switch to my tap water as it reads around 7.4 pH instead of the 6.4 pH that I end up with using...

Is it okay for newbies to join in on this? If so, I'd like to join in too.

I've not dealt with dropsy personally, but doing a bit of searching online it's saying salt + a high nutrient diet are the first steps into helping your fish. And if that isn't working to move into antibiotics that will remove all gram-negative bacteria from the water. I wish I knew more, and...

Just wanted to say congratulations!!! They are super cute. Best of luck to you!

I'm very sorry to hear that. If it is Columnaris, it would be good to look into what you can use to prevent your other fish from getting it even if your shark passes. It's good nothing is floating, I would check in your tank daily really carefully to see if any shows up and try to remove it, or...