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Hi all, haven't been active here for quite some time. Wanted to post this picture of my red root floaters. I've never seen so many flowers before! Currently in a small 5g walstad setup. Cheers

Thanks friend :D honestly I've just been focusing on work lately, I'll be glad to get back into things too I'm glad this scape has your approval, mission accomplished I would say! Just one java fern and two crypts with a piece of spiderwood and two chunks of Elephant stone Hoping the fellow...

Hello I was out of the hobby for a couple months due to my recent move but I was able to work on a project for a local organization 7.5g cube, simple but elegant scape Starfire glass, 8g nano HOB, Chihiros lighting Stocked with Galaxy Rasboras :) I just filled it so there are bubbles and...

Yup either loose or in a bag is fine, doesn't really matter

Well to start those inserts don't have a lot of surface area, it's mostly cheap cotton with a bunch of charcoal inside. All you need to DIY is a piece of coarse foam or sponge cut to size and some ceramic beads.. available from any pet store for a few dollars You also don't need to feed twice...

Your stocking is fine.. if you have ammonia and nitrite spikes I would be concerned that your tank isn't cycled.. of course I'm sure it is partly cycled but there is something happening on that end.. what are you using for media? How much are you feeding?

My fish all recovered thanks to the Metroplex (thanks to A201 for helping me narrow it down to protozoan parasites) but I got so busy at work and I just didn't have time for my tank. Then I upgraded my apartment and didn't have room. My fish went to a nice gentleman who has 22 tanks and has been...

Unless you notice clear signs of disease or illness I wouldn't worry about it. Could just be a runt which is no cause for concern. Post back if you do notice anything unusual tho

Just some staghorn covered in mulm. Not "parasites" as mentioned above. I would do a good cleaning for now. Staghorn can be hard to deal with but a good cleaning, water change, dosing excel, and lowering the lighting a bit will help a lot

The silver lining is that they will likely lay eggs again and you may even have some fry survive after a few tries

No you are absolutely fine. Just make sure the media stays wet. BB will survive for a lot longer than people realize. I would only be concerned after several days

Banded gourami are pretty rare so make sure you have a supplier first. I would just keep one and do a peaceful community

Not sure if this is the problem but I regularly deworm mine. I've had good luck keeping otos so far. Mine eat algae wafers no problem but I would start yours off on some nice blanched zucchini

Yesterday both of my female honeys were hiding. One had the fungus on its tail fin and the other was having swim bladder issues. I dosed metroplex and this morning both of them are out, the tail fungus is gone and the other is swimming properly. I'll need to run the full treatment because my...

The Supratect helped with clamped fins but the structure of the tailfin has remained weak and now the female honeys have body fungus. I was able to get some metroplex from a local group so hopefully the treatment works. If it doesn't then I'm all out of options. The epistylis cleared up on my...

Well I messaged a nice gentleman from a local group and he decided to share some metroplex with me, without hesitation too. I'm very relieved. I think this disease is likely protozoan/bacterial in nature so the metro should do the trick. Fingers crossed!

Well after 3 full doses of Supratect my honeys have improved but they now have fungal infections on the affected tailfins. This weird disease seems to only affect the females. Same exact symptoms as iridovirus but that isn't supposed to affect honeys. I have no clue what's going but I'm assuming...

Unfortunately mine got stuck in one of the triangular holes where the bubbles flow out of so removing the tube wouldn't have helped :( hopefully my honeys pull through though. I added another dose of supratect so I'm hoping for the best

I came home to find that my honeys had improved. However I found an oto stuck in the outflow of my sponge filter. I guess his head got stuck when he was looking for algae. Anyways he was covered in sores and lesions from trying to escape so I had to euthanize :(

Thanks a bunch. I may be able to order that off ebay