Recent content by nosoop4u246

That's not gonna work. Cories need larger groups for security, and by depriving them of that, they'll become extremely stressed. Dwarf Gouramis are also quite active, and need more swimming room than a 5 gallon tank can offer. It's not that your 5 gallon isn't fine for fish-- just not those...

I honestly couldn't make much sense of your question. You'll need to provide a LOT more description for any real answers. Try listing your tank size, species of fish, water parameters, last water change, and any pictures of the fish in question. It sounds like you simply have a runt, which is...

Furan 2 was a good choice. Copper, however, was not. Not only has it complicated your whole planting system, but it is also very dangerous in the sense that it has a highly variable toxicity (to both pathogens and fish). If you're treating a bacterial infection, I'd ditch the copper now and just...

You're cycling a tank, and really, there's no way around ammonia spikes. However, if you're going to use fish, you don't want to use Danios. These fish produce little waste, due to their small size, especially compared to something like Goldfish, which would make the process much easier (they'll...

That's actually a surprisingly complex question. Freshwater fish are hypertonic to their environment, so they don't really urinate. They can flush out their solutes, including waste solutes like ammonia, simply by diffusion. The liquid waste exits the fish in the area where there is the greatest...

I'm gonna tackle this whole thing out of order, if you don't mind. First, you should really have a good shoal (3+ each) of both the Clowns and the Zebras, and you should have a full school of Cardinal Tetras (6+). This creates a problem: space. Clown Loaches will get over a foot each, though...

Really, that is not a good tank setup for a BGK... The Puffers will become fascinated by the Knife's undulating fins, and will quickly learn that it's entertaining to nip at them. This will stress it, but not nearly as much as the Shark (presumably a Rainbow or Redtail Shark?) will, with its...

Figure Eights can get pretty nasty, so you'll either want fish that are fast enough to avoid it, or fish that are low profile enough to avoid attention. Guppies and Mollies can make decent tankmates, but you're running a constant risk of them becoming food-- if that's not a problem for you, I'd...

Really, the easiest thing to do would be just letting it get direct sunlight. Phytoplankton is about as versatile as it comes when discussing wavelength absorption, so anything strong, with plenty of blue and red (the latter, more so than the former) will encourage booming growth. A plant bulb...

I'd suggest you get either Neons OR Rasboras. A school of each would actually detract from the other school, making the tank look chaotic. Start with about 5 Cories--I'd not recommend dwarves in a 20 gallon tank--then work in the Neons (7 first, 7 later). That will give your plants time to catch...

I'd suggest you get either Neons OR Rasboras. A school of each would actually detract from the other school, making the tank look chaotic. Start with about 5 Cories--I'd not recommend dwarves in a 20 gallon tank--then work in the Neons (7 first, 7 later). That will give your plants time to catch...

I don't know that you can call them "wild", as they were obviously introduced (illegally) by some irresponsible owner. In reality, you'd be doing the state--and probably the Koi--a favor by catching them. There is always a risk of introducing pathogens, but considering they were already in a...