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i always treat whitespot by increasing temperature, (around 83f to 85f). keep it there for about 7 days, at this temp the ich cycle is around 4 days and they die off during the free swimming stage. your mormyrid has no scales and will not take the addition of meds too happily, (he may die) i...

its always better to heat a tank with 2 heaters, that way if one fails the other takes over

be careful, they have teeth and they tend to snatch and turn very quickly, its instinct to kill live prey, and it works, i had one and it took a liking to a 12 inch plec, it was all over in a second. i had two six inch pieces of dead plec

thats better, you actually have true aquatic plants in there now (greenline are brilliant aren't they), you may get the odd one that dies off (not all plants thrive in the same conditions) but give it a couple of weeks and you will be taking cuttings and splitting plants down where they have...