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Back to stocking, I would recommend looking at African cichlids, specifically mbunas. They get quite a bit larger than tetras/guppies and in my experience are much hardier once the tank is established. With your size tank you could probably fit a nice sized group in there.

This is the product I have, I would assume it's just plain sodium chloride with a fancy label: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010P82UO/?tag=ff0d01-20 I would think that stresscoat has other benefits as well. "Replaces fish’s protective coat damaged by handling, shipping or fish fighting with...

Should I continue using stress coat along with salt? I have a carton of aquarium salt (not marine salt) I can use.

The water parameters in the big tank are as followed Ammonia- 0ppm Nitrite- 0ppm Nitrate- 40ppm- before water change, probably closer to 10 or 20 now pH- 8.2 Very hard/Alkaline water I've been doing weekly 50% water changes on the quarantine tank and dosing API Stress Coat (I know it's not...

Hey everyone, As stated in the title, one of my cichlids has something abnormal going on and I'd like some advice on how to fix it. It seems that he has a white "blotch" on the top of his head near the dorsal fin that may be destroying tissue :nailbiting:. Funny thing is, is that he behaves...

I treat the whole tank with Prime with every water change; once while it's refilling and again after completion. Should I triple dose the tank by adding Prime before refill as well?

I admit my wording was a bit confusing, but no one's making you follow my thread so please don't get hostile with me if you're not here to help. Thank you.

My mistake, I didn't word my process correctly. Let's say I do a 50% water change, I'll add Prime while the tank is refilling as well as after the water change is complete; I'm well aware of how chlorine affects the system (I've accidentally killed 80% of a tank this way...).

I never replace filter media (biomax). I rinse out the sponges and replace carbon/filter pads with every other water change. I add the correct dosage of Seachem Prime after water changes are complete.

That makes sense. However I don't think it applies to my tanks as they never go more than two weeks without water changes. Even if this was the culprit, how does it explain the ammonia reading?

There's two different bottles! Just "Flourish" and "Flourish Excel". I am NOT using the latter. I didn't mean to link those products, the forum does it automatically. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00025696M/?tag=ff0d01-20 is what I was using.

Nope. Does not say Excel anywhere on the bottle.

The name of the fertilizer is actually Flourish, not Excel, my mistake. Can you explain this "old tank syndrome"? I'm unfamiliar with that term.