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I have been doing daily water changes. I've read that pop eye may be caused by gas in the water as well. I'm not sure what this means in relation to the fish i have in the tank or the filter system or how this may change. Since the Hurricane, the tank is plantless as shortly after the plants...

2 of the discus now have "pop eye" one eye is inflammed and foggy white .... WHAT DO I DO? This is aweful! Amonia is at .25 ... sigh .. what is going on!

My Nitrites have been at a steady 0 for the duration. I realize that the fish will become incompatible as some point in time when they become bigger. I did not purchase them, they were gifts from multiple people for my birthday. My friend is starting a 155 gallon tank soon, and as soon as...

I have a 75 gallon tank. Its been succesfully balance for 2 months. In the Tank is: 1 Oscar, 2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids, 1 Placo, 1 red Tail Catfish, 4 Discus Cichlids, 1 upside down Catfish. Until today 1 blue hammer lobster, 1 rainbow fish ... Ok so here is the situation. the tank was in...

I have a 75 gallon fresh water tank. I have 4 discus cichlids, oscar, 2 jack dempsey cichlids, placo and red tail catfish (all fish are young) I have some live plants (not sure what kind but they are standard bundles from Petco.) I am using a Marineland 350 Magnum filter, and a UV filter for...

Should I put the fish back and treat everyone equally ... the whole tank? or should I do something just with the two fish that have the obvious outbreak. I was just reading about Salt and raising the temprature to get rid of ich. I just got my tank stable and populated ... I am nervous to add...

I have a 75 gallon tank. 8 cichlids, 2 mono, and a placo (sucker fish) the two Mono's have ICH! no signs on any other fish. I took the mono's out of the tank and put him in a goldfish bowl. (I don't have another filter tank.) how should I treat the Mono's? what should I do to the main...

I did a water change 25% ish. I added ph tablets ... Water is clear. I had Lfs test water and they got the same readings. The guy suggested that maybe because I put all new gravel in the bottom of the tank I may have not yet built up bacteria and maybe that is throwing the numbers. I need to...

Ph 6.0 Ammonia nitrate and nitrite 0 two African cichlids dead! :-( But aquarium is no longer cloudy.

No wood. One stone ... Bunch of plants. Castle, turtle, gargoyle and ceramic aquarium toys.

Limestone ... where do i get that? what does it look like and how much do i need?

How does baking soda work to raise Ph. I've done some research and I see that my Ph is likely the culprit killing my plants. I need to raise it slowly. From my understanding the lower the Ph the more acidic the water. If my Ph is reading 6.0 on the test, it may be even lower than that since...

I discovered my missing cichlid. He jumped out of the tank. I just found him by the filter under the tank. so sad. I didn't realize cichlids jumped. I did a 25% water change. the tank is less cloudy but I am not sure how long it will last. I'm still looking for an answer on what to do...

Found the beta and saved him from an African cichlids. I though he would hold his own for a while. Guess not. Definitely missing a jack dempsy though. I found a remnant of Dempsey parterned skin on the gravel. I can't seem to find any bones or skull or anything else. Is this common with...

Tested water 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate Ph is 6.0 I'm going to do a water change. Should I make a large water change being that the only issue is ph. How big should the water change be? I don't want an ammonia problem if I can avoid it. Fish see to be good. They are swimming on every...