Recent content by Vindicare066

Just got some pics of the little guy as he was wondering around the tank.

Hi Everyone, So about a month or so ago I purchased 3 Ruby Head Barbs, I was on vacation last week and while I was home I noticed one of them has been showing signs of a shrinking stomach. to the point where its now flat. I am wondering if this is wasting disease or possibly early stages of...

Hi Byron, To give you an update. So I wasn't able to get the sand you recommended, I live in a small town and the Home Depot in it, isn't well stocked... I was only able to get King's Premium Play Sand, it is very soft and its not White sand so i am hoping it will work. I can't believe how...

Hi Byron, Thank you for this! No problem. This is a stem plant and thus fast growing, though it does require very good light (being red, it reflects red light to appear red, and red light is the primary driver of photosynthesis). But regardless of all that, if it is growing for you, it is...

Byron, I may be getting Degrees of GH and KH mixed up. using the API test kit, it takes 10 drops for the results to show for GH and 5 drops for KH. It is my understanding that each drop equals 17.86ppm and is 1 degree correct? I may be doing the math wrong here.

Hi Byron, Thanks for the reply! So it looks like a few things were cut out from my original post and I didn't catch it. So in order to your questions. The plants listed as Rosenthia are: Alternanthera Rosaefolia. Sorry I spelt it wrong..my bad there! Regarding RO water. No I haven't been...

75 gallon Tank overview: Fluval FX4 Canister filter Bio-Complete Substrate 15+ live plants (2 Swords, 6 Java ferns, 2 Anubius, 3 Green Crypts 6 Rosenthia) 3 pieces of malaysian driftwood Assortment of natural rocks (lava rocks, black slate, dragon rock etc...) 100% RO water used TSS+ added Day...

Hello everyone! I need some help figuring out what is going on with my Redtail. I have had this guy for over a year, he is probably around 5inches long and is the biggest fish in the tank. This morning when I woke up I noticed him behaving differently. He is acting very lethargic, and isnt as...

Yes the new softener is sodium based. I just did a new test of the TAP water after the new water softener was installed. Here were the readings: GH= 15 degrees of hardness so that comes out to 268.5ppm KH= 19-20 degrees so 340.1ppm So the new softener certainly dropped the hardness down quite...

Thank you everyone for the replies! Sorry for the delay in responding, so to give an update it turns out that the existing water softener wasn't working properly, we had a technician come by on Tuesday and he informed us this when he did the inspection. While we were talking I asked him about...

Hi Everyone, I recently moved to a small town and my house is set up on a Sodium Water Softener to treat our water. From what I have been reading online, these types of water softeners are not ideal for planted aquariums, as they strip away important minerals like Calcium and Magnesium. So to...

Hi Folks,   In the next few weeks I am going to be moving to a new house. I am posting this topic as I was wondering what would be the best way to transport my fish between the houses? And if there are any materials I should pick up to help make the trip easier on the fish.    There are three...