Recent content by WeslinCamden

Sorry I didn't clarify earlier! The water parameters are all about ideal. pH is at 7.0, Ammonia and Nitrite is reading at 0, with nitrates less than 20ppm with the hardness at 180. I have 4 full grown Agassizi Cory cats and the dimensions of the tank are 16 in tall x 24 in wide x 12 in deep. I...

I have a 20 gallon tall planted tank, thats been dirted with mineralized top soil with peat added and pool filter sand as the cap. I also have some bunches of Anacharis growing. Its only stocked with 4 cory's right now, but i have a pair of German blue rams i'm adding soon. All that aside, I'm...

So i have a pretty urgent update. The next day after paying close attention to my few barbs at the surface, they all had a white sheen to them. Combined with the lethargy, loss of appetite, staying at the surface or the bottom of the tank, I came to the conclusion that they had Velvet. So i...

Awesome response, thanks! Sorry I didn't mention it earlier but, my tank has 11 cherry barbs, 3 false julii's, and a golden gourami. Yeah the first time i had ich a few years ago, I just did the higher temperature and salt treatment and it was cleared up in less than a week, but since this ich...

Thanks for all the feedback! For starters i've tested the tap water here before and it doesn't contain any ammonia that i can read at least. However, We do have pretty hard, high pH water (Nearly 150ppm and about 7.8) so i doubt theres any ammonium in there. While I am aware of the life cycle of...

About 4 days ago I noticed the dreaded "white spots" were on a couple cherry barbs in my tank. I initially added about a tablespoon of aquarium salt to my tank (36 gallons) and turned up my heater to 82 degrees as a quick fix too try to get rid of the ich, But the next day those barbs gained a...

I've had a male gold gourami in my 36 gallon for a few months now, and just added female opaline gourami about the same size. Ever since I added the Opal into my tank my gold has been relentlessly attacking her... Theres plenty of hiding spaces but its almost like he will hunt for her. Its been...

I named him Toothless because he is a "Dragon Scale" Betta haha and I don't have a thermometer in the tank, However i check the temp. with a temp gun and it reads either 78 or 77 every time. And the gravel is FloraMax by CaribSea (I wanted something to grow as much bacteria as possible) I also...

I've had my Betta toothless in a 3 gallon for about 8 months now, and much like other betta keepers, i was misinformed about their care for the first few months and he got ammonia burns on his fins. However, I added a heater and started doing 50% water changes every other day (Making sure to not...

Thanks for the info! And yeah by "surviving" that's basically it with my swords. This was the first planted tank i dirted when setting it up about 3 months ago, and i think that's the only thing keeping the swords alive haha they have grown MAYBE an inch since i started this tank. But i'll have...

I really feel like LEDs are just so versatile that it would be the best choice, But unfortunately there is literally no gap... So I can't add on a unit. I was thinking if i did LED's, I would have to incorporate them into the light hood i have now. I just hear that those single strip LEDs are...

For most common tetras, I would say refrain from putting over 30 total tetra. And while you can do a schooling fish only tank, I really prefer to have at least one slightly aggressive fish. I have 16 rummynose tetras (By far my favorite) and 3 pearl gouramis in my 29 gallon planted tank and its...

I want to say that they were both the new ones, but im not sure. My original two cory's were inseperable and the two left are just as well so im hoping that it was because of the new cory's and that maybe my rainbow and male cherry injured eachother from chasing around and got infected. Either...

URGENT UPDATE: I just found another cory dead! And I noticed a small white patch on my gourami's head... What is going on?! I'm going to go buy some medications tomorrow, does this sound like Bacterial? Fungal? Parasites? Only things i forgot to mention was that i put in some driftwood from a...

I'm curious of ways to upgrade my lighting on my 40 gallon. I bought it as a kit and the hood that came with it fits a 24in. t8 bulb. While I don't have too many light demanding plants (Aside from some swords) I really want to improve the lighting to boost my growth as it hasn't been as fast as...