bacteria

sorry for the super long post. Its a bit of rambling but I want to give any and all info possible in case of any causes outside what im guessing. Background: I normally have these various fish in different setups, but a few months ago lost my apartment and so am living temporarily with family...

Hi everyone, I was hoping for some advice on my situation. I currently have a 40b that's been established for as long as I can remember, and is being used as a grow out for my 3 Goliath tigerfish. They are juvies (about 3"), very healthy, eat anything and everything that hits the water. Water...

So my discus seems to have gifted these orange-ish color sores the one in the right almost looked like some white thing was sticking out so I assumed parasites and an treating him which parasite meds which after 24hours I can’t say much has changed. My filter media is removed of course but if...

Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here but I can’t find anything online to help diagnose this issue. My venustus has had this for a few weeks now and it’s gotten bigger. Not sure what it is, and was hoping someone on here can help me determine what it is, and how to cure it...

how many grams of flual biomax do i need for a 230 gallon tank with a oscar , pleco ,RES turtle, 5 convicts, 2 accaras, 5 geophagus, and 3 severums. i have a 120 gallon tank as a sump filter. thanks!

This topic has probably been beaten to death but I have a very particular question. On the Lowes website they have a product called Red Lava Rock and here is the link. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kolor-Scape-0-5-cu-Ft-Red-Lava-Rock/50040758 My question is the following, is this a crushed version...

Hello I am new to this website and I heard its pretty valid. I have a 55 gallon tank with a 4 inch senegal bichir. I am in the process of setting up a "gut loader" tank in which I plan to quarantine minnows that I will buy in bulk from my pet store. I dont want my bichir to starve so I have a...

Noticing some fading on him, his orange tips are now white at the ends??? He seems very interested in food but spits it all back out after eating. He has long white stringy poop. And somewhat normal behaviors, been treating with melafix api, no help, any ideas!?!?

Hi, I'm trying to cycle my tank with Dr. Tim's One and Only. I used an 8 oz bottle (entire bottle, shaken and inverted) for a 20g bare bottom tank. There is a lot of sediment at the bottom now. Is this normal? Can it harm fish? If I remove the sediment, will that slow the cycling process...

Hello After doing a routine inspection on my arowana tank, I suddenly noticed a lot of these white dot like organisms that are moving around in a jittery motion throughout the aquarium glass walls. If you look closely you can see that they have tail like structures and what appears to be two...

I noticed the fx4 on my 75 wasn't pushing much water so I decided to clean it? I filled up a 20 gallon tote with 10 gallons of tank water and to get a bit more I added 5 gallons of tap water, well I added what I thought was declorinator to the 5 gallon bucket before I added it to the tote but it...

I know this could possibly start a big debate but that is what i need. In your opinion, what is the best non-commercial biological filter media? ie. lava rock pot scrubbers? I need a ton of it like enough to fill a 50 gallon drum worth. what is the best and dont cost an arm and a leg?

I have a 20L set up just sitting with eco complete, a piece of driftwood and matten filter for quite a while, 2 weeks ago I put a small delhezi bichir in there and added some water from another tank temporarily until I could transfer media, well the bichir died next day, today I noticed a bit of...

Recently kinda destroyed my 75 trying to catch fish out so I decided to completely redo it with fish still in it, I removed black sand and replaced with fine white sand and cut up my driftwood to smaller chunks, process took 2 days and now today I noticed a **** load of tiny hair like things on...

Twenty years ago when I wanted to set up an aquarium the methods used then are outdated probably. Back then after the tank is filled the water it's left to sit for 24 hours so the __________ would evaporate. I don't remember what was supposed to evaporate. After the rocks are added you get a...

Howdy folks, other than an introduction this is my first post. I've been lurking for a while and learning a bit from the brain trust here. I've tried searching here and at other sites with no luck in identifying these critters. A bit of background: The tank in question is a 10 gal FW that was...

What the best way to redo the decor in your tank with minimum fish and bacteria loss? Is it best to put fish in bucket? Or lower water enough to do what you wanna do? I have a pretty heavily stocked 55g and I want to change the gravel to a course sand which will help my corys and loaches but...

I noticed this white clear cloudish stuff on my driftwood only today and wasn't sure wat it is? I'M not gonna lie I have been over feeding a bit in order to have my roseline sharks eat a bit since the 15 platies demolish everything (they'll be gone in a week or 2) I'm gonna do a water change...

Does adding bacteria to your non cycled aquarium cycle it? Or is its sole purpose to add it when you add fish to give the existing bacteria a chance to catch up? Is it a bad idea to add it to speed up cycling?

How's it going MFK. I just set up a new 40 breeder, and getting a few fish from Thailand in a few days. Im looking for any good suggestions on wht to do to make sure my water chemistry is right in a short time frame. I've only used Prime and now I'm using Fluval Cylce concentrated biological...