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I'm going to answer my own questions in case someone finds this post later.... I printed pics and took them to the LFS where it was suggested I feed Metronidizole and Focus soaked blood worms. The loaches really like the blood worms (much more than the shrimp I had been trying) but after about a wee...

I added 3 clown loaches to my 45 gallon tank about 6 weeks ago. They acted like total nuts for about a week and then went into hiding and came out with ich. It wasn't bad and I was able to treat with ParaGuard; everyone survived. All was good for a week or two but now I notice they have rapid gill m...

Not much to add but here's new test results, comments and questions... Oxygen was 7.26 this morning, ph 7.3, nitrites and nitrates both 0 and ammonia still high. Is it some how possible there's no bacteria breaking down ammonia? Isn't it odd to have 0 nitrites and 0 nitrates after 2 months but have ...

pH adjuster is a Seaachem product called Neutral Regulator. Contains phosphate buffers and conditioning salts. I used it in the tank once and have begun using it during water changes. The label says it removes chlorine, chloramine and ammonia. Water conditioner I had been using during water changes ...

OK...most recent numbers....pH was steady at 7.2 and has risen slightly to 7.3. Oxygen was 6.96. Ammonia (NH3) is 0.81. Alkalinity is 31 in the tank and 16 out of the tap. I know ammonia is way high. Oxygen is lower than it was (used to be close to eight) but still at 80% saturation. I moved the fil...

Whew, that's a lot of stuff. To begin...pH out of the tap is 8, after sitting around 24+ hours it drops to maybe 7.5 (that's with a water conditioner). When ammonia was up I was doing 10% water changes a day. pH was 7.6 when I added the pH neutralizer. It's now 7.2. Ammonia seems constant...0.05. Do...

Is it possible the clown loach prefers a pH below 7? I introduced loaches a little over 2 weeks ago and learned several things so far....my tank wasn't done cycling and my tap water has a pH of 8. Initially I noticed the ammonia going up so I started one a day water changes. Then the pH went up too....

Thanx for the good advice. In response to some of your points... The LFS told me the tank would be OK for a year or two but once they outgrow the tank I can trade down to a smaller size fish. I'll lower the water level and cross my fingers. I dropped a sinking wafer in there this morning and it seem...

I'm new the hobby and have some questions...I'm sure you'll want to know something about me first, so...I have a 37 gallon tank with an Eheim canister filter and bubble wall. The tank has been up and running for over 2 months and I first put fish in 7 weeks ago (8 Serpae Tetra). 12 days ago I added ...