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Thank you for your quick and helpful reply Diana! Thanks to you I was able to add some salt last night and, either by consequence or coincidence the larger fish is looking far better! I can't believe the difference in a single day. Most of the white matter is gone and now only the possible "sore" sp...

Hello everyone, I inherited four beautiful goldfish from a friend a couple years ago when he could no longer keep them himself. One of them suffered from what appeared to be a genetic mutation or old injury and finally died a couple weeks ago. However, a (seemingly) healthy one died just yesterday o...

Just do a little research to see.... Thanks for your perspective and help, but all I have currently is capability to measure TDS and pH. I'm curious about the GH and KH, but haven't taken the time or money to find a kit yet. I will be sure to keep this in mind, though, and when I finally do pick up...

Wow, I had no idea! Thanks for the explanation - guess I won't get rid of the filter then

I bought a TDS meter on Amazon for $26: http://www.amazon.com/HM-Digital-Handheld-Tester-TDS-3/dp/B000VTQM70 I was surprised to measure my tap water as 80 ppm and filtered water as 90 ppm (with pur 3-stage faucet filter). Makes me wonder if the filter is really worth it. Distilled water measures 10 ...

Wow, it sounds like you've had a traumatic couple months with your poor bettas struggling so much. We're starting to get warmer weather in my area - hopefully things will turn around for you soon if they haven't already! Speaking of temperature changes, how do you keep the temperature stable for you...

Thank you for posting all the pictures! It looks like a really fun opportunity, though I can't imagine leaving a tank there for all that time. Setting it up and doing maintenance must have been tricky, too. Nice that you have such a large, organized club in your area to be able to do these things! I...

Thanks for the tip and article!

Just when I was starting to get worried, I finally spotted a fairly large one. If that one's okay, hopefully others are too. These guys are going to give me a heart attack though, haha. There're a couple cave-type areas in my tank that I cannot see into without moving a decoration, which may be the ...

Well, potentially sad news: I haven't been able to find a shrimp in a little over a day now. :( Sometimes I've not been able to find more than one, or even any, but then the other day I found all 5 so I wasn't too worried about it at first. I'll think I'll give it another day or two and then try bai...

Thanks for posting your technique! I've often been trying to get a picture in focus and wished I had a manual, but I'll bet you're right and it would be way too slow - my fish always seem to be on the move too.

Thanks for the tips and heads up on the weather :). Perhaps I'll just have to keep a stack of pre-soaked, re-dried leaves on hand and put them in only once the shrimp have hatched. Realistically though the young will probably need the cover for 1-3 months (wild guess) until they get big enough to de...

Thanks Laura and Jim. The dried oak leaves idea sounds much less expensive and quicker to implement than a small breeding tank. Normally I'd have to say oak leaves will have to wait but we just had nearly all our snow melt so I can scrounge some up. Between them, the java moss, and the prefilter I m...

I have to second that - very nice fish and great pictures! Do you have a manual focus? They are so clear!

...No problem if they can't pull the roots up. They'll just pull the leaves off. :) But I keep trying.....Our fish club is having a big auction on the 22nd, and I am hoping for some cool shrimp to be on sale. :) Oh no! It sounds like you certainly have a challenge on your hands. Best of luck gettin...