Fish Thread

[fluffycrow]

My 29g tank tests perfect, 0 ammonia and nitrites, 5-10ppm nitrates, but I was seeing some bacterial growth on the cover so I committed to another deep clean.

One of my Kuhlis was injured, must have been under the sand as I was vacuuming.
View attachment 3898002She looks scraped.

I try to be careful but it sometimes happens.

About 6-7 years ago I had a Kuhli injured during a deep clean, had a gaping wound. I did daily small water changes, she survived. Here she is over this past weekend:
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See the scar? Tough little girl.

Kuhlis look fun. Then again, everything looks fun when your aquarium isn't big enough

 

[my spoiled chickens]

My 29g tank tests perfect, 0 ammonia and nitrites, 5-10ppm nitrates, but I was seeing some bacterial growth on the cover so I committed to another deep clean.

One of my Kuhlis was injured, must have been under the sand as I was vacuuming.
View attachment 3898002She looks scraped.

I try to be careful but it sometimes happens.

About 6-7 years ago I had a Kuhli injured during a deep clean, had a gaping wound. I did daily small water changes, she survived. Here she is over this past weekend:
View attachment 3898005
See the scar? Tough little girl.

Poor girl. Glad your water test were positive

 

[fuzzi]

Kuhlis look fun. Then again, everything looks fun when your aquarium isn't big enough

Kuhlis have a low bioload = they don't poop much, less than snails, so the water stays cleaner longer.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Anyone got any recommendations for where to buy substrate for planted tanks? My local options are very limited (typically gravel and maybe two different color sand and fluval, which just seems like smaller gravel to me).

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Anyone got any recommendations for where to buy substrate for planted tanks? My local options are very limited (typically gravel and maybe two different color sand and fluval, which just seems like smaller gravel to me).

Amazon, Chewy?
I got the substrate for mine off of Chewy but its just like what the store im going to get my fish from use. Its not the exact same, but very similar

 

[fluffycrow]

Kuhlis have a low bioload = they don't poop much, less than snails, so the water stays cleaner longer.

So what you're saying is, I can get away with putting them in a 6g?

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Thousands of cichlids

 

[Patiocoturnix]

I like the banded kuhlis (or whatever they’re called) but I couldn’t find any so I got black kuhlis I still love them still looking for some banded though

 

[ShrekDawg]

Thousands of cichlids

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Wow aquarium?

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Last night when i looked at the tank i found little red worms swimming all over.
The only thing that could have had them is the aquarium gravel/substrate