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I've got a batch of week-old fry in a 10-gallon tank with a sponge filter, but they're not eating the powdered food I've been offering. Water params are good, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate. Temp's at 78F. Any tips?


Fry can be picky. Baby brine shrimp is the gold standard, but if that's not ...

flakes wrote: ↑Sun May 18, 2025 3:01 am Gonna try cutting the CO2 and see what happens. Fingers crossed.

Good call. Sometimes less is more with these plants.

flakes wrote: ↑Sat May 17, 2025 4:50 pm Mine keep melting, no clue why. Tank's got CO2 and everything. Maybe I'm messing with the light too much?

Could be the CO2. Swords don't always need it. Try dialing it back and see if they bounce back.

Still on the hunt here in San Antonio. Found a place claiming to have two, but they were more white-tentacled than I'd like. Looking for that gold variant, similar to a Todd's torch, you know, the one with the golden hue.

I'm in the market for a gold torch and was curious about the current price per unit. If you've got any info, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Randy

What's your filtration setup, skimmer and all that. Having a 100gal tank is great but if your skimmer is subpar, filtration is lacking and rock is limited, you'll likely struggle. I'm prepared for some backlash, but I've run a 300l tank with an aquamedic turbo flotor, 50kg of rock, a fluval 404 with ...