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My nitrates were sky-high until I added Pothos cuttings hanging out of the tank. Those things are nitrate sponges! Maybe try emersed plants if you're not into trimming floaters all the time.

I'm really worried about my betta, he's just not himself lately.

So, a week or so ago, I had to treat the tank for fungus because my ottocinclus got a bad case of it - and a bitten tail, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the betta's doing. During the treatment, my betta started "pine coning" and I ...