This has been going on for a couple of months, but other than sitting - on an ornament, on a plant, or on the bottom, one of my blue gouramis just sits most of the time. I put him in quarantine for a month and he swam a bit more, but didn't appear sick so I put him back in general population. He goes to the top for air and food, swims a bit now and then, but otherwise just sits. The others do not molest him and no one else is acting strangely. Any idea what's up?

Aqua Pharm Foods' delivery is as bad as their products are wonderful. Still waiting on an order from September. I think Frank got them off their duff's the last time I ordered. Does anyone know of a comparable food? Fish are probably burnt out on Ken's flakes. For all of the really nice lfs around here, the food selections are pretty limited.

My "eggs" just float on top and won't stay down no matter how much I stir. Obviously, not many hatched. Did they send me a package of shells?

I currently mix half raw well water with half RO water for use in my aquarium. This involves bypassing the water softener. The softerner's bypass valve is very awkward to use and, being plastic, it scares us. I can get water from a spigot between the well and the softener but it is really turbulent. If I let a glass of water sit, I get a good 1/8" of sediment. I want to filter the water directly from the well. How many microns should I shoot for? Oh, and the pressure at the well is about 60 psi, if that matters. Thanks.

My poor fish are in a quarantine tank being treated for both capillaria and camellanus worms using levamisole which seems to be doing the trick for them. I am clearing their normal home now, having nuked it once more with levamisole which doesn't "do" snails or capillaria eggs and figured I might as well nuke them while I am at it. I have fenbendazole here which is supposed to be added to food. No fish in that tank so no food. Will dumping it straight into the water wipe out the pests regardless of their life cycle stage? The tank is also planted if that needs to be considered. Thanks!

Dealing with my first ever capillaria infestation. Yuck. Lost one fish, but think the other two will pull through. Tank is planted and has a lot of nooks and crannies, so getting these dead worms out of here is a bear, to say the least. I looked everywhere for the right approach and PraziPro was not it. After that failed, I went to levamisole which is really showing results. Here is what I am doing 2ppm for 24 hours in total blackout followed by a close to 100% water change, then repeat weekly for 2 more doses. After each dose, there is a LOT of cleanup. Will let you know how it turns out. I am also feeding levamisole medicated flakes. Fortunately they are both still eating. In my case 2ppm is 1 gram of Levamisole HCL (drench solution) dissolved in water to treat 120 gallons. A lot of stuff I read was dosing up to 13 ppm! Just go ahead and get a little scale if you don't already have one. They are cheap when you don't need them and priceless when you do. I think this is the one I have: https://smile.amazon.com/LuckyStone-Portable-Electronic-Weighing-Stainless/dp/B00LL0Z1LQ/ref=sr_1_49_sspa?crid=1EQ4B3WWSIIEE&keywords=pocket+scale+.01g&qid=1553451483&s=gateway&sprefix=pocket+scale%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-49-spons&psc=1 This adventure has also taught me that guaranteed snail free isn't a guarantee of a snail free tank. Killed one a month ago and two today. I also learned that levamisole doesn't faze them unless that is why they came out of hiding. Might have been the blackout, though. And I carried 2 garter snakes out of the house this morning. One greeted me getting out of the shower and the other was hanging out around the RO barrel.

I am looking for adjustable light hangers that work with just lifting or pulling down on the light fixture. We had a light over our table in Germany that did this and I hear that they exist for grow lights and such. I have a pair of "easy rollers" that came with my LEDs but which are really cheap and require fooling with a nut - when they work but they always want to retract and won't stay down. Anyone have any luck with anything else?

Anyone still ordering from them? I placed an order on January 1 and got the confirmation email, but no sign of the food and follow up email goes unanswered.

We used to have these and loved them. The shop we visited yesterday had a phenomenal tank full and they were in full "take me home" mode, schooling back and forth. Looking at the requirements for them, I am finding quite a few that state the water hardness should be between 2-6 but some have it up to 12. Shooting for final dKH of 8 because we must have clown loaches. So...... Does anyone have a reason I shouldn't keep them together and do you think 8dKH is going to be a problem for the tetras?

I just hooked up an RO Buddie and it is running its initial flush of the RO membrane. If the waste water is supposed to be 4-5 gallons per gallon of finished water, why is the finished water line putting out a strong, steady stream while the waste water line is only dribbling?