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There is. The sponge may start to break down, or be unable to take its intended shape again after being compressed. At this point it would make sense to replace because it would otherwise eject plastic particles into the water, or be unable to properly pass water through its pores.

@ thanks, I’m new to this! Well I had goldfish as a child about 30 years ago, but now my daughter wanted a pet, so we thought fish would be the easiest pet for her, i slowly realised that wasn’t the case 😂 it’s ok though, the fish we’ve got only have a lifespan of 3 years apparently, so if she gets bored, it’s not too long for me and the wife to be looking after them! 😅 EDITED to add, actually there’s something quite relaxing about watching fish swimming around merrily in the tank! Plus the water was cloudy for about a week, and I thought I would have to buy something to clear it up, but it cleared up by itself, which is nice. 😁

Very nice :) I’m glad you’re enjoying it

I didn’t have problems between him and any catfish, so you may be okay with that one. Here he is housed with glass and twig catfish.

This is true. The rub is that you’re also disposing of the floss.

Feed very lightly and test water weekly if you can. Hoping your fish do ok 🙏

Most hard meds for fish are illegal because of our strict laws on invasive species, environment protection, etc. The internet says it’s because they’re untested, but I think the real reason is that they’re worried treated fish will be released into the wild and take over. In case you didn’t know, they’ve also banned more species for us, including all mosquito fish and salvinia. Annoying, because neither would survive our winters. I ordered on Amazon. 50/50 it arrives or it gets stopped at the border.

Do your fish have Camallanus? If so, then yes. It will make it much more difficult to remove the worms if they’re under a layer of substrate. Don’t forget to remove the chemical filtration as well!

@@MattKeepsFish yes one of my guppies has it, not sure about the other one. He keeps getting close to him so I wouldn’t be surprised. We have a small temp housing box for them but we were trying to decide if we should just leave them in the tank and just remove all the gravel or move them to the temporary tank. We tried API general cure which I read won’t work. We are waiting on another product to try which has good reviews. I removed the carbon out of the filter while the general cure is in the tank and hopefully all this can go away before the fish dies. Thanks for the video I will try it out this week.

Lmk if you need to talk anything else through

@ unfortunately things have taken a bad turn since we couldn’t get the medication delivered in time, he can’t even stay upright anymore so we moved him to a temp tank since it seems like he doesn’t have much time left and I don’t want the worms to spread anywhere else. At least we will have the medication for next time.🥲

I’m very sorry to hear that. These are, unfortunately, the things we remember best for future projects. I would still encourage you to monitor your other fish closely for signs of infestation. How many others was your guppy with?

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Oh no way! Hey man! I’m doing alright. I’d love to come in soon and hangout, maybe even make a video :D

@ haha could be cool, we maybe about to make a big supplier change and gonna be able to get some veryyyyy rare stuff just visited the supplier and picked up some of my dream fish I never thought I’d see haha

@ but ya come in sometime soon!! Got some cool stuff recently coming in you might like :)

Absolutely.

That seems good to me :) Go slow, and be patient with the process. You likely have room for more than that.

I’m with you! Have you tried the new fluval HOBs yet?

@@MattKeepsFish no, been out of the hobby for a few years now, going to be getting back in soon though.

A male Bolivian Ram. Beautiful fish.

@@MattKeepsFish thanks. I’ve gotta get a pair. They look amazing.

Here’s another look: th-cam.com/users/shortsNIDdkLeVA50?si=ph6lyjZ2N5emqCok

@@MattKeepsFish Oh not, those. Sorry. I was referring to the smaller ones. I'll see if I can find them. Those BR's are awesome tho.

I thnk they're called Galaxy Rasbora. Very cool.

Glad to hear everyone’s okay! Mine seem to be doing okay on micro pellets these days, but I wish they were just a little more active, even as much as a clown pleco would be amazing! Lol

This is something I have yet to test. If you’re going to try it, have a backup tank in case the betta becomes aggressive and you need to return the tetras. Best method would be to remove the betta, redecorate the tank, add the tetras, and then the betta. This should reduce territoriality in the betta, but it won’t change what it chooses to prey on.

@@MattKeepsFish Thanks!

Nice man! What do you keep?

So true lol I’ll just have some giant barrel decor to put them in haha

Yes, but it won’t be as effective as if you put it in a filter for this reason: filters force the water to be processed by nitrifying bacteria. You may as well add lava rock if it would fit the aesthetic (wash thoroughly first), because it will have the same passive filtering effect.

@got it! idk if I can put it in my sponge filter though haha