While perusing a new woodworking catalog today, I came across a listing for heavy-duty shelf brackets (also available at HD, etc.). Says a pair would hold up to 1000 pounds. Hmmmmm. Three adjacent studs with a bracket on each would give a 32" span that would hold up to 1500 pounds. I think at...

Does anyone have a link to anyh site that may have a scan or picture of the Jungle Labs 5-N-1 quick dip test strips? Lost mine after only 1 use. Or can you give numbers to the following: nitrate - deep pink hardness - brown ph - orange alkalinity - green nitrite - white

Am i right in thinking that adding an airstone/bubble curtain (for visual affect) would not be beneficial for a planted tank? Tank has co2.

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I need your help. I have a freshwater aquarium with the following fish: 2 Platies 1 Betta 3 emerald cory cats 4 bleeding heart tetras 1 red-tail Black Shark 2 pristella tetras 1 otocinclus catfish 2 long finned serpae tetras

I have this Aquaclear 20-30 gallon pump. It makes a fairly loud (And annoying) whirrr sound. Is this normal for these pumps or should I look at something in particular causing the noise. I have been to a couple of stores lately and thier tanks seem to be silent. If they were making the noise...

My Betta is not looking too good...he is hanging around the heater or lying on the gravel or balancing on a leaf of his one remaining plant. He has now stopped eating. He will occassionally take a swim around but not like his normal behaviour of coming to greet me everytime I go near the tank. His...

Current tank has standard aquarium gravel (mixed community, 26 Gal, 1w/gal) Having a clean out, upgrading light to 3w/gal and considering the substrate. From what I now understand, standard gravel isnt that suitable for a planted tank, however I want something that is fairly easy to clean. i.e...

Hi, I have a 25 gal community tank. Currently, I have 5 zebra danios, 4 phantom tetras and 1 pl*co. I'd like to add 1 or 2 larger fish ... would this be too many? I did have a dwarf blue gourami for about 4 months but he died yesterday :(

Checked the tank this morning to find only four neon tetras instead of the five we put in yesterday. Eventually found the missing tetra, stuck to the side of the filter - just to the plastic housing. When I took the tetra out, it looked as though something had taken a bite out of its chest/stomach...

Some may recall I posted last week, bought a 20 gallon tank and dont know jack (Except what Ive learned so far and mostly from here). Have some more questions. I got the Ph and acidity levels in the tank to normal for tropical fish. Purchased all three filters for the Aquaclear pump. Treated the...

I decided to put together a little webpage with pictures of all the fish I've had and my new tank... if anyone wants to take a look, it's at http://newfrost.com/blog/?page_id=56 yeaaah... it's been a boring day at work. -m

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How many tetras are needed to allow them to shoal? Will a mixture of different kinds - eg neons, head-and-taillight, glowlight, cardinal - shoal together, or do I need to choose one kind and stick with it? -- FishNoob

Hi All, I just want to take a straw poll of what everyone's expected losses would be when buying new fish....I know if we lived in an ideal world it would be zero but we have to factor in the stress of travel, new location, different water parameters, disease etc.... For a number of reasons I...

I've asked in two different LFS (see? I'm even getting the lingo! LOL) and got two different answers, so I thought, why not ask on rafm and see how many more different answers I can get ;-) Is it beneficial to the fish to have an airstone in the tank? Is it good for the tank? Is it just...

I've purchased some fancy guppies and when I got them home one of the females looks deformed. All of the others are straight but she has a crooked back. It's straight until just before the base of her tail and then it curves down and straightens back out. Could she already be pregnant or is she...

Hi everyone, Well, after having successfully treated ich in my tank, it seems one of my cories isn't doing that well. I have 7 black neon tetras, 5 pepper cories and 2 plecos. My temperature is back down around 78F and I treated with salt and velvet. The ich on the tetras seems to be gone, but...

I have set up an old tank and need to replace the fluorescent bulbs in two hoods - the fixture works fine but the bulbs are 30 years old and weakening. Unfortunately I can't seem to find a 14" replacement bulb (I need two). The present bulbs are labeled Sylvania Enhance F14T8-EN. The F14T8's I find...