Hi, I've read (some) about growing plants (thanks Charles for the links), and I have some follow-up questions: first, If my tank is over a year old, and has signs of algue do i HAVE to take care of ALL algue before buying plants ? second - is it recommended to plant all the plants at once ? i...

Good Morning! (afternoon/evening) Got a quick one, I hope. 45 gallon real and fake plants, tropical freshwater community, mostly livebearers, a few cories, danios, 2 clown loaches and 1 common pl*co. I have read tons on the clowns, I know they often appear dead, just to get up and swim away,...

Hi, The juwel compact filter has four compartments. The first one is the thin blue sponge, then there is a gap, then the coarse blue sponge, then another blue sponge and then carbons and a white layer on top. Is this correct? Instead of having two coarse blue sponges I have a blue and a...

Hi, i've bought another shmerale (This is the only name i know for it, a white, narrow, spotted/stripped cleaning fish) a week ago, it died. this is the second shmerale that dies in my aquarium in a week time, while my tetra's, guppies and neon thrive (tetra's and neons grew 2.5 times the size i...

Amano returns! 2004 AGA Convention: November 12-14 Washington DC We are pleased to announce that the 5th AGA Convention will be hosted by the Greater Washington Aquatic Plant Association at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Washington DC.

Saw one at the pet store the other day in with the ADFs, and though it' would make a way cool addition to my menagerie. Before I take the plunge, I want to find out more. Are they social, solitary, or indifferent? Should I get one, or two? Would they cohabit well with African American Dwarf...

I recently moved and now have well water. The pH runs 7.6 (and reads 8 in the tank), hardness 150, alkalinity 120 and nitrates 20 ppm!(right from the tap). I have started using Amquel Plus to help with the nitrates along with NovAqua. My Betta seems fine (though I did lose one Betta right after...

Hi again, I posted last night about mu juwel tank. I have an issue with the air kit which is attached to the filter pump. No air bubbles is coming out of the filter. At first like an idiot i put the venturi kit in the water then realised that it should be left out in the air. Still no bubbles...

I received this in email yesterday. Leon was active on this group at the time I was back around 1998-2000. ---- "I am writing you from Leon Milberg's email account to tell all of his friends and associates that Leon has passed away. We will be holding a "party" (Leon was not one for somber...

Pimafix does not have a dosage rate on the bottle. I googled it but the only reference I could find says 16 oz per 960 gal. Is this daily (like Melafix) or weekly or what the hell is a person supposed to do? Sorry if I sound cranky, but I am.

I came home from work today, and there are a bunch of beige/grey eggs on the slate in the 10 gallon tank! I just moved these guys into the tank just 3 weeks ago, getting them out of my 75 gallon which they shared with 5 large severums, 8 skirt tetras, 4 corries, and a few ottos. The severums...

When you're favorite fish, a 14" pl*co, becomes too big for the tank he was supposed to 'spend eternity' in, and has become too obnoxious, and almost aggressive that he knocks over rocks, stirs up gravel, generally creates a nuisance of himself.... I don't want to get rid of him to an LFS that...

Ello, My axolotls have laid eggs again. Based on past experience in 2-3 weeks I will have hatchlings! Last time I fed Liquifry for egg layers. One survived up to having his back legs grow, but then disappeared. So this time I'm partitioning off the eggs as usual but thinking about other...

I've got two 3month old 100 gallon freshwater aquariums. (72" x 18" x 18") No gravel, just bare bottom with a few (less than 10) handsize rocks. Cleaning (all water drained) takes me 6 hours total...a pain... My first problem is green water, the tanks cannot be placed in another location, and...

I noticed this morning my molly upside down and somewhat tilted to the side at the top of the tank. Then later noticed his eyes bulging. I first assumed it was swim bladder problems. Then pop-eye. Maybe it's dropsy.. ??? I did get some maracyn two - maybe this will help. I'm just confused b/c...

Hi all, just bought a juwel tank. I've already made loads of mistakes. 1) I put the treatment for chlorine in the full tank rather than in the buckets prior to putting the water in. 2) I've left the carbons in whilst doing the above (i guess this will cancel out the water treatment).

Meeting date/time: August 1st, Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Topic: Cichlids of the Rift Speaker: Chuck Rambo Although he usually talks about the endangered cichlids of Lake Victoria, this year Chuck will be presenting slides of the cichlids of the lakes of the Great Rift Valley, that tear in the...

Hello I recently purchased a new AquaClear 20 (former AquaClear Mini) HOB filter to replace my old Penguin Mini Bio-Wheel. The previous filter worked fine, but I wanted to have wider flow adjustment range of AquaClear since the tank is small (5.5 gal) and reducing the flow in Penguin resulted in...

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Hi, i've been contemplating the idea lateley as i had to throw some food (about 8 months old) as it was getting fugnus. I like to buy several kinds/types of foods for the fish, rather then just one. in general a food container is consumed in about a year (more or less), and i have never before...