I had a snail a while ago that exhibited some odd behavior that i've wondered about. I don't know what species of snail it was, but it was about the size of a walnut, maybe slightly larger. It was the only snail I had in my 10 gallon tank, and I think I had 3 small fish in it as well. The snail...

I have a 220 gallon native tank, I am changing 4 gallons a day which works out to about 50 percent monthly. Is this Ok? 2 emperor 400s and air lifts. I dont add any chemicle, just tap water and a teaspoon of noniodine salt per gallon. 2 months and everyone is happy. Tom

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Hi All, I'm (rather) good with math but poor with chem.. let's say I start a fishless cycle with 5ppm ammonia after the cycle completes what will be my nitrate concentration? lessee..

Hi I've had a tank set up for about 8 months now (still a newbie ) and lurking this group for 6. Here in London UK the water is very hard and pH is around 8.2. I have had several peppered corydoras but they have lasted only 4 to 6 weeks before succumbing to what seems a bacterial infection that...

Hi All, Just recently discovered these groups and have gotten some great direction from the posters here. Here is a problem that has plagued me for the last year or so. I currently have a 30 gallon tank, filtration set up, heater, ect.. That contains among other things, two somewhat large angel...

I have been cycling a tank with feeder fish. The tank is cycled and the fish all seem healthy and in fact have grown during the process. My newbie friend lost her pond fish (came with the house) over the winter due to some unfrotunate mistakes. She wants to start again and I thought I might wait...

Been living up here for more than a few years now, but know of few fish stores. Anyone in the Washington DC Greater Metro Area have any recommendations? I've visited the two in Leesburg, both have been there a long time, and must have something going for them to remain in business. Tonight I...

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This morning when I went to feed the 5 guppy fry that were born last week I found 7 more fry swimming around the tank. I think they are Platy fry. One of the fry got eaten by another fish while I was trying to catch it. I went shopping today for a brine shrimp hatchery and brine shrimp eggs but...

I have a 72g bow-front with Rosy and Tiger Barbs. A couple of days ago I noticed that one tiger barb has a white film over both eyes, so I treated yesterday with fungus eliminator. Today I noticed that a different tiger barb has protruding eyes, very noticeable. I picked up "Mardel" Maracyn to...

Hello, My question is how many hours of light do you recommend to keep live plants? I have a 55 gallon freshwater tank and just purchased a dual light to go along with my single strip light. That will give me 120 watts, I replaced the stock bulbs with power glows and took out the carbon in my...

I have a 7-month old 20 gallon freshwater tank. In it I've got 4 Tiger barbs, 1 Pleco, 1 Diamond Scale Tetra, 4 Black Widdow Tetra, 2 Serpae Tetra, 1 Snake-Skin Gourami, 1 Red-Tail Black Shark. As I was doing my water change, which is done evry two weeks and I take out 25%, I also stoped to measure...

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I am considering painting my new 54 gallon corner/bowed tanks rear glass, and my question is any recommendations on colors, including black. Someone told me certain colors have a soothing effect on fish , such as green due to it's being common in most environments. I appreciate any input on...

This summer I'll be going down to southern Missouri to the Castor River to do some swimming, fishing, wading, etc. (been doing this for past two years now) and I'm hopping to do some fish collection while I'm down there (despite the probable fact that this is illegal). Does anyone have experience...

I've been doing some research on the Elephant Nose Fish, and am considering one for my tank. But I can't seem to find much on-line about them. Does anybody have a direction they can point me in? I seem to remember some one once telling me that they only live for 6 months in captivity. Is this...

I have 4 tanks in my home... 3 of the four are suffering from Old-tank syndrome. ph is 7.6 temp is 78f nitrite is 0 (zero) amonia is 0 (zero) but nitrAte is over the test kits limit. ie: 160ppm.

I have a 55 gallon planted tank with 12 Brilliant Rasboras, 7 Endlers Livebearers, 2 Dwarf Gourami's, 4 Oto's, and 2 Whiptail Cat's. It's been cycled about a month and I am slowly adding fish. I just added 4 more Brilliant Rasboras to the tank, and my other 8 seem much happier now. They are...

Hi, I have a 29 gallon freshwater tank. This tank has been functioning for about 3 months. In this tank, I have: 1 Dwarf Gourami, 1 Pearl Gourami, 1 snake-skin gourami, 4 cory cats, 1 pleco, 1 platinum gourami, 1 boosmani rainbowfish, and 4 angelfish. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I...