Hello, I've been reading through some of the postings at this group and at afew aquarium sites and just joined, any advice even though my new tank is small would be appreciated. Perhaps later on I'll get a larger tank... After having had an aquarium many years ago when we were kids, I bought a...

I have a pair of albino corys that just started to lay eggs. I have read about how to raise the fry, but none of my eggs have ever hatched. I have done a variety of things to help them along, such as putting the eggs in a small plastic breeding area inside the tank, and arranging the air bubbles...

I got my potable water hoses (100 feet divided by 2 = 2 50 foot hoses) which are high quality and now I feel comfortable filling my tanks back up to top them off - no more eyeballing the previous hose which was vinyl (I love vinyl but it just wasn't heavy duty enough) and worrying about a rupture....

i was out of town for a week, and had a non-fish friend taking care of the feeding... when i got home, both my green severum and my jelly bean cichlid had these TERRIBLE-looking white wounds on their foreheads... it's almost like the skin is being eaten away... i'm pretty sure it's not ick, i...

I've never had trouble with hydra before. So where do they first crop up? In my 2.5g shrimp tank, with a female holding eggs! *mutter* They must have come in on some plants I grabbed from outside. I'd prefer not to move the shrimp. They're red cherry shrimp and very sensitive to changes in...

I've tried several variations of the manual vac & pump/filter in an interest to clean my tank a little more thorough. The best configuration (so far) uses a whole house 30 micron filter insert fitted to the input of a return pump in a 10gal plastic tote. The idea was to vacuum into the tote and...

I don't know if the original person still needs this or not, but it's good info for anyone with baby fish to know. By removing the outer shell of shrimp eggs, you can feed it directly to fry without having to hatch it! That's the cool part...especially when you find yourself with fry or the fly,...

Sorry if you've read this somewhere else, but I'm desperate to help him. Big Gold pearlscale angel 11" tall, 3.5" round body, 18 months old, 120 GB/min with his lower lip not closing.His partner is a small marble female. They were in a 30g barebottom, spawning regularly, 5 to 8 days but...

For water changes, I let the tap water stand for about a week before using it. I prefer to avoid chemical de-chlorinating agents if possible. I'm sure this gives chlorine plenty of time to dissipate, but what about chloramine?? Regards, Al.

Strange question I am sure, I know that some pets get upset when the owner goes away for a while, or drops them off at the vets, do fish get mad?

I haven't had an aquarium since I was a kid but for the past 6 months I have been reading the newsgroups and various books on tropical fish and got the itch to get a tank going again. There was a 29 gallon tank with stand at the LFS by my house that I really liked. My wife surprised me on our 2...

I feed all my algae eaters be it the large snails or flying fox,s and pleco etc nori algae sheets......They like it much better than the typical algae waffers and its much cheaper as well. I can get 12 sheets 9 x 12 of nori for $1.25 a pack at the local oriental market. I use a magnetic clip or...

Thanks guys for the great advise. I did it in three days using the 2" tube with my 40% water change. Hope everything is going to be OK. So far the discus look happy. I know I may have cloudy water for few days. I will watch the ammo level. The PH level dropped from 7.7 to 7.45, which is kind of bit...

So, every now and then I need to top off the water in my tank (which has rasboras, neons and otos). As it's just a 10g, I do this with a cup. And my silly little rasboras love being where the water is poured in! As I don't want to "hit" them with the water, I have to pour a little bit slowly on...

After so many trys, I finally took NetMax's advise and tested my gravel with PH down. Sure enough, some of them had reactions to it. I guess that's why I could not bring down my PH level no matter what I do. Thanks Max Anyway, I'm thinking of remove all the gravel in the tank and replacing it with...

Hey all, it's been a while. Lots going on, school, work, life, etc... Recently moved, and had a very fun (sarcastic) time moving the tanks of fish and geckos, and now the turtle... but that's another board altogether... Wish I could write more, but haven't the time... RedForeman ©® --== the...

1. I had asked about my snail problem a while back and a few people recomended Clown Loaches. The Petsmart recomended against them for a community tank because they are agressive. Everyone who responded here disagreed and said go ahead with the clown loaches, so I am. SO my question is 1 or 2? and...

eh hello. you know the way you get a small block of frozen bloodworms from the freezer and the whole block of frozen bloodworms is always too much for the fish in your tank?so i get a penknife or something and cut the block in half or in quarters or whatever. well, i was wondering couldn't i just...

Hi, I am setting up a 112 gallon discus tank. it is 36 wide , 24 deep and 30 tall. I was planning on usung 2 250 watt heaters. But I am concerned about their reliability. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you

I just got an Eheim 2026 for the plant tank to replace the AquaClear 500. I want to use a spray bar and run a UV filter. I've always kept a bag of Aragonite in the AC500 to keep my KH/PH stable as I inject CO2 based on the PH. But I'm wondering about the best place to add it to the Eheim. I guess...