I am about to try my had at a freshwater planted aquarium (55G) and have a few (to say the least) questions. First is there a good guide somewhere to put me on the right path? On Bio-active substrate, does it have an expiration date? My local petco has a clearance on $20 bags of Activ-Flora, they...

I am buying a used 55 gallon Oceanic aquarium with cabinet stand and hood for $75.00. It's a deal I can't pass up. The last time I saw the tank, it was full of fish and my friend took it down and put it in his garage. It's been sitting in the garage for at least 6 years, going through winters...

Does anyone know a supplier that still makes twin tube SO 24" strip lights. I have not been able to find anyone that still makes these things. Andy

To log in and see no one here is really really sad. This was a wonderful place when I was using it years ago. Andy

On 2010-04-06 07:59:11 -0400, "John Smith" said: Probably already know the answer to this, but thought I'd check here just in case. About 7 or 8 years ago I got a Visitherm 100W tank heater and was running it without incident for a few years. Sometime after, this...

I apologise in advance, I want to be as consise as I can! For three years we (well, I have done all the maintence etc) have succesfully kept a 30ltr tropical tank and have now bought a 225ltr tank. It was sencond hand and cleaned it with a water and vinegar as I was told was suitable, rinsed the...

A 100 litre fresh water tropical tank. Has 10 neons, 6 rosy barbs, a black neon, a rummy nose tetra and a small bristlenose. Has some rocks, a large peice of driftwood. My set-up is 2 years old, so its 'nitrogen cycle' is stable. Had a Whisper brand hang-on filter that worked OK, although needed...

I recently purchased four African Dwarf Frogs. I put two of the little guys in my one gallon filtered tank with my Betta. One of the frogs almost immediately floated to the top (well, after an hour) and he has been there ever since. I purchased (per various pet store recommendations) quite the...

My Automatic feeder drops fish food into the top entry hole of a aquarium via a 'plastic funnel'. The inside of the funnel must be getting quite moist from the rising water vapour, because fish food keeps sticking to the inside and then builds up; to the extent I have to clean it every few...

My brother bought a shell at a shell shop (not an aquarium shop). How do we clean it so that it will be safe to use in a goldfish tank? Thank you in advance for all replies. -- Whenever I hear or think of the song "Great green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts" I imagine my cat saying; "That...

Does anyone know where I can purchase a couple of these online? My lfs cannot get them. They also go by the name Hong Kong pleco, and butterfly loach. Thanks.

I now have 2 pairs, that have each staked out one side of my 50 gallon tank for egg laying. Neither one has had success fertilizing a batch yet, but it's only been a couple of tries. Who knows if anyone of them is even a male? Question is, can I ever add other fish to this tank besides catfish,...

For a Hagen heater, do I turn the black knob on the top clockwise or counter-clockwise to lower it? If my memory serves, it didn't say on the back of the blister pack it came in. I've read online people saying to do it both ways. Thanks in advance.

A few of my fellow hobbyists seem concerned about this bill, introduced on January 26, 2009. Similar bills have been introduced in the past as far back as the 1970's (as far as I know) and all have failed. Personally, I don't see this having a major impact on the fishkeeping hobby even if it...

I've been keeping fish for almost 50 years, and have raised or breed just about everything except Angels. I started a couple months ago with 6 small ones in a well planted 55 gallon tank from a LPS. I am truly amazed at how agressive these guys are. They constantly fight and are greedy as hell...

This one puzzles me. I had 6 angels for a few months all eating like mad, healthy and growing in leaps and bounds. All of a sudden the smallest one is laying on the gravel dead. Next to it is a dead tuxedo catfish. Water, temp and such all fine. I wonder if it was attacked and killed by the...

Right i got a set up tank its 10 gallons but it needs to cycle so i wanted to know would 4 or 5 zebra danios be alright to cycle it or is that to many. ------------------------------------- ##-----------------------------------------------##

Hi all, I got 5 zebra danios to cycle my tank along with 3 neon tetras. The zebra danios have always been very active and it took the neons a few days to learn to deal with them. All have been in the tank for about 3 weeks now. However in the last 3 or 4 days the danios have become increasingly...

What brands and models of powerheads work in reverse and are easy to attach a filter to? Thank you in advance for all replies. -- Whenever I hear or think of the song "Great green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts" I imagine my cat saying; "That sounds REALLY, REALLY good. I'll have some of that!"

I have a 10 gallon tank. I have a biowheel filter system. My tank was having an algae issue for some time which water changes wouldn't fix. The stones were several years old so I thought perhaps this was the issue. I changed the stones yesterday, and took out three gallons of water as...