Search results

In my experience the size makes no difference. The 55 gallon that you recieved, did you also recieve the used filter? That would make a difference. Also, you mentioned driftwood in the other tank, I could be wrong, but I think driftwood can cause changes in pH. If your pH in that tank has...

Well just got the tracking information, the new filter heater combo will be in tomorrow. Faster than I thought. Will give review when it comes.

Well just got the tracking information, so his new filter will be in tomorrow. Didn't even pay for overnight shipping guess it is because thier warehouse is only 1 hour from me :good:. Anyway, only one more day with sub par filtering. He has done really well with only a 5 gallon sponge filter...

As much as I like the sand, i think I am going to go with the gravel. The only reason is I will be going away in a couple of months for 10 Weeks (work thing) so my husband will have to handel the tanks. While he is capable of doing it, I think the gravel will be easier for him to maintain...

Wish I could, I am in the states and can't find B&Q sand here. I was actually thinking of going with the black Tehition Moon Sand and maybe add a little bit of white sand to lighten it up a little bit. But it is just so expensive.

argos is what I had in his smaller tank and what I have currently in my other tanks. Just getting a little bored with the plain beige. :blush:

Thanks Yep he is doing good. I caught it early he had no other signs other than the swollen eyes. He never quit eating and had no behaviour changes, but his eyes looks much better now that the antibiotics are done so hopefully it is gone for good. I have actually already found one they have...

I was thinking of adding pygmy cories (heard they do ok with bettas) and I thought they perfer sand, but could be wrong on that. Plus the gravel give more colour choices. thinking of going with black gravel mixed with a little bit of white gravel. Black and white sand is soooooooo much more...

Thanks... he had popeye. I think it happened when I went away. I was gone for 15 days did water change before I left and immediately when i got back but it clearly wasn't good enough. I suspect the person I had feeding him over fed him. But while he was in the larger tank, his 5 gallon...

Well it was temporary, he was in there for treatment with antibiotics just added the extra log and all the plants today, the stone cave is from his 5 gallon tank and went with him to the QT tanks cause he loves it so much. Thanks Lil so not too many plants. I have 2 more that I purchased...

They have a larger model for a 55gallon. If I like it and upgrade the big tank then I will obviously get the larger filter, probably 2, just cause I perfer to be over filtered :fun: The Betta is actually good, I have been doing water changes every other day for him, but in the 10 gallon by...

Well I decided to keep him in the larger tank, mostly because his 5 gallon tank sprang a leak while he was being treated in the larger tank. But also because he seems so much happier in the larger tank. I have purchased a Rena Smart filter and rena smart heater for his larger tank (should be...

It was a bit of a gamble, but I had a few responses on another forum and it had good reviews. The tank is a 10 gallon, so the 20 will be a bit of overkill but rather over filtered rather than under filtered. I just have a betta in there so worst case senerio I could continue to use his small...

Well I went ahead and purchased the Rena Smart filter and the heater that attaches directly to the filter. Will let you all know how it works out should be here by friday.

Hello, I know it is hard but try to be patient. I have been using fishless cycling now for a while I have cycled a total of 4 tanks using this method. 2 went off with out a hitch, no problems at all, the other 2 the ammonia stalled at 2ppm it was torture but it will eventually go down. It is...

I use the API kit my self not overly familiar with the Nutra fin. However, i did some research, from what I can gather with the nitrAtes, if you get a yellow colour it is 0, if you get anything other than yellow refer to the card. 5 for nitrates is not that bad. Check your tap water and see...

Hello, I am looking at purchasing a Rena Smart Filter 20 for my 10 gallon tank. Does anyone have an experience with these filters? and what do you think of them?

If you are looking for black sand, the only kind I have seen is the Tahitian Moon sand. Below is a link to it at Petsmart. I know you are in the UK, but it will give you an idea of what it looks like. http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753227 It is much more expensive...

I thought of that, but I have completely different buckets that I use for tank cleaning. I only use them for that purpose they are not used for anything else other than my water changes. I have a 55 gallon, a 29 gallon, the 12 gallon and a 5 gallon tank, and I changed the water in the 5 gallon...

Adding water from a cycled tank won't do much of anything. However adding some filter media from a mature filter (no more that 30% or you will loose the cycle in the mature tank) will help to speed up the process. As previously mentioned it is hard to put a number on it but it will be faster.

Hello, Not particularily an emergency now since almost all the fish are dead but would still like to try to figure out what went wrong. So here is the story. I have had a 12 gallon Marineland Eclipse tank up and running for a little under 3 years. The tank was fishless cycled, no major...

Truthfully I don't notice any difference with the tanks - after all they all hold water the same way, but depending on the brand you don't always have as much flexibility with branded tanks. I have 2 branded tanks (marineland and tetra) and 2 generic glass tanks. I have never had a problem...

10 us gallons would be approximately 40 L.

If I do decide to keep him in the 10 gallon, is there any safe fish I could put in with him. I think the tank would look pretty empty with just him. Not sure of his personality as he has only ever been in the 5 gallon by himself, he had a snail in there at one point but it died a few weeks...

That is what I was thinking, I don't actually need a 10 gallon QT tank anymore since I no longer have any large fish. Sticking to larger schools of smaller fish now. So I can use the 5 gallon as a qt tank. Just need to figure out if I have a spot to keep the 10 gallon up permantely :lol:

Hi getting closer to the day he will go back to the 5 gallon tank. Am I worrying too much or will he adjust going back to the smaller tank. He really does seem to be enjoying the larger 10 gallon. not sure what to do could use some advice. Thanks

I have no idea what it could be. However, since it is in more than one fish, perhaps bacterial infection of some kind. I am dealing with pop-eye right now with my Betta fish. He has no other signs other than the pop-eye. I started treating him yesterday with maracyn and maracyn 2 and have...

Well his eyes definately look better today. They still look a litte "bug-eyed" but he no longer looks like he is wearing white eyeliner :good: I think I definately caught it early on so that is a good thing. Still eating and swimming fine. Poo still looks normal. He has three more days of...

Hello, It does look like a larvae of some kind. I have never had one in my tank, however, a friend of mine got something simmilar in his tank a few years back. It showed up in his tank after feeding blood worms. We are still, even three years later, not 100% sure of what it was or how it got...

Hello, It seems like you have received some good advice already. But i will go ahead and add/reiterate a few things. First it definately sounds like your molly has some kind of internal issue going on. White stringy poo is never a good sign, it usually indicates some kind of internal parasite...

Hello again, Here is a link to a pinned section on this fourm that talks about cycling (both fish in and fishless cycling): http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/ It has a lot of really good information for new comers to the hobby. Sorry I didn't give it...

Well I went ahead and started treating with the antibiotics since my other efforts did not produce any improvements, and as the pop eye is not extreme I figured I mide as well start treatment now while it is still early on in the process, before he gets any worse. So far so good. I haven't...

Hello all, I have a question, I moved my Betta to a 10 gallon tank because I needed to treat him with meds and I didn't feel like trying to estimate half a packet of antibiotics. Anyway, he seems to be really enjoying his time in the larger tank. Now I feel guilty about moving him back to a 5...

Hello, sorry to hear about your problems. First off, your filter is no where near cycled. You are doing what is called a fish in cycle. Fully cycling your filter takes on average 6-8 weeks, in some cases even longer. It is unlikely, after 6 days, you would have had very many friendly...

Thats to bad sorry. I thought if anyone could help it would be him, he is usually pretty good. I think your best bet would be to see if any of you local stores could get them in. I live in the states but origonally from Ontario, I don't know what it is but whenever I ship things back home to...

No I used epsom salt, I do have aquarium salt, but did not use it in this case.

Thanks, I didn't even think of making a sponge filter, I have the equipment here I can make one up real quick. There has been no change in his tank temp and every thing has been stable as far as I know, and nothing new has been added. The only thing I can think of is I was away for a couple...

Hi I too love my nerite snails, they are so awesome at helping to keep the algea in check, they don't breed in fresh water and the are cool to watch. I am not sure of shipping to Canada, however, check out this link: http://www.bobstropicalplants.com/store/catalog/index.php this guy is great...

Hi your Nitrates are high because that is the end process of the nitrogen cycle. You start with ammonia (waste from fish food etc) the good bacteria (in a cycled filter) break down the ammonia into nitrites. The nitrites are then broken down by another type of good bacteria into nitrAtes...

Hi I originally posted in emergency section but thought it might be better to post here. This is the link to the origional post: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/352074-treating-a-betta-fish-with-antibiotics/ thanks