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I am stunned at how polite the members are here! Any other message board I belong to (other topics) would be ripping this one apart!

I used to have a rainbow shark long ago when I was a kid that would swim against the outlet of my HOB power filter and jump into the filter canister. He'd hang around in there for a bit, then relax and flop back into the tank. He would do this every 10 minutes or so for about 1-2 hours after...

Great looking tank! I also love the background. I'd like to find something like this once I get a large tank setup although I've never seen anything like that for sale at my LFS (ON, Canada). The real background gives the tank a much richer appearence. Is it sealed on the sides? How do you...

Hi there everyone, I have a Betta named Charlie who has always been very friendly and responsive to me. When he would see me come up to his bowl, he'd come up to the glass, wiggling back and forth almost looking like he was excited. If I got too close, he'd flare open at me or pose. I keep...

I always thought Piranhas did better in small schools. But yes, they can freak out at times. I had some Piranhas one time and I had to stick my hand in their tank pretty regularly to fix plands and caves etc that were disturbed due to their thrashing, usually while eating or if i came into the...

I say educate and expose your nephew. Let him feed the fish and see how they react happily and excitedly to his hand near the tank with food, show him the filters and water quality kits and explain (he sounds very intelligent). It sounds like he has already made up his mind without arming...

A very interesting read! It would be great to have a system that did a slow changing of water all the time: -A small steady amount would be drawn from the tank by a little pump to drain -The same amount would be drawn into the tank from a treated/circulating/aerated/temperature-controlled...

I'll post this again quickly since I only edited my post above http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-most-h...nize-a-fish.htm I believe maybe I used too much clove oil. I don't know but if I ever have to do this again, I'll either get an anasthetic from work or try the the above method. I wish...

TTT for my opinion... I just tried the clove oil method for the first time last night. By what I read on these forums I thought it was peaceful and painless. I now refuse to believe that this is a painless method due to the frantic struggling and gasping of my fish for the 10 - 15 seconds it...

The water temp was similar (as per the finger test) but I didn't use a thermometer The water was very cloudy and it was a small container about the size of a drinking glass with about 3 inches of water in it.

My male Betta had suffered long enough. I had a previous post about him bloating up and floating on his side until he saw me approach the tank, then he'd clumbsily swim around trying to act okay. I did more water changes and added some salt and the bloating went away but the other behavior...

Thanks everyone. So I could just run some air tubes under my sand/gravel with air stones or bubble walls to get the aeration benefits without having to deal with the UGF. I used them before and was impressed with how much crud was pulled down through but it is really hard to get under there...

A few weeks ago I noticed that my Male betta was acting strange. He would just lay at the top of his bowl until I came up to him then he'd spring back to life as if to say "I'm okay" he wasn't eating and he was swelling in his midsection. A week later he was worse and his midsection had...

If you started with 9.5% ammonia 60 drops would be just about perfect for a 15 gallon tank. (theoretically) 1% = 10,000ppm 20 drops ~= 1mL 5ppm = 0.0005% 1usgal = 3.78L 1L = 1000mL 15usgal = 56700mL C1 x V1 = C2 x V2 (conc of ammonia you have) x (volume you need to bring tank to 5ppm in mL)...

Yeah, different bacteria have optimal pH ranges they thrive in just like all other aquatic organisms. NH4+ (+) O2 --> NO2 (+) 4H+ That 4H+ bi-product of ammonium being converted to nitrite needs to be buffered to keep the pH from falling (as you know, H+ is acidic). If KH falls, so does the...

Ok, let me just first say that I'm way out of the loop here. The last time I had an aquarium was 1996, I had them for 6 years prior to that and I was just a kid. I'm getting back into the hobby slowly but I have some questions... When I had my tanks, I used to put undergravel filters in, with...

Hi there, I'm new so I thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Pete and I've always been interested in this hobby. I live in an apartment now so I can't have an aquarium but when I lived at home when I was younger I had two. Fish I've kept include many different livebearers, an Oscar...