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Thanks for the heads up! Everything seems pretty good at the moment, the most aggression I've seen from these little guys is during feeding! But only to each other! Actually a few of my daino's are going up to the dwarf puffers and taking there bloodworms right out of their mouths! The...

Yeah it Gets about 18" big , and you going to need 120gallon + to house it.

Plus snails multiply like rabbits!

Ah nothing beats getting a huge chunk of filter media from a established tank! You will be surprised how fast it will multiply in a new filter. I've had luck by just messaging people who are selling fish that have a monster tank, they usually have no problem donating big chunks of one of there...

Out of the 3 types of Cory's I have, I like the sterbai's the most! :rolleyes:

Yeah, for some reason I've had weird behaviors from newly introduced fish too but it changes with a little time. Back to the norm.

Yeah test the tap water for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate.

Yeah take it in a bucket and fill it up with water, stir it a little bit then poor the water out. Keep doing this till there is no cloudiness. I mean if you are going for a planted tank then a little more sand height might be nice for your plants. So maybe 1.5 inches ~ 2 inches. Then of...

have you checked your water supply readings during this crash? Also what water conditioner are you using for your water changes?

Yeah that filter would be fine with a sand substrate(just make sure its a few inches from the top of the sand). You can put plants in without the gravel under the sand, and another good thing is that some of the fish poop can be used as fertilizer for your plants :)

Do a big water change today and retest closely in the next few days so we get a clue on whats going on. I would take out almost 75 percent of the water, just make sure the new water you are adding in have water conditioner and the temp is close to the temp in your tank. Also a reading on your...

Yup...just make sure you get some good sand... example- play sand, pool sand, Tahitian Moon sand etc. We are talking about a hob or canister filter right?

I mean if you like it that much, tell her its for water agitation. So it helps increase oxygen in your water so your fish are healthier! :hey: technically you aren't lying and if she wants to look it up, she can.

Only requirements you gonna need is a good gravel vacuum to suck up all the waste that seems to sit on top of the sand. You might end up like myself and do a gravel vac everyday, just too messy to leave it alone! :) Also make sure you give the new sand a really good clean ( keep filling the...

Hey, I was talking with a local fish tank shop earlier about this new Product for sealing tanks. They tested it out and says it really works so I wanted to share it with you guys and gals if you haven't seen it before! Here is a photobucket video of it in action from the local tank shop...

Yeah I've stop dealing with fish shops for awhile now... Just look up local breeders around your area. The good thing is that you would have a higher chance of getting a healthy fish; The bad is usually its more expensive, and there might be a little wait time on the fish. (depending on...

Sorry for your lost.... Looks like a nitemare just happend with you, and you couldn't do anything to stop it. I probly don't know what to do if I ever had to decide to medicate my whole tank and watching it actually make things worst and powerless to stop it. :( The cory lost really hit home...

Other then Ich, it can also help out in alot of other deseases like fish lice, bacterial diseases, flukes, and other small parasites. It cant help the fish that it is infected but in most cases it can contain the spread of the disease and there numbers. I knew this was gonna be a pretty hard...

You have room for another small group of fishes.

I know there is alot of people setting up a African Cichlid tropical fish tank. mbunas, Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika have really colorful fishes but you need to do alot of work to set it up. Discus is also a good choice but they can run you up to 200 dollar + for a good size adult one that has...

Yeah you are gonna need a heater...42-80 degree F is what the recommend for your fish. So 5 degree F would freeze it

Filtration is something I would like to go overkill just for the fact it circulates, moves the water to provide oxygen, alot of your filtration, bio is stored up there. I believe the aq advisor is pretty good at estimating the filtration capacity. Currently your filter is rated for your tank...

Zebra daino's for me too.... Those guys are one tough cookie! I made so many beginner mistakes with them and they still swimming strong! Oh the cycling took about 6 weeks I believe!

There is no doubt nothing will take care of a algae or bacterial bloom better then a uv sterilizer! If you want crystal clear water, a uv sterilizer will do it better then anything else out there! Well today I just got a boiled water advisory from my regional health official! Something must be...

Yeah the Internet has made alot of secrets and knowledge of the aqurium hobby available to everyone! Take it slow and enjoy the ride :)

I think it all comes down to a preference....I compare it to people that prefer tap water vs bottled water. I drink filtered water if not via a brita filter or bottled but alot of people i know drink tap water. For my fish I prefer there water sterilized, it's not gonna hurt them but it just...

what color is this algae in the sand?! and is the gravel vacuum not able to clean your sand?

I dont think your larger is doing any harm to the other ones. Mine goes beserk and play tag 24/7 with each other always chasing and being chased. I've never looked into my tank and not see any chasing activity going on in my daino tanks. And thats been going on for a few months now.

Well I would definitly check for you PH out of your tap then..... If I am correct, and your planning on keeping your big pieces of wood I would say the crushed coral would be working for you then against. If you are drawing a low PH out of your tap, with the addition of the drop in PH from your...

What type of marine sand are you using? Is it aragonite or crushed coral? Or maybe just play or pool sand used in a marine tank? I mean with a ph of 7.2 I wonder how far your ph would drop once you remove the sand?!

I think the trick is with speed. Puffer fish are not fast fishes, and even as a ambush predator It still lacks the speed. I have 3 dwarf puffers with 5 zebra daino's and I find them as great tank mates! They help me block there line of sight with each other and there about 10x the speed of...

Nope I was talking about the humidity(dryness) factor.

My experience with angelfish is that they are aggressive! They seem to go after everybody but thank god my parrots are around to keep them in check! I'm not sure if your lfs has some Bolivian rams, dwarf flag, dwarf rainbow fish but they would make nice tank mates.

I agree guppies would be pretty nice in there...maybe a few platy's too! Get some really colorful ones like dark red or orange!

I think the tank could be too small for a common pleco to when they start to grow.

Yeah...Everytime I pick up my lid for feedings, there is always alot of water dripping off it. So if you don't have a lid then that could be the problem. If not, it could just be how dry your place is....The dryer it is the higher the evaporation.

There are units out there that come with a pump built in. The one I just got has a pump and is rated for a 100gallon tank http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/342789-let-there-be-light/

Hey, sorry I've couldn't reply to you earlier but these are called White Dwarf Balloon Parrots. I've had these guys for about a month now and they are easily my favorites. The funniest experience I've had with these guys is when one of them ventured off by himself to the driftwood where he was...

Thanks for the heads up....I do know there might be a aggression issues and as I sort this out, I might want to go to the route of having just one. I went back to my local breeder where I got the 2 discus from and he said this batch he had come in are from a real good discus farm in Taiwan...

Well had the unit run for 24 hours now and first impression..... The water used to be a little cloudy(white) but its so clear now......Just amazing. Also I used to have a 1 or 2 fishes do a little scratch and swim on the ornaments. But after observing them all day today they have completely...