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IMO shrimp would be like snails in that they may not count as much as fish on your bioload but like all living creatures they do emit waste. This can definitely affect the water quality. I have never had shrimp but have had snails more than I have wanted that's for sure! Anyway, I would just...

I am very sorry to hear about your fish, it always hurts to lose one. The only thing I really see that could be a problem is the rise in ph. Do you have bogwood, seashells, or anything like that? Anything that can dissolve and leach into the water could play with your ph. I wouldn't think...

Hi Badman, Sorry to hear about your bad luck. I have been doing some research and everything I am finding, advises Maracyn 2 for 5 days. I believe the first dose is 2 tablets followed by one tablet each additional day. Also you can do one more treatment after the first. The information I am...

CM you are too much...........yes I thought you had something constructive to add! I can't wait to meet you in person, I just have a feeling you are a riot!!!!

Hi Molly, I LOVE the look sand has given our set up. It looks brand new all over again. The lighter color really sets off the green of our plants and the colors of our fish and watching the little corys go around digging in it is so CUTE! Even the pleco is enjoying it, he goes down and kind...

The readings everyone asks for are........ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and ph. Extreme levels of any of these can cause undue stress on your fish and make them sick, even killing them at times. With a new tank and just adding more fish, you could still be in the middle of your cycle. High...

Ok, assuming you mean you had the tank running for 2 months without fish, I would definitely say you are in a cycle now after adding all those fish. That's a lot of fish for a new set up. Watch the fish for any signs of distress, coming up to the top gasping for air, difficulty swimming, etc...

Also forgot to ask what your nitrIte readings are. This could be a clue to a mini cycle or depending on length of time running, it could be cycling for the first time. This takes 4-6 weeks normally to complete the first time. That is a pretty heavy fish load even though it is a 65 gallon...

We never run carbon in our tanks and yes we ran our CO2 at the same time as the treatment. We always run CO2. Our tank never got that murky, it will get a little cloudy at times from bacteria bloom or like when we changed to sand substrate Monday, that was awful!!!!! Its all clear now though...

I wonder how they treat their cats or dogs.........probably no where as inhumane as their fish. I am with Tanked on this subject. I try to save my fish and everybody else's and then you see someone potting this on the web. Just makes me sick!!!!! They should have their heads held down in the...

Do you maybe have a smaller tank you could move the infected glass fish to? You will still need to treat the others but this would be good if they are that bad off. They are going to be the hardest to treat, as everything I read states that the dyes weaken their immunity because they try to...

I stumbled across this website and could not believe my eyes........to think someone would dispose of fish down the sewer just because they are aggressive and cause problems in the tank or they just don't want them. This inflames me, if I could just get my hands on this...

What are you using to treat with? We use RidIch and we treated for 10 days everyday. Turned the temp up which 82 on the temp sounds good. Then treated every other day for 6 days. We also left the light on longer than we normally do. This took care of it for us and we have had no problems at...

With the mollies I believe you need brackish water (salt in the tank but not like a marine setup). The platys and swords should do ok in this depending on if the lfs you get them from has them in fresh or brackish. Whatever they are used to will be easier as the move will stress them enough...

No harm Jesse, just remember that not all plecos are huge. There are small breeds as well as large ones. Also small Oscars in a 55 are ok as it gives them room. Yes there is room for concern when all you know is oscars, catfish, and plecos, without more information you really don't know about...

http://rgfn.epcc.edu/users/bh838/top.html This is the addy for a site I found that seems to have very good info. It all seems to be accurate from my experiences keeping oscars about 10 yrs ago. CM or anyone else correct me if you do not agree, please. There is a lot of information on hole in...

Hi Chuck, welcome to the boards first off. I'm not really sure what exactly you are asking.....we have a 55 gallon tank with 3 tuxedo platys (one in the maternity tank at the moment), 1 red wag platy, 1 marigold swordtail (male), 1 lg red and black swordtail (male), 1 velvet sword (female), 5...

Should you decide to get more fish, bear in mind that without a heater, you need to watch what you get because most tropicals require temps in the mid 70's to low 80's. White clouds and various goldfish make good coldwater fish. Be careful with goldfish though because a lot of them get quite...

Not knowing anything about your set up other than it is 5 gallons, I would say you have enough in it. With extra filtration, you can overstock and get by but in a tank that small I wouldn't recommend it. Water parameters are much harder to keep in check in a small tank like that. Things can...

I did a search and all I came across was this..... Remove her from the view of all other bettas. Do not feed her for 2-3 days and keep her bowl covered with minimal light. Keeping her in a warm place also helps. You can also carefully remove her form her bowl with a damp paper towel coated...

We now have 3 tiger barbs and 2 green barbs.......they all school together and we lost one yesterday :( I agree you should keep them in groups, our group seems to work really well right now. Bear in mind, everyone who talks about fin nipping tiger barbs that, yes some do nip, I will not deny...

UPdate!!! We now have at least 8 fry. Not sure who had them. One of the platys got really thin so we took her out and put her back in the community tank. The female sword is still fat but started chasing around the maternity tank trying to catch the fry so back in the community tank for her...

Are you going to chain stores like PetsMart, Petco? or to an lfs? Our lfs will try to special order fish for us. They have to be paid for in advance because too many times they get stuck with special orders that no one else wants. I would try an lfs and if that fails hit the net, do a google...

Welcome BP, glad to have a new fish lover around!

Maybe you have posted previously and I am missing something but how long have you been cycling this tank? Do you have any fish in it, guppys now or preparing for the guppies? When cycling a tank you need to have a fish in it to feed the good bacteria for the nitrates. We use StressZyme but...

Sorry to hear that. Its always sad to lose a fish. We got home yesterday from a daylong trip to find one of our tiger barbs lying on the bottom. We think it was a female ready to lay eggs because of how plump she was but can't be sure. On the other hand as they were already a bit large when...

Welcome, this is an awesome forum! The people here as I am sure you have already seen are so friendly and helpful!

Ok WUV I gotta know where do you get these "tough little cookies"???????? I would love to have another betta but am afraid to go out and spend more money on them as no matter how well I keep the water conditions and baby them with their own "betta" products, they just keep dying on me.

Just wanted to add a little on the subject of bettas. IMHO the general lfs variety has been overbred to the extent. I used to get bettas about 10-12 yrs ago that would live for several years. They were very very hardy. Remember in those days where I was from anyway, no one did water testing...

I have 2 Chinese fire bellied newts. Does that count as an oddball? They certainly aren't covered by any of the forum topics. Information on them is also hard to find as everything you find contradicts everything else you find. That's a real bummer!

Years ago, I went to the lfs and brought home 3 male gaouramies. They had just come in a shipment a few days earlier. Billy, the owner, a good friend of mine, told me they were basically peaceful community fish and I should have no problems at all with the various fish I had at the time. Boy...

We have in our 55 US Gallon, platys, swords, black skirts, serpaes, a pleco, and tiger barbs. It has been my experience that with a "school" of at least 6 barbs they will fight for dominance amongst themselves but leave everything else alone. We haven't had any fin nippers at all or any...

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I hate having to share the computer. Now I have done it again, forgot to sign out and log in me. Sorry about that guys!!!!!! That last post was definitely my own!!!

I can assure you that Les and I will go no where unless something drastic happens. We have both been coming here for a while and are very happy here. We go to several forums and learn more and more everyday from all of them! I don't do a lot of posting most of the time, but I am there reading...

When we first started our 55 US gal. tank, we had 2 pictus. One died shortly after we got it but the other one stuck around for a while. One evening we brought home 6 new neons for our tank and all was well when we went to bed. The next morning they were missing! Les took out the filter...

Hiya Dug, Nice to meet a fellow cichlid fan! Hopefully I'll be able to get mine soon!!! :D I will have to say I am envious of your tank size. Our biggest is a 55 US gallon and we are quickly running out of space. Then we also have 2 10's (one maternity and one for my newts :wub: ) and I...

www, The best Les can figure out is, one of the admin is unable to get on the internet due to phone line problems at home and from what he has been told, the other admin went on vacation and the board went down. So in a nutshell, all those fish addicts are looking for a new home and most, if...

Hi everyone, I am Allie, Les's girlfriend. Since he is a mod now I decided I better get my own ID before I get in trouble if I post anything. :P Anyway, I have been coming in here for a while under his name reading posts and you all seem like a really cool group of people. A lot of you I...