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I saw almost the exact same fish just yesterday in Michigan. Wouldn't surprise me if they came from the same source, since the seller is based nearby. What was one of my favorite fish stores had six albino giant gouramis. Two were tattooed this way, two had stripes, and the last two had college...

Shops give notoriously bad advice. They have to move the fish, or they eat more than they're worth or die and are a complete loss. They sell fish, the advice is a selling tool. The best option is to first rehome the tetras and danios, and start doing better water changes. What you have could be...

My girlfriend was concerned about her betta - he'd been sluggish since she got him a couple months ago. She dropped him and his tank (with its ugly pink hood, ugh) off on me the other day. He's perked up amazingly. Two days in, already has a bubble nest built. I think this is a good sign, right?

They get good sized and move pretty fast, so 10 might be overkill depending on the size of the tank. I have 4 adults in my 55, though they aren't my only snails. They didn't seem to do that great of a job with algae for me, though they did forage up any leftover food. They're attractive enough...

Another round. I think I have it figured out now, and it really shows in this set. Male keyhole, calming down from territory markings after feeding Female keyhole Both angelfish together and not blurry Edit: Hit post too soon Bristlenose. This was an easy shot to get since he sat...

If you were in Michigan, there's a guy down near Detroit who has an eBay store. He does amazingly cheap custom tanks - my uncle just got a 250 gallon from him for under $400, but it wasn't curved. Pickup only, though, so not an option for other parts of the country or outside of the US. For the...

What are your water stats? Ammonia, nitrite, etc. It's important to monitor, since ammonia or nitrite in the water can contribute to ich, or make it more persistent through treatment. One thing, DO NOT turn off the filter while medicating, only remove any carbon cartridge if you use one. It's...

They do, unless it turns into open war or bullying, it shouldn't be a problem. Make sure there's plenty of caves and nooks. Plecs like to have something solid over their heads, and some get cranky if another fish decides to join them. If there's just 1-2 spots they like, they're more likely to...

A powerhead could work for now, but I'd agree - consider an external filter in the long term. IME, HOBs just don't perform up to par on long tanks. I did have good results running my 55 gallon with two HOBs, one at each end. Just one alone never seemed to cut it, even when the tank was slightly...

Syno. petricola is a Lake Tanganyikan species, it's usually recommended to go with smallish tangs. Gets close to the same size as upside down catfish, but it's got the "big syno" look in a small fish.

If he's lasted 8 weeks and isn't showing any problems, he's almost certainly eating something, and as long as it isn't tankmates, it's probably something good. Maybe pay him extra attention to make sure he stays healthy, but I don't think I'd panic.

Not necessarily, especially if it's a relatively low-level, long-term problem. The fish that are in the water will have adapted to the conditions and only be stressed by them, while fish introduced into them will be hurt far worse and may die quite quickly. At least get a nitrite kit ASAP -...

The 4.6 gallon would make a good hospital tank - if you have to overstock it at any given time, you can use ammonia absorbing filter media like zeolite. For general use, these are inferior to free biological filtration (not to mention it would get expensive quick), but in a temporary pinch, they...

Ich's probably the most common disease fish keepers run into. Virtually everybody gets it eventually, it's just part of the territory. I've had it three times, never lost a fish because of it. Good water quality, good meds, and early detection and it's easily treatable and not grounds for...

It's an external liquid crystal thermometer. On mine, the highest bar that shows color is the temperature it gives you. This may or may not be anywhere near the actual temperature of the tank.

I mentioned it in Malachite's other post when I recommended he make a more specific post about the water, but there's parts of my area with brown water that's attributed to old iron mains, and old houses in areas with clean water that get brown water because of iron pipes in their own plumbing...

Hopefully she's not like my girlfriend. "Anything you like," invariably means "Anything I like too," and my decision is doomed to be vetoed :rolleyes: On a basic level, a sump is like a really big canister. Water siphons in and is pumped back. There's some differences, and some extra hardware...

Like a few people said, it'd make a good tank for a kid's room. They might like it more than a natural look, and it's not a bad hobby to get them involved in, since it teaches patience, responsibility, and can foster an interest in science and nature. Though if you end up with a house full of...

Hopefully they won't be nuked out of existence entirely. You might lose some progress, particularly since it's been a couple days since the stall, but my first fishless cycle crashed as well, and I definitely didn't get set all the way back to square one.

I use API root tabs and flourish excell on my planted tank. I used more complicated methods in the past, but had similar results this way and much simpler (I don't need to keep an appointment calendar to track what I have to put in my tank, lol), and my hornwort stopped growing out of control...

According to my books, C. pygmaeus and hastatus minimum temperature is 24C, but habrosus can go down to 21C. Habrosus seems to be the more popular pygmy cory on the forum, and they'd probably be the best choice. White clouds are cooler water fish and for them, the tank is still warm, but they're...

I'd upgrade the filter. HOB filters never seem to keep up with the size of tank they say they can, at least not with longer tanks. Aquaclear's are good filters, but I'm cycling a 110 on a 45 gallon tank right now, though that's a bit overkill, I'm planning on goldfish in it. Preferrably a good...

I'm referring to your first two threads in July with your 12 gallon tank. Specifically referring to your repeated talk of "properly" getting ammonia to 8.0, and attributing stress from fish in poor water conditions to the water changes and not the water. Your pH advice here is the same type of...

If your pH is that different between two tanks with the same water source, the problem is not the pH, but whatever has caused the pH to shoot up that much. TBH, this post shows the same lack of cause and effect research your recent escapade stocked 8 inches per gallon did.

There are times when euthanasia is the best course, but I'm going to advise fighting it to the bitter end, even though if I were in the situation I'm not sure if I would. I read over your thread in the emergency section, and some people there have helped you with mistakes you made in treatment...

I don't know how pH relates to bacteria growth. However, being slightly acidic does reduce ammonia toxicity. If you need media for the Q tank soon, it might be better to take it out of the mature media already in your tank, and then use the uncycled media to fill the hole and let it take...

It's an old post - probably been resolved, but pH is not a critical water stat. With a handful of exceptions (mostly challenging fish to keep in general), nearly all commonly traded species will adapt to a stable pH avoiding extremes - say, 6.0 to 8.0. My city has a pH in the 7.6-8.0 range, and...

If it's to scale, the room's about 10 feet long. The L-shaped desk I'm at now will fit comfortably in the corner opposite the 155 gallon tank, and could hold a computer and a small TV set, leaving you sitting more or less between the tanks. Provided the door opens out, it should leave you with...

You're definitely not the only one. The smell right now is ammonia fumes, which is why it smells like cat pee (I've heard it compared to a dirty hamster cage, too). Once ammonia is processing, it'll change. The "earthy" smell often described in tanks is for cycled tanks, and comes from the...

I don't really know the minimum. My personal rule is a month, though it could probably be used sooner depending on the size and number of fish being quarantined.

You'll get a rank smell during the cycle. IMO it's more like a dirty toilet for the first couple weeks particularly. It'll shift through the second phase, and after the cycle it'll smell like rich black soil. If you don't have any lights like I described, you could get one of the cheap lower...

Many of my fish will repeatedly spit food out. They are usually eating it, just not all of it. Is he doing this at most feedings? If so, he is probably eating at least some of it. They seem to do this with mixed flake food or food that's too big, breaking off manageable pieces or sorting out the...

I haven't seen them clamp their tail fins during pregnancy, though - it's a bit easier to see this in mollies that have a nice deep lyretail like this one, the tips cross.

Every fish I've personally seen at the store under the name "Dwarf Iridescent shark" is just a regular id shark, relabeled to sucker people. One person in New to the Hobby a few months back posted that there's a species of Pangasius that only gets 6", when refuted they said "Well it's only...

For a 55, that should be good, or a different dwarf cichlid like a cockatoo apistogramma - there's some color morphs of ram that would give you some more variety, too.

It does have autofocus, but for close in shots or ones on moving targets, I entirely have to turn it off, since it adds about a 1/2 to 3/4 second delay to pictures. It doesn't have the pre-focus feature a lot of cameras do, I have to commit to taking a picture for autofucus to kick in at all. If...

Yes, I know, I'm posting a lot. I'm finally getting this to work and I'm a bit excited. :hyper: Beautiful shot! I was starting to think the camera just couldn't do this well. Took a lot of tries, but here's a great shot of my molly. Best small fish group shot I've gotten. Black skirt tetras...

Keyhole would definitely be at the bottom - exceptionally peaceful cichlid, mine are cowards, even though many fish around them are still clearly intimidated by their presence. Mine will occasionally want to fight - they'll jerk towards other fish and start opening their mouths, but they always...

Brightness and color temperature are different things. They're related in some way, but I don't know all the specifics. A 2670K will produce the same color of light as a 40 watt clear incandescent bulb, but could be brighter. It's probably a pretty bright bulb, though. I've got an unused hood...

If it's in the 4-5 range, it's good enough. It's not that exact a science. Some ammonia is different concentration, so it's best to follow the test, not the calculator. If you have a harsh white florescent tube (like a shop light), use that instead of the daylight bulb, I get the best results...