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Kirby (my clownfish) had found his purpose in life :lol:

Spent last night doing a little break down in the basement. Moved all the bettas out of the 5 gallon tanks. Original plan was to take them all to Fish Planet but I couldn't do it, lol. So I moved them around and the api- api wound up in the 6.gallon after I (tried) to catch all of the tetra...

Agree with Colin. The only instances I use filter floss is if the tank is very cloudy because I did something with the substrate or something else caused the tank to become very cloudy with floating debris. You usually run the filter with the floss in it for a little bit to help clarify the...

So...the ceramic media and if you choose to add a sponge would be where the majority of the beneficial bacteria will grow, the filter is set up to encourage it to grow in it. Any other bacteria in the tank is secondary. Also the quantity of bacteria in your tank relates directly to the amount...

A 3 gallon would be OK if you are on top of water quality. 5 gallons are better. If the Betta is going to be one with heavy and ornate fins you will want to have a plant or two that they cand rest on, like an anubias.

I would love a 180-210 for an Oscar, gigantic royal pleco and a fire eel.

Thank you my basement is a never-ending mess. Every time I straighten it up it quickly reverts back to its old chaotic state. I'm surprised at how little time I have working 40 hours a week and then trying to squeeze in the rest of my life during the 2 day weekend I have off. I am hoping one...

Also the api-api bettas will be moving upstairs to the 6 gallon and I will be collecting the tetra and rehoming them to either the 20 long woodcat/tire track eel grow up tank or the 20 long pangio tank.

As stated above, I believe it was the very first response to your question, the diatoms eat silica so once they are done eating the silica in your tank they will dissipate on their own. They are not an algae so the nerite snails would not eat them. You were going to be hard-pressed to find...

We have a 75 with 5 Pavo eels. We also have a Borneo eel in the 125, but Kregory is very shy and we just see a nose during feeding. Both species eat worms, though our last Borneo ate shrimp. We have gotten the Pavos to eat large bloodworms as an alternative and the black paradise fish thank...

Yeah we have 2 ropefish, they are fun to keep and I love how their fins make them look like they have dumbo ears. We have them with our spiny eels, 2 honey gourami, some blue rainbow fish, an assortment of panaque, a pleco and some blue goby.

Hey Tom Yes I do have a group of these in my 125. I never seen any aggression with them matter of fact they tend to hide in the driftwood and planting that I have on the left side of my tank by my Matten filter. I do have a lot bigger fish in the tank so that's probably why they tend to stay in...

Took them 2 days to clean it 100% I am amazed.

So a couple posts to go I remarked how I wanted to set up a tank to grow out the Egyptian lotus bulbs. I did, and I moved them about a week ago. I have a light on a timer and when I came downstairs yesterday it was an algae pit. The day before it was fine so I guess too much sunshine as well as...

I found out the hard way about the Cory stress toxins. I knew that Cory's did this but completely forgot in the stress of moving. I had taken down a 75 gallon tank that had over 20 albino annaeus, about four green annaeus, two pepper cory that were over 11 years old, and half a dozen panda...

For the past few months I have had the Swiss cheese monstera in my 125. It has taken them a little bit to get used to just being in water instead of dirt, but they are starting to finally take off. I got some holders for them off of Etsy so that the roots can sit in the water comfortably. I do...

I used blue corrugated poster board for my 125 once I took down the DIY bamboo background. It's held up with electric tape on the rim

Almost all of the cobalt blue gouramis for sale are males they do not sell females so you are pretty much guaranteed that you have a male in front of you.

I have used the acrylic craft paint and foam sponge "brush". My concern with spraying a tank is not getting anything inside. If you go that route you should tape the top so that nothing accidentally gets inside.

The only goldfish that might possibly only eat from the surface would be celestials and those would be adult celestials whose eyes are actually just looking straight up at you. But all the other goldfish would eat at any level of the tank. This will include any babies that you may have and as...

You did mention aggression towards your Cory's. If you see my tank I have a lot of bottom feeders and mid water fish but my SAEs don't show aggression to the loaches, plecos, barbs, gourami or gudgeons. They just enjoy each other and I haven't even seen aggression between the six of them...

Agree and totally forgot to mention that. It is chasing your Cory's because it is exhibiting aggressive behavior because it's stressed out on being by itself. If your tank is big enough I would increase the numbers, if it is not big enough I would rehome the SAE. The minimum size tank to have a...

I built my own computer many years ago and used Windows 7 because at that time Windows 8 was crap. Now that I want to upload to Windows 11 I can't access my BIOS so I cannot upload it. I'm also having some issues with my computer as it is relatively old. So I just went ahead and spent a...

Yes it is.

I never had a problem with my 75 gallon marineland tank, I had that one for many years. I love the black silicone on it was just a gorgeous tank I wish I still had it but when I downsized from the last house to this one I had to sell off a lot of tanks, I mean a lot of tanks. My journal's not...

Yeah, Marineland is top quality. Have to go to a local fish store though to get those tanks either in stock or special ordered. Petco and PetSmart I know don't sell them, Pet Supplies Plus may order those but I don't think they have them in stock.

I know in the past aqueon was better than top fin, however with the glass shortages from COVID it seems that aqueon has gotten a little cheaper/sloppy in their builds so I think now both brands are pretty much the same quality. Although because Petco does have a 50% off sales for their aquariums...

Stopped at Fish Planet for some more saltwater. I like to keep some (~10 gallons) on hand in case of emergencies and Sis did a WC on her tank this morning using up the other 5 gallons we had in reserve. Saw they had another porcelain crab and a beautiful bubbletip anenome so I picked up both...