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Funny that you mention medicinal cannabis because I discovered eatables which are legal in Texas, and they do help with the pain, I think much better than hydrocodone and it is not addictive. When I run out of eatables sometimes it takes a few days to get more, and I don't have any side effects...

On a side note; One of the reasons my brother is living in my house is because his house burned completely to the ground leaving him homeless. Afther being in the hosiptal for three months due to his stroke and other complications, he moved back into his house. I had bought him a really nice...

Thank you for the advice, I never thought about that. The lady that lives across the street from me is a school teacher so I will ask her about the tanks.

Yeah I totally agree with you, I have heard horror stories of people who kept having back surgery and it only made their lives worse not better. I went through back surgery once and I am not doing it again, I can live with the pain. During the worst part of this while I was in the hospital they...

Thank you for the advice, I believe one of the problems with me is that I am 71 years old and was always active working around my home, until I got hurt. I was in great shape for my age, however due to being in bed for thirty days and then for three months I was told by the doctors don't pick...

I learned a lot over the years about fish keeping and enjoyed doing it. However, my life has completely been turned upside down. My brother had a stroke leaving him paralyzed on his left side. So, I let him move in with me so I could take care of him. Then I was working cutting up a tree that...

I have been out of aquariums for a few years now and all my tanks and equipment are just setting in my garage collecting dust and taking up room. I would like to reach out to people that might want all my tanks etc, that live somewhere around the Houston area as I live about an hour and a half...

All my pets are neutered. Except for my two kittens which have a date with the vet to do that as soon as they are of age.

This is all way above my head but very interesting all the same. I have a theory that the bacteria that thrive in an aquatic environments also live in other mediums like air, but maybe not in the abundance found in an aquatic environment. My first tank was a ten gallon with a few tetras and...

My aquariums are a mess, just yesterday I finally found the time to clean everything and change the water. It has been over three weeks since I had taken care of my fish tanks. Before that it had been another three weeks when I did a fast water change on the tanks. On July the sixteenth my...

I its been awhile since I posted. Although I called Animal Control and was told they don't work out in my area, I was advised to call the Sheriff. A Sheriff's Deputy talked to me saying there are no lease laws are any other kinda of law he could act on. So I found I was on my own dealing with...

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Very interesting video on youtube. The video has taught me things about ph that I did not know.

It sounds like a great idea, but I have never sold anything through ebay, amazon, etc. Then there is the matter of shipping life aquatic animals and keeping them alive, never done that before either. How much to charge and how to guarantee the shipment will arrive alive and healthy. Probably...

I guess one can say I have been successful because I have three generations of bristle nose plecostomus with a guess of around fifty plus baby plecos that I don't know what to do with. Also my amazon sword plants have runners with about a dozen small baby plants. I have as of yet found a pet...

Yes of course, but it is just the same basic question of adding chemicals when dealing with bacteria or algae. Chemicals should not be used until all other avenues for solving the problem have been exhausted. You talked about not maintaining the tank for four weeks, even in a fishless tank some...

I am so sorry about this, but in my opinion there is nothing that you can do to save him. Dwarf Gourami being one of the most popular fish in the aquarium industry are over breed, with weak immune systems. I have tried two different dwarf gourami in the past and both died very early. So I...

I don't have a clue except to point out that there are several hybrids very popular in the aquarium industry. These hybrids are not natural and created by breeders using different species. Flowerhorn is one that comes to mind.

Welcome to the forum. :hi: I am not a guppy person, but in my humble opinion she looks ready to give birth. But wait and get others opinions.

There is another thread started here similar to your question about using something to kill algae if it will also kill moss balls. Don't use meds at this time. Just clean the tank really good and do water changes more often. You can take the moss balls out of your tank and gently squeeze them in...

Not sure about that, can you post a picture of the hair algae. If it is the same type I had in my tank it was easy to get rid of without dosing it with algae killer. I just kept sucking it out using a gravel vac and in time it disappeared.

I like the background on your tank.

Sorry to hear about losing your parents, my parents are gone. Mom died from dementia and it is a horrible way to die. Dad died because he just didn't want to live any longer. Dad's mind was still clear and sharp, but he had kidney failure and hated dialysis, so after Mom died he just gave up...

Good luck with it and let us know how it turns out after restarting the entire process with the ten gallon.

I guess mysterious deaths in fish can happen. But if I where to guess and reading where you say that the fish never really acted or looked good from day one in their new tank, there was some kind of contaminant in that tank that killed them. Whatever it is it was, the contaminant was there from...

Wow he is big enough to eat the whole bottle, cap and all.

This is amazing: Watch as two bees work together to unscrew the cap of a soda bottle.

I am curious about tap reading 7ph and aquarium water reading 4ph. This means that from the tap to the aquarium there is a drop of 3ph. How are you going to maintain a constant ph in your aquarium. Its not good for any fish to experience large changes in ph. I guess what I am asking is how are...

Last night on the phone during a three way conversation between my cousin and his new girl friend, I discussed with her the necessity of clean up crews in an aquarium. I have only met the lady once and she caught the aquarium bug from me. She wanted an aquarium, but did not talk to me about...

I like to drink Chai French Vanilla hot tea with a little bit of honey, un-sweet ice tea, and coffee black no sugar. Most of the time I drink bottled water and on the occasion diet Dr. Pepper.

Have you got a complete water test kit? Can you post water perimeters for your tap water: gh, kh, ph, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate If so then there are others here can can better advise you on how to take care of your betta. Hopefully your tap water is compatible with a betta. If your going to...

Can you get a better picture?

The thing about sand is small portions get vacuumed out as you are cleaning. Then over time you will start notice you have less and less sand left in your tank. Most of the time gunk, food, etc will just rest on top of sand, so hover over it to clean so you don't suck small portions out. In my...

Check your water source to see if it has ammonia, nitrite, nitrates.

Actually I think the movie "Creature from the Black Lagoon" never had a sequel. I saw it at a very young age, but in those days I could go to the movies for 35 cents. But no he was not a werewolf....:).

Honestly I am not really sure what a Betta needs for softer water or how salt works in a water softer, but there are others here that do.

If I was a big Hollywood producer I would produce a movie "Creature from the Black Lagoon vs Giant Bobbit Worm". Only in my version of the movie the worm would be 15 feet long. The Creature would be the hero saving the scantily dressed woman from the Bobbit Worm.

Kinda of hard for me to answer that question, I guess it all depends on the needs of your aquarium stocking. Some species need hard water while others need soft water. Have you got a GH & KH test kits, test your water before and after the water softener to see what the difference is. I use...

Just wait until you are struck with MTS....lol (Multiple Tank Syndrome)....:) Welcome to the forum... :hi:

There are many factors and differences between aquarium setups in peoples homes and other places aquariums can be found. So there are different filtration needs. 1. Over Stocking - Lots of people like to over stock and that is ok, if they are willing to take care of it. Here good filtration is...