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I don't have extensive experience with canister filters, only since June of last year. But I have the spray bar just underneath the water line. I also have a long tube like air stone running along the middle of the tank. If you running both at the same time then the newer filter will cycle...

Did you burp the canister for trapped air? Lean it one way and the other while patting it on the side to help release trapped air.

Your not cycling because using bottled bacteria is not working. I never used this at all. My first aquarium was a 10-gallon tank I setup over five years ago. I didn't do anything, never added bottled bacteria and it took two months to complete a cycle. It was a fish in cycle (didn't know any...

I will be going to Walmart tomorrow to do shopping, so I will look for one there. Thanks Slap... :) I will look for the type of air pump that I can run off of the cigarette lighter in my car. If I can't find one of these then I will look for one that runs of off D cell batteries. Is this the...

I am looking to buy one of these, does anyone have suggestions on a good one. I want to use it for carrying baby plecos in a bucket to local fish stores. Thanks....:)

To add to what @OliveFish05 has already stated.... To many fast moving fish can stress a Betta out, so I agree on staying with one type of tetra, perferably a species that doesn't dart around the tank all the time. Be careful with the shrimp, it all depends on your Betta, he just might try and...

I agree with @Essjay your soil could leach natural ammonia which is what you want at start. The plants will use it as fertilizer, but wait until the tank balances out with 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and keep the nitrate low before adding fish, etc. My planted tanks using top soil capped with sand and...

Here is a picture of my 29-gallon Pleco tank. I used top soil capped with sand. This very similar to what you are doing. This is my third tank doing this, and in time the plants will grow wild because they really like the soil. I strongly suggest you have root plants in your tank to take...

Little Ewok is a female calico cat. I raised her mother a calico cat from a kitten. I named her Ewok because that is who she reminds me of, the little furry guys from Star Wars. I feed her Purina Kitten Chow and caned cat food. She is very playful with her brother. I woke up this morning with...

That's like asking where did the Latins live....lol. Answer: Latainia :lol: I thought I had made that up on the spot then decided to make sure of where Latin was actually spoken, I knew it was the Romans, but found out it was an ancient part of Rome called Latium. Silly me...lol

Always being interested in history specifically American History and along with the theme of this thread....Did you know that Noah Webster created the first American English Dictionary in order to differentiate American English from British English. "Besides having American textbooks, Webster...

Here you guys are trying to grow algae and in my tanks it grows wild and is a nuisance. I have all kinds, blackbeard, angel hair, green, etc. But thank goodness, I don't have the blackbeard algae as I did a couple of years ago, you don't want that stuff.

I always have problems with algae, so seeing this tank with no algae problems is very novel to me.

I have three tanks setup and running. Bad algae problems in 20 gallon long with Betta Max. Slight algae problems in heavily planted 55 gallon with Angelfish, Corys, a hillstream loach, a few baby BN Plecos left in tank. No algae, clean as a whistle in 29 gallon BN Pleco only tank with two...

Not sure what kind of material you have available in your area but you can build cheap sturdy stands without spending tons of money. This way you can save the money for more important stuff, like lighting, etc. Use cinder blocks and boards, with a little study looking at how other people have...

Looks like the angelfish in the pictures is a female. The males tend to have longer and forked fins. A visible bump on the forehead just above the eyes. Females have more of a sky slop forehead.

Yes I agree with everyone don't do it. Your better off seeing the betta fish in person you are buying. Ordering one on line can be risky, especially through an unknown like amazon.

Also welcome to the forum.... :hi:

Here is a link to a website with a good read to help you better understand GH & KH and the importance this has for aquarium water and the health of fish. Aquarium Water Quality: Total Alkalinity and Hardness Carbonate hardness (KH or CH) refers to the ability of the water to maintain a stable...

I am not sure if you can get sheets of Polycarbonate Clear Multiwall Roof Panel where you live. These are used to build green house walls and roofs. I use these on all my aquariums. You can cut them to any size you need and still have more of the sheet left to use later. After cutting the sheet...

When I was a kid I used to do the same thing except with baby snapping turtles. I chased my little brother around sticking the little black turtles on him, he ended up with three snapping turtles hanging from his back. My mother beat the living you know what out of me for doing that.

Where I live ponds can end up with alligators living in them. A guy with several acres of land just down from my house had a good size pond dug about a year ago. We get a lot of rain here and the pond is full of water. I was walking the dogs a couple of days ago and saw about a 3 foot alligator...

I find drama at times to be humorous. The problem where I live is that everyone has guns, this keeps people a bit more friendly toward each other.

Welcome to the forum :hi:. I thought I was the only night owl on this forum. :zz

I guess I was a bit alarmed by the fact that my tap water reads zero nitrates.

The term dither fish is new to me. So I looked it up and it is not any specific species of fish, just fished used to lower stress in other fish. I find this to be a strange concept. Dither fish - Link The term dither fish refers to an arbitrary group of aquarium fish, commonly used by...