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I moved my 38 gallon bowfront this very way. It had 5 inches of water, 40 pounds of gravel, all the fish, decorations and plants, and 2 of us lifted it no problem. Was a little over 100 pounds. It's not as heavy as ya think. 20 gallons the way I described would prolly be a large car battery...

Drain the tank down to 3-4 inches of water. Get a friend to help move it into the back of a.car or whatever (helps to have some.kind of SUV...flat bottom back), and.drive to where you are going. Once there, get the new spot set up. Move tank to new spot, fill with water, get everything fired...

I've pulled fry out of.my FX4 during cleanings many times. I started dumping it through a net to catch them. Now there are no more livebearers in that tank so that issue is resolved....was a trip the first time tho....

Since I enjoy a good conversation.....(with myself apparently...?) 24 hours in the 10 gallon and old Jack is right as the mail.... Very interesting. The spots are even fading. He is eating again, but still a little off. Must been stressed out in that other tank with the larger fish. Guess...

I had a GloFish Tetra that lived 3 years with one eye. It seemed like it was sickly, but ate all the time. Would swim funny and lay on stuff, but, lived actively for 3 years that way. It had popeye, and the eye fell out one day. Then one day he vanished. Presumed snail food.

Wound up moving Jack back to the 10 gallon for now.... My timing was obviously crap. He was kinda not movin, hiding under bushes, when I moved him. Figured he was cramped. Well....I noticed some spots on him when I moved him that were faint, but after 3 days, have gotten darker. Not sure...

This is fun..... I read some of it. Seen the pretty graphs. The one aspect that most people dodge when they discuss this is this: Deforestation These pretty graphs that show a steady increase in greenhouse gasses never show deforestation, and it's effects on them. The major one everyone...

This is nuts. Clubbing a fish inhumane? Boiling/freezing water (new one for me but...) inhumane? Yet putting a fish to sleep then giving that extra push ain't? Any way ya do it, the fish is dead right? I dunno if I personally would boil one....but people boil live lobsters all the time. I...

Sounds like.projection.

While there is something to recreating a habitat, ultimately, most fish sold into this hobby are farmed on the fresh side. Marine, this is where it is more crucial to follow closely, due to these fish being.usually live caught in the wild. Freshwater fish can be more forgiving. If you read...

I dunno sir. There is maybe some wisdom in here beyond the original posters request that may come in useful down the road......... As conversations often wander......ya just follow the yellow brick road....ya dig.

Algaefix was used? I missed that part. That is more than likely what did it if that is the case. I don't know why they sell that crap. Every time I have seen it used, even in smaller doses than recommended, it kills everything in the tank, including the fish. I, personally, never would use...

Pics of the other fellas in there....even a rare sighting of the Jewel cichlid. That one was silver when I bought it, but has since turned red. Only one who didn't come out was Pleco Pete.... Jack in his new home. The rainbow shark. He is about 6 inches nowadays. My Krib....Pierpont. He...

Decided today was the day to move ole Jack back to the 75. He is a bit too big fir the 10 gallon now. Things are touch and go. Hopefully he is as robust as he been so far in life......he gonna have some adjustments to make. Been pretty much a solo fish for the last 6 months....other than a...

Depending on how your feed, I usually use wafers once a week. I rarely use blooworms, cept for my pea puffers other meat eaters. Even then, they get them once a week. Other tanks every so often. Just to add variety. Other sources of protein can be frozen brine shrimp and mysis shrimp. As...

I'm sure.Colin will chime in with his long.post on using aquarium salt soon, and it is quite thorough so I will let him handle that. Dropsy is usually fatal, but, not a 100% death sentence. You should immediately stop feeding the tank for now. Check water params. Make sure you don't have...

If the cartridge is not clogged up, leave it in there for a while longer. Give the tank a while longer to establish. Once the tank is established, it won't matter.

Bottom feeders will be ok with the missed bloodworms on the floor of the tank. The fish shouldn't get them all, and if they do, try thawing them in a cup of tank water first, then pour some on one end of the tank, when the fish go crazy over there, pour the rest on the other end of the tank...

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Well.... If we went.by that standard, then how many fish are wild caught vs farm bred? Do we then take into consideration water chemistry and such for the farm they were hatched from? Or do.we look to the wild where they never knew? This hobby is fraught with overthinking.

I don't.understand this affinity for trying to dispute things that others have done......makes no sense. If I went by what someone else told.me, I wouldn't have tanks. My tank,.right now and.for the past 4 years has about 12 black mollies, 3 goofish tetras, 2 blackskirt tetras, neon tetras, 2...

Sudden.die off can be any number of things. Adding 5 neons won't add a super huge bioload on 32 gallons, so, I wouldn't suspect any parameter issues. I would think that if you introduced something to the tank that caused it, there woulda been an entire die off. Fwiw, mollies are kinda...

Do not feed daily. Once a week. Every 3 days at the most. With one small fish in a 10 gallon, you should not see a spike like that unless there are other pollutants in the water. Even after it is cycled, keep the every 3 days at most feeding. IIRC bettas are fed once a.week anyways. They...

Don't.worry about the spots. As long.as they are.filtering the water and.not scooping at the substrate, they are ok. They need flow in a tank, so be sure to either have a high flow filter, or get a circulation pump/fan for in the tank. If you see them pawing at the floor, there is an issue...

I got pea puffers. Had them for ages now. Couple years anyways. I read about hiw they are ferocious and will just totally decimate each other blah blah...when in reality, well fed and.cared.for pea puffers typically get along well. Even with other fish! They do occasionally nip at a fish...

My local fish store has a bunch in stock all the time. From juvenile to full bloom. I got mine cheap. They are a pretty fish, but if you're wanting an active fish as well, this ain't the one. They mostly stick around one spot during the day, and seem to be active more.after the lights go out.

I moved my 38 gallon Bowfront with minimal work. Here is what it takes for a small.tank like a 15 gallon. 2 people may be needed. A way to remove water. A way to replace water. Drain 75%-80% of the water out. Leave just enough for the fish to swim in. In a tank that small, maybe leave the...

I have....every time. For the beginner, you want to leave that filter alone for a while. Sure. But after a while, the tank becomes what it needs to maintain. The filter is more for mechanical filtration and oxygenation.at this point. Even fancy biowheel setups aren't needed really. I know...

Don't regret any of them. They all taught me.something or brought joy to my environment, so, I don't regret a single one. What they teach varies. Some teach not to spend money on another one of them. Some are the gift that keeps on giving. My common pleco taught me that I needed the excuse...

Myself. Done it multiple times. Your BB colonies are in your substrate and.on plants and decor. Anyone with a bio wheel setup knows how.reliable that wheel spinning is....like never. And every few months if you don't tear them all the way down and clean them out, the gunk buildup will cause...

.....I currently run a UGF in my 30 gallon. Ain't had any issues in there at all. I can see under the tank, and I ain't vac'd that thing in 3 years. Is a small amount of debris under there at any given time, but there are a LOT of roots from the plants so...it mostly gets sucked up and blown...

1 SMALL fish for fish in cycles. Feed every 3 days. More fish can be done, but for first timers to the hobby, 1 small fish is all you need. Just something in there producing food for the good guys. After a month, if all is good, you can add another fish, then monitor. Goldfish aren't that...

Haha.... It was more a question as to why after trying to quiet it down, it wasn't replaced...not why are they noisy.....haha. HOB filters are cheap nowadays. There is no reason to deal with a noisy one.