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Update - 3rd test of Ammonia and now it's back up to 4.0. First test was 4,0 (added all the chemicals), 2nd test was down to 1.0, added more chemicals and the biologicals - Ammonia goes back UP again to 4.o. Nitrites have remained zero throughout all three tests. Any suggestions on what to...

If it were me, and I thought it was the right thing to do (And I do agree with you) get that 55 gallon tank set up asap. use some pond water so you don't have to cycle it and get a small filter to keep it reasonably clean and add a few aeriation balls to the sides of the tank to kick up the...

The cost of buying new electronics and the damage it can do. one of my usual weird wrong toasts) I Paid $800 cash for my Iphone 8 plus about 4 yrs ago. My other Ipone didn't have Siri on it which is what I really wanted plus my husband had just died and I received a decent settlement for...

About 6 weeks ago I finally got around to filling and cycling my new 90 gallon acrylic tank. By adding bacteria to the cycling process it took about 3 weeks off the time it normally takes, but this is a big aquarium. I followed the instructions on this forum and after I got to a point where...

Well I am so glad I tested the PH again. The purified water is what tested 7.4, When I tested the water from the aquarium (ie., has salt in it) it tested 8.2 possibly 8.3 but the scale jumps from 8.2 to 8.6 so I'll never know. You know you pay so much for those test kits you'd think they...

Thanks so much for your help. Actually just about everything you said I already knew. When I added those few drops of ammonia I was trying to get the ammonia to .30 but it wouldn't budge off of .25 so I figured it was close enough, My first test of nitrites showed zero nitrites but after...

NO WAY - I have 5 bristlenose and they are constantly working to clean the sides. Now I will say they are rather stupid because all the leftovers are on the ground, I have no algae or anything on the walls. I love those guys - mine are nearly full size or they are all female (I see very few...

I am such a pathetic user of cell phones yet I am on my 3rd Iphone and still don't understand how to work everything. I was so proud of myself when I figured out the volume button on the side of the phone (it also told me I could turn that feature off, of course it doesn't tell you how you...

I purchased a 32 gallon Biocube quite a while back but just got around to setting it up. I have white live sand for the bottom and about 30lbs of reef rock - a comination of coraline "painted" life rock and some plain colored real reef rock. Sombody on one of these forums said you cycle these...

Just don't get in over your head and have more fish tanks and fish than you can handle - even though you still enjoy watching the fish they start to become a burden, I'm kind of at that stage now and am thinking about getting rid of all the fresh water tanks and just work on my salt water...

I've never owned a goldfish but I own a fish often kept with them - DoJo Loaches. All these books said "they won't grow bigger than the tank permits" That is such a big lie both in DoJo and Goldfish. When I got them, they were about 4 inches long and skinny much like a snake with whiskers...

Great information. Thank you. I'll run some tests on the water and see where I am with ammonia and nitrites and then add ammonia and let the cycling begin. I also may need to adjust the PH - although I've read that PH is automatically adjusted by the chemicals in the salt you are adding...

I do think it would be much easier and faster (and less stressful for the guppy) if you just stole some media from a tank that has already been cycled or don't you have one of those? By using cycled media from another tank your tank will be instantly cycled at no risk to the guppy. If you...

I'm on day 27 of cycling a 90 fresh gallon tank for 4 very large DoJo loaches (and continuing to grow). The are currently in a 50 gallon tank with what looks like white cloud algae - sometimes it's so white in there you can't see the fish. With extra water changes and growing good bacteria...

My assistant doesn't seem to be very good at doing cutouts I''ve started leaving a "sample" cutout and he makes 3 more from that - but they are pretty sad looking. In the last week we also started cycling a new tank using a canister filer and I finally made a big grid showing each day and what...

Our only local fish store (other than Petco and Petsmart which don't carry live rock) is run by a a complete a$$hole human being and his assistants are worse than him. They have refused refunding me when I brought all the fish back dead on the same day because I didn't measure the water...

You do have a lot of decorative items in the tank - I'm sure it looks really pretty (my fish like to pull it all out of the water). Before your next water change, remove all the decorative items (leave the ones that are growing if there aren't too many) Look closely at the sand or gravel...

I don't see any tumor - he looks normal to me.

I accidentally purchased something like this but it's a programmable plug in switch. On one side are "normal" programs and the other side are programable outlets - that means you'd have 6 switches you could put on timers. I just want to know how to used all those switches WITHOUT using the...

My old assistant stopped by and she looked at them and said "That's not ICK" (the student teaching the teacher LOL)

Well I don't know where everybody lives that they have a wonderful LFS but the one here (besides Petsmart/Petco which carries virtually no saltwater supplies) is awful - he may have 2-3 tanks of mostly invertebrates, he charges nearly double for all the food he sells compared to what they sell...

I was checking out a couple of sellers on ebay. I already have 40lbs of Life Rock (fake live rock some of which have been sprayed with beneficial bacteria). I don't recall the shipping cost but it wasn't excessive, given the weight. Well I'm lookin to buy about 10lbs of LIVE rock because...

He likely has a bad air bladder. Gourami are what we call Labyrith fishes (so are Betta's, many loaches and some other fish) It means they can store air internally and actually use it to breathe rather than just their gills - if you haven't noticed they go up to the top of the tank and...

I wonder if their gestation period is so long because they are trying to avoid over-population of their own species, especially if there are relatively few predators. Imagine, if you lived 500 years and reproduced 5 babies every year vs. 5 babies every 5 yrs. We always think that high...

There isn't any chance a fish died (while hiding) after moving it to the new tank (I'm thinking loach)? A dead fish will increase ammonia levels very fast - by tomorrow it could be double that amount if the dead fish hasn't been removed. I can't think of any other explanation. Any leftover...

Do you get your beef heart free from the butcher at the grocery store or do they actually package and sell these still (years and years ago I saw a lot of unique beef parts being sold for human consumption but later generations didn't seem to care for the thought of it. My departed husband...

OK, I was on the Bulk Reef Supply website and they sell UV light, after UV light in every size you can imagine. So if UV light is such a bad thing why would they sell so many different types? Also I watched several of their videos and not once was it mentioned that you need a wet live rock...

Well you can't, But I've had lots of bonded pairs of fish (not clowns) and the conditions were never right for breeding. I've only had one pair of fish breed in 4 yrs so I think the odd of yours breeding is pretty small. While clown fish are fairly easy to breed it means easier than some...

Twice I've lost about half the fish in the tank following a water change - they just all started dropping dead. Water parameters were fine so my assistant must have forgot to add water conditioner - and some fish could handle it and some could not. Another possibility is that she forgot to...

I have a bucket system at my house as well and several times have used them as a "safe house" during an emergency - I usually just add a bubble stone to keep O2 levels high. I also have 4 -20 gallon BRUTE trash cans on wheels to transport large amount of water instead of using buckets. BRUTE...

Ok thanks for the responses but I don't think anybody totally gets it and plus I worded mu question badly. I buy fairly expensive highly rated heaters off of Amazon. This brand is an AQQ nicely constructed in China for a reasonable price of $45 USD. (nearly all the heaters are from China...

I LOVE my yellow Pleco's. Although there are plenty of caves they only use them occasionally ( I have 6) but generally they are out in the open - in the past I have had pleco that hid all the time, but for whatever reason these pleco are quite comfortable out in the open. My worst fish are...

I currently have a 90 gallon tank cycling quite slowly. I set the temperature on 70 F and then later read that it's better to turn up the temperature when your cycling (this is a fishless cycling and it's the new occupants that prefer 70-78 degrees. It took days to get to 70 degrees (which is...

I too have only received them. The seller will put the same species in bag unless they are too big or they would fight. They rubberband the first bag and put it in a second bag and rubberband it closed. They nearly all use insulated coolers (or just panels of syrofoam insulation you assemble...

Looks like he's in Thailand - you might have to get these drugs from a veterinarian or a doctor. A lot of animals get worms.

Well I thought it was curious that only this species had the silver/white patches but since they breed their own fish - some defect could have gotten into the Genetics. So far no other species in the tank have this disease and I have about 15 different varieties and nearly 30 fish. So I'm...

I recently received an order from an online fish store that I've ordered from before and they breed nearly all their own stock. Huge variety of fish. Anyway - I ordered some Gourami and yesterday noticed silver patches around their mouth or eyes. I assumed it was ICK but then I looked at...

Live Aquaria is the most reputable but don't be surprised to find that over half their fish are "out of stock" and they supposedly email you when they are available (I've never got an email) but they still carry a more diverse selection than your local fish store. Shipping charges are...