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i'm not sure by what she meant that youre tank water woludnt read anything because its new, even in a new tank you need to know what you are working with, if anything. i wolud reccommend getting your own testing kit, testing your water, posting with your info and go from there, im in need of a...

what type of questions did you ask?

so easy to cleannnnnn turk says whats up

of corse my dog is an avid lover my bf's 75g that is shiney new and awesome :[ mine is currently a hot mess with a hospitalized fish and accu clear in it after and emergency water change :sad: but i have an eyeless peacock cichlid that i love so its ok mine is stocked with 2 aceis 2...

i just leave the remaining water (70% in) like my filters filter in after moving all my substrate, and im currently using lime juice soaked paper towels to remove calcium from the top 2.5 inches of my tank so it gives that time to soak while not reaching the water because that wolud decrease the...

i LOVE this tank. striving for perfection i see :good:

i snagged this one from my dad and had 30% of the water out and the sand filtered and cleaned in under 45 minutes, its kind of tricky to get the syphoning to start since my tank is on the floor right now, but i try and get as much substrate in the tube and watch it bubble, its so natural and i...

could you put the box in the tank? how big is the tank? in us gallons, or if someone would like to explain the conversion of liters to gallons i would be so grateful.

i noticed that my giraffe peacock has a spot on the top of is head that looks raw but not fungussy or icky i went to the LFS that i bought him from (out of a separate tank in the store and different cycling system) and noticed her giraffes had the same wounds on their heads but the rest of the...

have you thought of grabbing an insulated box? they usually offer us one to transport our fish when we go to the fish store out of town, that will keep the water int he bags constant atleast

i do 25-30% in my 75g and i finally got to use a sand/gravel syphon and i literally watched it the entire time; pure physics at work filtering poop, love it. i try to do this bi-weekly

i also tried a tip for cleaning calcium deposits off the top, instead of white vinegar i ended up using pure lime juice and laying paper towels over the sides, seems to made a slight difference, but i think ill continue the process when i water change to try and completely eliminate them. but i...

hes picked up a bit of energy, hes really enjoying the aeration stone when i put it under him, did a smidge more fungus cure since hes bigger, and this is pretty much kill him with treatment or him die anyways... but so far so good, the swelling is continuing to decrease and his breathing seems...

after about 2 hours in the isolation tank and his facial swelling is going down, im showering him with a bubble stone to promote any toxins to lift out, and will continue the fungus cure as it seems to be the best thing right now.

great advice, i think im going to leave him alone for the night due to stress, but i will keep posted on him. hopefully have this water change things will be back to normal again.

currently have him in a isolation tank with a fungus cure cycle going, tried to see if anything was lodged in his bowels, as we had a krib get eaten out of the tank. its 75g, im doing a 25% water change right now and syphoned the gravel/sand i dont have my water readings because one of the...

i don't know if anyone has experienced this because its quite a specific situation but in both 75g tanks FW tanks, and both 10g breeder / random tank reached levels of 7-9 for 3 weeks because of ammonia due to having EXCESSIVE :good: dogs(puppies) in the house that weren't being controlled...

Effie thinks the fish are hers! she is worried about Hannible my texas cichlid. going to take a trip to the LFS tomorrow and see whats up with him. might just trade him out for some more peacocks, i really love their colors.

they really seem to like the new gravel!!! now on to a mantle like cover and a DIY hood

<(*>*)> welcome

my bfs sand cichlid tank that im totally jealous of :grr:

that picture made me nauseas i think if i had a fish with that sticking out of it id just flush it, im sorry ha.

oh i seeeee, i wish i had known about cycling my tank before i set it up, now i have a full 75g tank that seems to be pretty balanced, i just need to get the water clearer, which i think is just due to a lack of turn overs per hour, ive been running with the same media in my filters for atleast...

I basically joined this site because i was tired of generic answers, and i want to get a little more knowledge on how to create the perfect homeostasis situation for my tanks. i've already posted multiple times with questions, issues, pictures. basically going to start posting to keep a...

are you sure you arent overfeeding to the point they die, then they get eaten by the other fish? i had one gutted out not long ago, but i didnt have to clean him out they ate every piece of him. maybe a weakling, nature always selects the strongest.

with the bubble stone near his cave and the filters cycling out some substrate dust and my .01$ phone camera. :drool: but you can clearly tell his mouth looks like fish herpes and i dont want him to die! could it be from over feeding? he basically devoured one of my cichlids after the crawdads...

This little guy needs a fitting name, so i figured we could name him here. he was a donation from the lady at the LFS, she got a shipment in with this little peacock cichlid and as soon as i walked in she said she had a present for me. he hangs out with his blind side facing a reflective wall so...

my large texas green has an enlarge mouth, with red fever blister type things on his lips near his teeth, is on a SLIGHT tilted swimming axis and isnt playing find my finger anymore with me :crazy: none of my other fish seem to have any symptoms of anything wrong besides my giraffe venustus...

maybe he was constipated? or lacking some good bacteria in his belly from the non medicated tank? im just guessing though.

from what i understand ammonia is bad? why are people looking for ammonia to add? maybe this sounds stupid or maybe im just about to answer my own question, is it due to water differences in locations and areas? :unsure: :-(

:fun: a little progression, just added some new brown gravel because i got tired of the bright sand and my bright lights so i wanted to tone it down a bit, maybe help the aesthetics of the tank, i know gravel isnt ideal for my two corydoas, but i have patches and will continue to do my zen...

nice post, many people that start out trust one and go with it, we bounce between two different stores, one with better deals on stones, media, substrates and such, then our more local one will order fish weekly for us and never sells us fish thats in a tank with a faulty cycle, she also...

awesome, thanks, i used white vinegar and water to clean the carpet, our tanks both reached extremely high ammonia levels after we realized the carpet had pet damage

currently stocked with 2 acei 5 baby peacock 3 2-3in peacock 1 green terror 1 texas green(i think he has bloat?) 2 yellow labs 3 crawdads 1 algae eater ~200gph with floss and carbon media play sand and cichlid bio shell substrate, lava rocks and slate sword rubia and other unknown noobie...

im guessing it was by the previous owner, like i said we got the tank as a freebie with an $80 dollar stand for another 75g, didnt realize i would start to get into cichlids and seascaping more than my bf, and now he has the nice newer tank :[ we initially took a razor blade to the entire edge...

well im due for one more 15-20% water change so im guessing when i do that i can try and safely clean it while the water level is down, what are the risks of vinegar if it, lets say, drips into the water? i really dont want to have to remove the water or the fish, they have settled finally and...

you can see the slight haze at the top, about a 2.5 inch water line it seems.

oh t he joys of vinegar, thanks!

i have a 75g, used tank i obtained from my bf when he bought a tank/stand set up for the stand for his 75g, the tank has white tuff crusted on the top, makes me mad to look at, and im constantly looking at it, what would be the best way to get it off, if possible, since it seems to not be...

i also believe my corydoras are a bronze female and a male leopard, i put them in a plastic frame netted breeder cage because of their frantic behavior but i have no idea how to tell if they are actually male and female, im pretty sure but nothing i have read has been specific enough to make me...