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Another fish keeper friend of mine prepared a 10G stocking list with compatible fish for a 10G tank. I have a copy of her article on my blog. It should help give you some ideas. http://goldlenny.blogspot.com/2007/03/hail...cking-list.html

Filtered tanks are almost always better than unfiltered tanks. Bettas do not like too much filtration. Unless you have too much filtration it is probably just a coincidence that your Betta's in the filtered tank have fin issues. Most male bettas do not get along very well with other male...

Yeah. I would do a 50% PWC with pre-dechlored water and then test your ammonia levels again. If they are in the 4-5ppm range, then let things run until you see them start going down to the 1ppm range. Then start re-dosing with the plain ammonia ONLY up to the 4-5ppm range.

Don't go with too much filtration since it's a Betta tank. They don't like too much water movement. If you use a little inventiveness, you should be able to do some kind of surgery on your existing filter so you can dump out the charcoal while preserving the rest of the filter cartridge. I've...

8ppm ammonia is too high to start off with fishless cycling.. IMO. That level actually hinders the growth of the N-bacteria. Most fishless cycling instructions recommend 4-5ppm because of this. The carbon should have been removed from the start as well. Also check your pH and KH levels.

Test your pH and KH. I've seen where people with low KH water and the nitrifying bacteria consume all of the KH and when it runs out they start to crash. You can try doing a 25% PWC which will oftentimes jumpstart it again... BUT you need to know what your tap/source water baseline is anyhow...

You would be able to smell any risidual bleach if there is any. The other thing you can do is fill it with water and add a triple dose of dechlor and letting it soak for an hour or so... but I've always just used the smell test once I rinsed it several times.

Yes, keep the filter running but take the carbon out. You are using the plain ammonia method or another method? Do not add any plants until you have completed the fishless cycle. The plants would get burned by the high levels of ammonia used in fishless cycling. Remember that Nitrates are...

The suction cups they often give you are not very effective for long term purposes, just sticking to the glass. I have a 24" long weighted bubble wand along the back of my tank and I also use some of the lead-type live plant weight strips and wrap them around the airline hose in several spots...

Is this a thread where you want someone to rate your stocking and then the next person to post would rate my stocking, so on and so forth? If so, edit your post to show what kind of "armored catfish" you have and then I'll edit this post to reply if that is really what you are asking for.

Here are some shrimp sites with lots of pics. See if any of these look like yours and let us know. http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html http://www.azgardens.com/shrimpfactory.php http://www.franksaquarium.com/freshwatershrimpfarm.htm http://www.petshrimp.com/shrimpspecies.html (you have...

Are you talking FW, BW or SW crabs?

How high are they? Nitrates are the end product of the nitrogen cycle (ammonia>nitrite>nitrate) and you should be doing frequent 25% PWC's to keep them at a low enough level. You should also be checking your pH, KH and GH since they will usually go down as part of the natural processes of the...

I saw that a few of the programs on that page were listed as Freeware but there was no indication on the "Can I Keep It?" and "More Can I Keep It?" programs. Do you know if they are? Are the programs updated with new definitions as information changes and new fish species come into the hobby?

I did a blog article on Fish Compatibility Charts and have a couple of others listed... as well as a disclaimer and some good sites for checking out fish profiles to find more specific compatibility issues with your fish. http://goldlenny.blogspot.com/2007/02/fish...harts-fish.html

If you do regular filter maintenance and weekly 25% PWC's (partial water changes), you can get by without carbon but if you want to go longer between PWC's, you could use a more advanced chemical filtration product like Seachem Purigen which is 500% more effective than carbon. The small filter...

Read over this link and give us more info if you can. http://www.fishforums.net/Looking-For-Help...sh-t172152.html Read over the goldfish care sheet and tank size recommendations. http://www.fishforums.net/Gold-fish-in-tanks-t43980.html A goldfish simply cannot stay healthy in an undersized...

Based on your measurements, your pond is around 800 gallons. If you don't put a full fledged filter system on the tank, you should at least put in a fountain or waterfall and then you could make a DIY pre-filter for the pump which would also provide mechanical and biological filtration for the...

You are right that they could be molting. Shrimp often will molt when being moved into a new tank or even after a water change. Are they in a shrimp only tank or a community tank? Heavily planted? Have you tried feeding them anything yet? My shrimp stay busy in the plants but if I drop a...

I'm still kind of new to these forums so I'm not sure if this exists out here already but I use this page calculator and chart(s) for CO2 ... http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm

We have an invert forum here... http://www.fishforums.net/Invertebrates-Am...-Forum-f30.html

You can always check your CO2 levels and as long as they are low enough, then your O2 levels will be high enough. You need your pH and KH levels and then use the calculator and chart on this page... http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm (Of course, if your tank is not planted...

One other thing I wanted to add. I originally had hornwort in my 10G tank with the cherry shrimp but with the more reading that I did, I decided to pull the hornwort. Hornwort puts out an allopathic chemical that inhibits algae growth. While this is a good thing in a "normal" planted tank...

I agree. This is why you will see the female constantly juggling the eggs around with her legs... to make sure they all get proper water circulation and oxygenization. Do you have any idea why the mother died?

As usual, lots of conflicting information on shrimp and it's no different in this topic either... Here is what PlantGeek.net says about Plant Ferts in a Cherry Shrimp planted tank... http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=19 Here is what PetShrimp.com says about plants and shrimp...

I'm in the U.S. and I'm a contractor so I should be able to help but I just want to make sure of a few things. Is the Jewel 260 260 liters? If so, that's around 70 gallons US. Depending on your stand, your entire set up could weigh as much as 700 pounds. It should be around 4' long... 3.3...

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=18252 Read through the pinned topic link too. Lots of good info in there.

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=75554 They usually leave live plants alone and spend more time in your substrate eating dead plant matter and left over fish food. They'll also eat algae. Overall, not a very bad snail compared to common pond snails. IMO, they do not breed as...

You should post this in the Invertebrates forum... you are in the Members aquarium and Fish Pictures forum... http://www.fishforums.net/Invertebrates-Am...-Forum-f30.html

Apple Snails are not like most other snails which are hermaphrodites. Apple Snails are sexed either male or female and you need one of each to breed but the females can store sperm from a previous mating for a few months. http://applesnail.net/content/care.php#breeding will give you more info...

How big is your pond? Do you have gradual sloping edges or deep cut edges? If you line the perimeter of the pond with decorative bricks or rocks it would make it very difficult for a cat to be able to reach down into the water to get to your fish. http://www.fishpondinfo.com/mammals.htm I...

Right the Hillstream Loach is also known as the Butterfly Pleco and is a coldwater fish as is it's cousin, the Weather Loach aka DoJo Loach... and I'm sure others. Many other types of plecos and suckermouth catfish can do well in water temps down to the low 70's to mid-70's(F). A BN Pleco...

Did somebody say Apple Snail Caviar? YUMMMMMYYYYYY!!!! :D

Can you take a picture? I don't know if my shrimp poo is even big enough to see. I have no clue what that could be without a picture.

Maybe the shrimp molted and you are seeing the old shell? When they molt, they will go into hiding until their new shell hardens up. If one of your fish ate the shrimp, you would not see anything that looks like a shrimp in their poop. Their digestive acids would disolve the entire shrimp...

Do you have that much of a problem with stray cats? I've never had that problem before but of course, I had a dog that would be out in the back yard on a regular basis. He never went in the ponds, amazingly, since he was from a family of hunting dogs... but he sure would chase away anything...

Are you asking for input on this to be an article? If so... I recently started an article for a Fancy Goldfish Care Sheet on my blog... http://goldlenny.blogspot.com/2007/03/gold...y-goldfish.html I also have several other good goldfish care sheets/profiles and also point out some bad ones...

There still seems to be a lot of conflicting information on dwarf shrimp. Some say planted tanks are great. Others say planted tanks suck up the micronutrients that the shrimp feed on. Same with the color of eggs. I've also heard/read that a female will drop unfertilized eggs within a few...

http://www.petshrimp.com/articles/redcherryshrimpmyth.html is a good article about breeding/hybridization on Red Cherry Shrimps. It should answer your question. I think they still have to be part of the Neocaridina genus.

As far as your fish with swim bladder issues... round-bodied goldfish have a genetic pre-disposition to have swim bladder issues. Some will never recover from it. During necropsies, many round-bodied goldfish are found to have deformities that have been caused by the inbreeding that takes...