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I have an "empty" 5 gallon tank. I took the ADFs out in December. At that time it had wiggly worn thingies in there due to my over-feeding the frogs. I had to go out of town and didn't empty the water out .... I still hasn't emptied the water out. (Insert excuses about busy life here). I...

I have a sponge filter in there - can that be salvaged?

In late November I noticed these wiggly worm things in my ADF tank. I posted here and someone identified them (don't remember the name) as essentially aquatic earth worms due to over feeding in my tank. I reduced the amount of food I fed my ADFs and in mid December, I took the frogs out, turned...

He does look good, huh? :D I took those pics the day I got him back - it's been almost a week now and his colors have gone back to being primarily blue - so maybe the transfer just stressed him out a little (when I went to pick him up, he was already in a jar and the tank empty so I could drive...

Back from vacation. Someone took care of Jack while I was gone for about a month. His fins seem longer ... But his color has changed a bit - normal change or stress paling him?

Attibone has a photo journal about his betta sorority in the betta splenden section of the forum ... Called betta cottage or something similar. If you haven't already read it, I think it would be good since it goes through his setup and stuff as well as problems he has encountered.

I think that both goldfish have the same type of tail fins - two fins that are the shape of butterfly wings. The mostly gray one "Calico" has fins that open up more than "Patches" though. Hadn't heard about netting a pond - I'll suggest that. If I put the fish in the tank right away - would I...

Her grandmother has a pond but stopped putting fish in cause the birds would get them. I was thinking of getting a 10 or 20 gallon and either convincing her to return the goldfish and get better suited fish or keep the goldfish till they get bigger and then put them in the pond. They'd stay in...

It's south Florida - house stays in the mid 70s with a/c running constantly :p Here are fish in a clean tank. I can't find a way to take a picture if them without the bowl distorting them. Oh, and niece say they are calicos

My last shrimp (had 4 at one time in there) was eaten on Monday. I think the ADFs got them when they molted :( regardless of what the care sheet says, not keeping those two animals together again.

What could she keep happily in a 10 gallon? (I'll post a pic of the fish in the cleaned bowl soon.

He lives with parents and they've kept assorted animals including fish, frogs, and turtles - so he should be good. Besides I left detailed instructions :)

Yes - said goldfish especially pro use a lot ... And all the flakes she dumped in there didn't help either :p

I realize this is a tropical fish forum, but I'm pretty sure you guys can help me with goldfish basics. I just arrived at my sister's house and saw that her 10 yr old has two little goldfish in a goldfish bowl - no filtration and murky water. I asked about changing the water and sis said they...

I currently have an uncycled 5 gal with frogs/shrimp and an uncycled 2 gal with betta. When I go on vacation, they can't tag along so I am putting them in the just cycled 10 gal and taking that to someone that can take care of them for the 3+ weeks I'll be gone. Otherwise, I would just keep the...

I just finished cycling my 10 gal tank.   I am going on vacation and I need to get it to a friend's house. My plan is to: empty out most of the water in the tank - just keep enough to keep the spong filter wet while I transfer the tank 20 min away. add freshly dechlorinated water in, once...

Thanks :) ... No battery, just self priming.

Is it ok to vacuum with shrimp?

Incidentally, I only saw one and I searched the tank (visually) for a quarter of an hour after I lost sight of it to see if I could find it again. Most of the online posts I saw talk about a whole lot of them.

Looks like some of the pics of the detritus worm on google. I stopped using a gravel vac in that tank at the same time I introduced the additional java moss because I added a few ghost shrimp and I was afraid of accidentally vacuuming one of them with the gravel vac. I am moving the...

When I went to feed my ADFs/ghost shrimp last night, I saw this small white thing wriggling in the water. It was NOT at the surface but midway down the 5 gal tank. It was about half an inch long (1 1/2ish cm) and thinner than a strand of Java moss. It was positioned vertically (the longest part...

I have two ADFs and they are very entertaining - very different personalities from each other. I think they are fine in a tropical tank. I did have to separate my betta though because he didn't give the ADF he was with a chance to eat. ADFs hunt by smell and have very poor eyesight so sometimes...

I've always noticed on your profile pic that DIscord's fins looked really thick, but I didn't know it was a specific type of betta. Can all tail types (viel, HM, CT, etc) be "balloon" or only crown tails?

Cool! I'll have to tell my son that explanation

Definitely relieved :D

Nitrite - finally! I added a whole bottle of dr. Tim's one and only las night and today the nitrite test finally showed purple: I've rethought my tank plan though. When I get back from vacation, I will remove the divider and make it a tank for my ADFs and shrimp. I'll move Jack (the betta) to...

So excited! I got Tim's one and only in the mail yesterday and poured the whole bottle (for up to 30 gal) in my 10 gal since the bottle says you can't overdose. I did an ammonia and nitrite test before adding the bottle and again right now. Prior, the readings were the usual- but today I...

Thank you for the suggestions! I will get the seachem prime and tim's one and only. I bought dr Tim's ammonia for fish less cycling and it's what I've been using - but to no avail. ... Maybe with the one and only, I can get the tank cycled before I go (still have 2 weeks). If I had someone to...

So sorry :(

I check the parameters on my tanks - I do weekly water changes and in that 7 day time, the ammonia stays at 0 ... I'm not going to wait to see how long it would take for the ammonia levels to rise enough for the API test to start turning green, but at 1 week it is still yellow. I'm pretty sure...

Hi all, I've been trying to cycle my tank unsuccessfully - since the beginning of November :( I will start trying to do do again once I get back from vacation BUT right now I need it for my pets: 1 male betta, 2 ADFs, 3 ghost shrimp (maybe 4? There should be 4 but I haven't seen one of the...

I didn't know they are java moss :p

DreamertK - wow!

No algae or vegetable matter in my tank ... Just Java moss and frog micro pellets :p

I see what you all mean about placement ... But if it isn't a saddle, what is it? It looks separate than the digestive track and it's still there today.

:D thanks for the confirmation

Hi all, I bought a few ghost/grass shrimp about 2 weeks ago. They were totally see through (except the digestive track) when I got them. Then they got little red spots on their tails and red bands on their antenna and some of you guys said that it was because they were grass shrimp instead of...

Video is not working for me (not that I would have any idea about the sex of your fish :p)

Ditto