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UPDATE for those that know me sort of. I have been to hell and back since my last post. So this is really kind of goodbye. Basically have been in the hospital of and on the last couple of weeks. After my last post which turned rather personal. I was freaking out. In the end I just have...

First part is fluff as usual from me, so you can skip it LOL. I just felt like getting it out of my head since the experience (especially under the influence of massive doses of narcotics and barbiturates and low oxygen levels) Bad week at my house, fell twice, then vomited for 2 solid days...

You give such good personal advice. I just returned from an overnight stay at one of our big hospitals - the other one got bought out by a corporate chain (It was a catholic hospital before where it seemed all the bad doctors were asked to leave the big one. Well, I thought by now that it...

Colin, that's what I've been thinking. I can only go by how my step=mother's unit looked, and it was always spotless. But she's the kin of person that eats at the table even if she's alone while I eat off the coffee table if I'm by myself and make a huge mess. I also have a cat and a litter...

Why not put it through another cycle or two. Add some ammonia and see what happens. My aquariums may cycle just fine but I always do it a second time for two reasons: 1. To make sure my first cycle wasn't a flop and 2. To build up additional levels of bacteria - it can't hurt and this time it...

Personally II'd get a 75 gallon or 90 gallon for two angel fish of that size and use them as the center piece. I really don't think a 50 gallon is large enough - but then again you don't have a lot of fish in it.

It ended itself and wouldn't let me edit it. I suspect the cat was involvedl So look at the next post.

with protein skimmer, filtration and a heater and input and output water hoses. (sorry I had a screen glitch and it won't let me edit the first post) - I have measuring devices, RO/DI that make plenty of water over about 2 days to fill the tank. It's stored in Brute trash cans (food...

Last April sometime I bought a Biocube - 32 gallon to be used as a reef tank. Not sure it was any cheaper to do it with a Biocube but the guidance is there. I'm 61 with "end-stage" COPD. My doctors give me about 5-7 yrs left to live - and everytime I get sick it accelerates that process, My...

Very impressive especially when you consider how big the oceans are - you were really lucky to see all that!

Good reply Colin - but do you know how long it took me to make enough water the first time I hate the thought of draining it - but you're probably right. I was just testing it so I'll stop for now until I grow the new RO/DI water and turn it to salt water. That was a pretty easy thing to do...

awe thank you - I've missed it here and missed researching out the answers myself but I desperately want to get this reef tank off the ground - I feel like I've wasted so much time and money and this is THE place to go for answers or at least get pointed in the right direction!

I love my plecos. They are busy guys eating all the algae. Now I once had a pleco that was so cool looking I paid $110 for him. Navy blue with white polka dots. He lived in his hideaway for several years and we only saw him when we cleaned the aquarium. Expensive mistake. A cichlid that...

Long time since I've posted, not for all good reasons - a rash of deaths in the family - ALL my aunts and uncles on my mother's side have now passed away, of course before this round of deaths I lost both my parents and my husband and my dog all pretty close together - but this last round of...

OH and just an FYI - I have 307 and a 407. No issues with the 307 but constant leaking coming from the side of the lower half of the filter. I just think there is a small crack in the body of the filter but the Fluval people sure don't. They are just so convinced it's either the O-Ring...

PH is definitely too high unless you plan on only having Cichlids. You need to get Neutral Regulator, a Seachem Product - dosing is on the back but it's probably about 1 teaspoon. This needs to be added, along with Prime or other chlorine remover every time you do a water change - sometimes...

But maybe he still has the cap? (Forever hopeful) The way the youtube videos complained about it was that everthing to do with thing was bad, but there are no others thing will work but you could just by a 30 gallon tank and there are quite a few other brands would work better. While some...

Oh, one more thing. One of the youtube videos I watched mentioned not to put a bigger skimmer in the Biocube because the gunk will run all over the place. Someone replied that they had fixed that problem (I wonder if that's why they started stamping their items with numbers so they could see...

I'll send you $15 by PayPal for the lid to the cup (we'd have to make sure it's the same one as I have); So, buying the entire cup might be better actually. I bought skimmer off of Amazon in June of last year but couldn't figure out how to put it together. My highly engineering inclined...

I am not an expert, but I don't believe you plant an aquascape with regular soil and miracle grow - miracle grow (I've read) is toxic to fish - if you plan to add fish and if you aren't adding fish, then why grow plants underwater. The reason for putting psjk in tanks with fish because plants...

One of the most dangerous fish that newbies are recommended to purchase is the Danio. This fish seems may have one or more very aggressive members - maybe they are the pack leaders. I had one that killed and ate the other Danio in the tank and then ate the fins off one of my other larger and...

I am OFFENDED they are some of the most interesting looking fish in the freshwater world. They are tough as nails and very affectionate and intelligent.

I don't know a lot about cichlid because I hate aggressive fish - I've owned one that was semi-aggressive, and she was difficult to manage with my peaceful fish in the same tank, but she settled down to "peaceful" after finally getting it that the other fish were not responding to her...

Well a summary to my situation - things have been stagnant a while as I train my new tank cleaner. Great Dad of 4 children and I think I said I know his wife. She is a nurse and the oldest daughter of my best friend in high school. I plan to take a while before adding too much to my tanks...

I just cleaned out a 50 gallon tank that had been in constant use for about 2 years, I wanted to replace everything in the tank since all the fish inhabitants got so big I had to move them to a 90 gallon tank. I will say that I was shocked at how dirty my 50 gallon tank was even though we...

Oh they do make heat and cold packs you can place in the box with all the bags of fish and keep the box covered.

Well I think that would depend on whether or not you're transporting the tank along with the fish. If it's a fairly small tank (say 20 gallons or smaller) you can siphon out the water until there is about 15-20% left in the tank. Depending on the size and weight of the aquarium it may take two...

I'm not familiar with these species at all - they must be cichlids or something. How many inches total of fish do you have and how many are round and fat versus long and skinny. Isn't a Bichir like an eel in appearance so they don't take up too much room? Are any of them aggressive...

250 liters is about 66 gallons, minimum recommended tank size is 50 gallons but if you've kept them before you know how big they get and how comfortable they are in a crowded space. I certainly wouldn't get 3 of them since you'd have to rehome 2 of them, that makes no sense plus it sounds like...

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm looking for clown fish right now as well - everybody is out of the classic "little Nemo" style. Should I cycle the tank with one or two of the clown fish. The idea of cycling a tank with fish bothers me a lot but I realize working with sea water is a very...

#1 I'm pretty sure is male, with that sharp dorsal fin, thinner body and overall smaller size. #2 has a very sharp dorsal fin so I'm guessing male but it is also round bodied like a female. #3 Appears to also have a sharp dorsal fin that it's keeping tight and is less round than a female...

If you don't want something quite as large as an Oscar - try getting DoJo loaches - another personality plus fish. They'll start small but mine were about 15" inches long at 6 months old. Move them in slowly because with a newly cycled tank they put out quite a bit of ammonia on their own. I...

As far as HOB's go - I have never had anything but Aquaclear (for tanks that came with other HOB filters they usually only held one proprietary filter that needed changing monthly - no way to add additional media which is a BIG problem. The bad news: After nearly 4 years of owning about six...

Boy I am a dreary person. Like anybody it just gets old being around so much death - and for the last year and a half the whole world is depressed over. Colin I tested the fish in the 29 gallon tank. These are all Gourami and Pleco. Once glance told me there was a serious Ammonia problem...

Virtual hug accepted! - thank you for thinking of me. I'll get through this I'm sure, I've managed to stay alive a lot longer than they ever thought I would. Once my dog died, I realized it would be too much effort to adopt another one so I adopted a so-called "elderly cat" that sure doesn't...

Hey half my friends hate me for my views on COVID. I think sometimes they don't know what it's like to be terribly ill - and not just for you (because you're pretty much out of it) but for your loved ones. Years ago I caught H1N1 - my immunes system was compromised from years on prednisone so...

I do believe I have some Zeolite that I purchased for the cannister filter - then couldn't fit it in I had so many different kinds of filtration media. It's so hard to stop shopping when I'm on Amazon I see so many things I might need. So i'll make up a bag of it and throw it in the tank...

Well this is interesting. I decided to test the ammonia levels in our regular tap water and it comes up to 1.0 PPM, I replaced as much water in the tank as I physically could (after adding my PH adjuster, prime and the ammonia lowering chemical (I'm all out now). Guess what, even with...

Thanks to all your kind responses. The 3rd DoJo died last night about 2 am. Amazingly the 4th one is still alive. I'd say this is ammonia poisoning. Gills are reddish and skin is looking mottled. I get the ammonia down to 1.0 and then it jumps up to 4.0 (like it is right now). Even...