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Otto cats are also great algae eaters and they stay small (1" to 2" max). They do best if you have an established tank with algae already growing.

Just FYI... I see this in my new tanks all the time. The brown algae always goes away after a month or 2 and is replaced by green. And yes, Otto's will usually take care of any algae. My tap water comes from a reservoir which I can see from my house. 7.0 right out of the tap. I always use...

Thanks all - I'm only upping the temp to 82 degrees (Maracide recommends you leave temp, ph, etc... alone when using) and there's already salt and an airstone in there. Maybe I'll add a bit more salt though - I'm reading that 1 teaspoon per gallon isn't too much. Currently, I have around 1.5...

Found some info on the Net which recommends 1 drop of Maracide per 1 gallon. Sound right?

Hello folks - I noticed this AM that my Betta (community tank w/danios & snail) has some small white spots on it's fins and a few on it's body. The other fish appear to be fine. He's not covered in them head to fin BTW. I've had very few problems in the past with ich/ick so I'm not as familiar...

Thanks for the link teelie - I stumbled across it myself when I googled apple snails. The snail was chugging around last night. cool little critter.

This appears to be an Apple snail, from what I can tell - maybe 1" around. The store had them advertised as Black Mystery snails (along with some gold mystery snails). Interesting little things. It sat in my tank for hours appearing to be dead, but once the light went out... he was zipping all...

Well I guess we'll find out - I have a very cool looking brownish with a gold stripe snail in the tank now. Interesting... Teelie notes that But CSG says LOL!!! Here we go again!! :) Thanks folks for all the info.

It's not that I do or don't believe you (or anyone else for that matter), just trying to point out that there are many varying opinions out there. I wish there were one definitive answer to these and other questions, but there isn't. I take the chit-chat at the various LFS's with a grain of salt...

I agree that it's more interesting to see a group of similar fish as opposed to only one. And lets not kid ourselves - 99.9% of the common fish found in LFS are many generations removed from their wild ancestors. Once you remove something from the wild and begin selective breeding in captivity...

This would of course be referring to irresponsible and/or amateur dog fighters. Just as there are people like Cracker in the fighting fish world, there are also breeders/fighters in the dog world who show the same care and attention to their "fighters." I do not fall into any of these...

I really like Khuli's and have kept them in the past with much success - Only problem is that it's now recommended that they too be kept in groups. 6 or more. I'm seeing an interesting trend these days. At least, it seems to be the Internet trend. Do all fish need to be in groups now? Obvious...

So your shrimp tend to stay in your tank? And you don't add iodine to the water? How long do they live (on average)? The Pitbull Pleco has me intrigued - Being an avid PitBull keeper/advocate myself (the dog that is). So where do they get that name from? I saw some examples at Planet Catfish...

Well, I did a lot of reading last night on both shrimp and snails. Yowzer... too much info! I like the idea of shrimp, because they are interesting looking critters, but I don't want them high-tailing it out of the tank. The top on this tank is in 2 sections - A clear cover which fits the...

I know he's just a VT but I think he's handsome anyhow. The Betta: and the tank with the betta:

I shouldn't have said waste - I should have said debris I guess. My issue is that if a filter cart looks perfectly clean, it's probably not doing much - Right? In theory, the bubbles passing through the filter create suction which should draw debris into it. I saw very little evidence of any...

hmmm... don't snails bring their own set of problems to a tank as well? I have no experience with them, so I really don't know. Also, I've seen many folks with only 1 or 2 ottos in their tanks. Wasn't aware that they were shoaling fish as well. I've had 1 otto for quite some time in a different...

Hello cat-folks. I was wondering if anyone had a suggestion on a catfish/loach for my setup. I have a 6.6 US gallon tank which currently has 2 small leopard danios and a betta. I'd like something which will help eat up some of the food missed by the above fish, nothing too big obviously (maybe...

Wow - Here I was thinking it looked "okay". Nothing special, but what a response. Thank you so much. I guess I have to leave it be for now ;) All of the questions finally prompted me to measure it for myself. I was relying on my memory of what the box said. Turns out it's actually 23 3/4" long...

Just FYI... my experience with those filters is that they do little or nothing in the way of filtration. I had one in a 2.5 gallon with a single small goldfish and each time I examined the filter, there was very little waste visible. I removed it and put a small Penguin on the tank and keep the...

hmmm... I was always told (and have read) that tank dimensions were also important, not just capacity. So a short, stubby 10 gallon is better than a long 6.6 gallon? Danios seem to like to travel side to side as opposed to say, up and down (although they do that whenever you get near the tank -...

Consider getting a 5 gallon tank and a small heater. He'll surely prefer the extra room and you can do a bit of aquascaping to make it more attractive. 5 gallon tanks around these parts are very cheap ($10.00 or so) and a 25 watt heater can be had for under $30.00. Throw in some gravel and a...

I've already got an Otto Cat on the list, just waiting for the tank to mature a bit. I'm also a big fan of Khuli loaches, but they seem to be hard to find in my area currently. As for the danios... there seems to be different info depending on what you read. Some say 3 are enough to constitute...

Here's a picture of my 6.6 US Gallon 24" X 12" X 8" aquarium. Currently housing a betta and 2 long fin leopard danios. All together (not including fish), this setup was under $100.00 - It resides in my office/recording studio.

To answer all questions... so far, there's no problem. Yes, the danios are fast and don't really look anything like a betta, so I assumed (correctly) that there would be no aggression issues. The betta doesn't even pay attention to the danios and they pay very little attention to him. These are...

Ah, of course - Like placing a black piece of paper up to a pane of glass. I guess that wouldn't be an issue in a bowl as there are no flat surfaces. Thanks - I'll keep an eye on him. Hopefully, he won't chew through the tank ;)

Hello TFF! Glad I found this place. Quick introduction: After about 10 very successful years in the TF hobby, I got out of it for a while. I'm back now and have been for about a year. Past experience with many community type fish, Cichlids, etc... Background on my question - I recently set up...