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well I'd suggest all three of you do a little more reading from the real experts like Dr Axelrod and get a little more experience.

I'd love3 to know where you get this stuff Durbkat. I've seen numerous bettas with neons, I've kept bettas with neons and I've never seen it or even heard of it. You're the only one I've ever heard mention it. Even the experts agree that neons and bettas are fine together. Drs Foster & Smith...

Is it poissible there's something broken in there?

Be forewarned, that Buenos Aires tetras have been known to get violent when they get full gorwn. I know of a lady who lost a tiger barb to a full grown BA tetra. Yes, the neons will be fine with the betta in the 10.

Brown is typical. If they've had a lot of vegetable matter it can be lighter. Some fish do produce more solid waste than others. My platies always used poop a lot too. How much do you feed them?

Those are the chemical symbols for those elements Durbkat, they are standard. Test kits will have those on them. Some test kits are written totally in those.

Ok, first, the danios would be fine in a 10 gal, not ideal but fine. The tetras will likely ignore the betta so that's not a problem. The problem in the 10 does actually come with the Danios though. The danios are likely a little to active for the Betta, they could stress it. They also have been...

What kind of heater is it? Some heaters actually need to be calibrated. If the light keeps going off and on then the others are probably right, it's set to the current water temp. Is there a way you can see what the heater is set to?

Not a bad mixture. I'd actually use blanched lettuce leaves or small pieces of Zuchinni (courgette) for the plec. Those fish could also stand some Bloodworms in their diet. Other than that it seems like a good mix.

Durbkat NO3 = Nitrates NO2 = Nitrites I'd have to question a Nitrates reading like that. At that point most of your fish should be dead or have some disease. Another thing is that at that level your pH should have crashed with a KH of 0. When nitrates start getting that high then you actually...

well, they can be good for other situations. Those involve being run in tandum with a Canister filter though and that's usually in saltwater.

Water change and vac here to. Been on a couple of forums though.

Yes. Silver, Black, and White. They actually have about 3 common names they go by. Stick to Latin, less confussion. :)

yup, I think you exausted the pros on them. another con. Not suitable for live plants as the roots can get entangled in the plates and create those pockets of anaerobic bacteria. They are expeciually unsuitable for Heavily Planted tanks since the roots will choak the filter and it won't work...

Tri-color Shark aka. Bala Shark. They get to be about 12" long and require a lot of room and should be kept in groups of 3 or more. Some say nothing less than a 125gal for these Fish.

first question, what fish do you have in that tank? As for expense, it really depends on what you get. To say that sand or gravel are better is a little generic, it really depends on what you have in the tank as far as fish are concerned and as well what if any live plants you have. If you...

The "flicking" is known as Flashing. There can be a number of reasons for this, none of them good. Sometimes it simply a matter of water quality. If any of your tank stats are way off it can cause problems. It can also be an early sign of Ich, gill flukes and a couple of other diseases. As for...

I don't think there's a definite number on watts/gal. I've heard anything from 3-5 w/gal for heaters. If you want even heat from just one heater you just place it right next to the filter intake. That's where I have mine and I don't have any temperature pockets in my tank. But to answer the q at...

Here's a pic of my 75 gal before I switched over to Eco Complete substrate. This may give you a couple of ideas.

In the case of Guppies than the salt is fine, otherwise it would be completely unnecessary. Aquarium salt can actually increase the stress as pica suggested because it is actually an irritant for many fish.

Maybe in a few years they'll need a new home but certainly not soon. Clown Loaches grow less that 1/4" per year. Everybody seems to freak out on the max size of these fish, sure they do get 12" long, but it usually takes 30-40 years for that to happen. Go for the BN Plec or even the Siamese...

I think this would also include heaters. Not all heaters have an automatic shut off in the case of the glass housing cracking. If that should happen then it would make perfect sense to ground your tank since there would be electric current going directly into the water. It may have actually...

Did any of you read any of the other "articles" written on that site? Thank goodness for forums to post on. That was horrible. Follow that advice and you'll end up at a forum pretty quick asking for help.

Flashing can also simply be the result of poor water quality. The rotted plant could be it. Have you checked for phosphates lately?

Nope, you can't add the heater. There's no way get it in there.

I can tell you it's a Salt Water fish. Check with the SW forums.

Also, be sure you are getting the fish from a legitimate source. There are very few places that are succesfully breeding this species. You will find plenty of people selling them at crazy prices and usually those are the smuggled ones. The Brazilian Government placed a ban on the export of those...

Diatoms. This is just a natural result of a cycling or cycled tank. You can just clean it off and siphon it out if you like. It's completely harmless. All FW tanks will experience this at some point. It ususally shows up during the cycle. It will eventually stop forming after a couple of weeks.

You alread have 2 cichlids in there. :) You have 2 Angels. But if you are looking for something african then Kribs may be something you would be interested in. You would have to stick to Dwarf Cichlids as they are the least aggressive. None of the Rift Lake cichlids will work.

Chinese Algae Eaters are a bad bad idea, especially with neons in then tank. The CAE is fine as a community fish right up until it gets to be about 3-4" long. At that point it becomes very aggressive. 10" is generally the length of wild specimens, 7" seems to be the max in an aquarium though...

Thats actually only around 80 gallons wendy. I agree though, that is a decent deal. Just a bit of clarification though. You said it had an "in-built area for the filter," are you by chance talking about an overflow box? Another question, is there a divider down the middle of the tank from top to...

I personally have the Eheim 2215 on my tank. Cleaning is not very hard, it's just a takes a little time. Immediatly after you unplug the filter you need to close the intake and return valves. At that point you can then unplug the filter. I set mine in the bath tub and then I open the intake...

Many people now say that 7.0 is "best," but with the advances that have been made in captive breeding, the pH of the natural environments is really only important for wild caught fish and a few delicate captive bred ones. Even fish like Rift Lake cichlids that are bred in captivity will be fine...

Almost sounds like a Black Neon

I have to agree with ami here. Get rid of the bubbler and start injecting CO2 into the tank. The plants need the CO2 in order to properly photosynthesize. Your plants and the algae are always competing for the use of the nutrients in the water, the algae doesn't use the CO2 but the plants do. If...

Not to mention aggression. The aggression has been known to work both ways in that one. Not recommended at all.

You may find a problem with the sand bottom and cories. If the sand is too course for them they will end up loosing their wiskers. I personally had this happen and I use the Eco-Complete planted tank substrate which I didn't think would bother them. I ended up transfering more cories our of that...

What are the Phosphate levels like? I had a problem similar to that in one of my tanks and when I tested the water I had lots of Phosphates. Any chnace that someone in the waiting room added anything at all to the tank?

I assume with that kind of lighting you are keeping live plants. Algae in a planted tank grows because it the plants do not out compete the algae for the nutrients in the water. The CO2 in the water allows the plants to use the nutrients, if there is an insufficient source of CO2 then the plants...

I'm from the South Shore of the mainland Scott. Another m\important fact may be the size of the Plec in question. Once they get a bit bigger they stop eating algae for the most part and require a vegetable diet.