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new to the forum but enjoyed your posts and knowledge. Good luck to you

the only trouble I had with Blue Gouramis was that 3 of them grew by leaps and bounds and became the terror of my 55 gal tank. I literally wrecked the tank getting them out and selling back to the store. Now I have a dwarf and all is peaceful again. Mike

for new rocks the boiling and vinegar test is a good one. for cleaning badly algaed rocks and plastic plants from the tank, I put them in the dishwasher with 1/4 cup BLEACH. Run them on hot water for 3 to 5 minutes and then run through rinse cycle 3 times and let air dry. Never had a problem...

true apple snails have both gill apparatus for breathing underwater and a lung for breathing out of the water. when u purchse snails at lfs you should have them bagged WITHOUT water as being jostled around in water could cause them to actually drown. Most lfs do not know this. Again I am...

btw i have 6 snails in my 55 gal tank. Smallest is an inch and largest is about 2.5 inches.

apple and mystery snails will eat the same food. regarding 1 slice cucumber per week--that may not be enough. I use algae wafers every day for snails and fish and cucumber or frozen peas every other day. Snails are big pigs re food. Most times they die in tanks for "lack" of food. And...

best snail site is applesnail.net check it out for all the answers my apples's love cucumber and frozen peas. I slice a cucumber with the skin on and freeze the slices. Then just take one out and put in "fish food holder" like a clamp that has a suction cup to adhere to the glass...

a good snail site is applesnail.net They might have some info re purchasing them. I have several apple and mystery snails. The apple snail is able to breathe out of water and can do so for up to six months if properly fed. Apples also reproduce fairly easily but you MUST have a male and...

Hello, I have been keeping fish since tenth grade biology way back in the last millenium. I started out with a 5 gal tank and did the usual progression thru 10 gal, 20 gal, 29 gal and finally 55 gal. I have had tropical and salt water tanks and presently have a corner tank-54 gal. I use a...

i like drs foster and smith drsfostersmith.com and petsmart there are others out there. always find online to be cheaper than lfs

use a filstar xp3 on my 55 gal no problems very happy

I have had my Filstar xp3 for almost a year on a 55 gal tank. Love it. No problems and easy to clean. I order supplies from Drs Foster and Smith as catalogue shopping is so much less expensive than lfs. Mike

ABout 100 years ago when I was in tenth grade biology, I set up the "balanced" aquarium--you know 5 gal tank with the right amount of fish and live plants so that you didn't need any type of filtering system---yeh right. So i too killed em all and got a corner filter--the kind with spun glass...

Hi all, New to the forum but enjoying the information. I have a PETCO and brand new Petsmart 6 miles away. Both are immaculate and well cared for. Both have knowlegeable staff in their fish depts. Petsmart seems to carry larger fish than PETCO. I have not purchased any fish as my 54 gal...