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So, I'm in the process of digging out a pond in my back yard. It's going to be about 7'x 6', maybe a bit more, and I'll terrace it down to 4' near the middle. Then I plan on lining with sand, putting in thick liner, edging with slate and filling. My very good friend (who is also a great digger)...

Now I'm more worried - I saw a guppy nipping at my sharks dorsal fin and he just took it - He neither fought back or swam off. He's looking pretty listless too. Just a few hours ago he was zipping in and out of caves and plants, gently gliding around and hiding in a healthy looking fashion...

I'll get some blood worms and some different algae flakes and wait a little more - Thanks for your advice. -M

Now, I've only had this guy for 2 days, but bear with me - I've seen him sucking up and spitting out food and examining everything I drop in the tank but going away unimpressed. Everything I've read says they're mostly herbivorous and will accept flakes but he's rejected: Nutrifin max flakes...

I've read a bit more and it seems they can definitely over winter, and I haven't yet found anything about them getting eaten by birds. On the off chance he crawls out, they'd have to find their way to a storm drain and then hope it emptied onto a river and not the bay, so I don't think I have to...

Hmmm... I'm planning on putting in a smallish pond soon, so my worries about my loach are - Can he over winter, or should I bring him in in the fall? Will he squirm out of the pond and get eaten by a bird? Because I know they can squirm around out of water. Thanks again -

Hmmm... I'm rethinking my tank now... I may just put the Rainbow shark in the 55 with the stick catfish ( I'm hoping he'd dodge aggression with Camouflage,) get a bichir and a couple of african butterfly fish and call it a day. I could always look into some feisty schooling mid-water fish to...

Okay, the royal farlowella I guess I'll save for another tank. (one day) I had thought that golden algae eaters were a different species than the CAE , but a quick search proved me wrong - maybe a siamese algae eater instead? Bichir's might go after cory's I'll do some more reasearch. I do...

Thanks - I am just starting a new tank - I've had a 20 gallon long and a couple of 10's, but I feel that with my 55 I'm graduating. I've had the odd plant that I picked up from the LFS, but I've never really tried anything ambitious so far. I ordered a sampler from Pagoda Koi n Pond, it comes...

Ok, scratch panda cory's, make it more green's. I don't think I want to make it ten, which I read would make them very happy. Has anyone experienced them happily shoaling in a smaller group? Also, I still welcome any different comments/suggestions on the rest of my tank. Thanks.

I will indeed clean the tube vey well. And I'd like my green cory to be happy, but 2 questions: Would he school with panda corys? If I got more green's and they were younger and thus smaller, would that be a problem? Thanks very much, Matt Winter

Hi - I've a 55 gallon tank. It isn't set up completely yet, as some of my equipment doesn't arrive until tomorrow. I've An aquaclear 200 and a tetra whisper 60, and also a Fluval 2+ to provide some cross current. I'm heating with two Jager Heaters (1 at 100, 1 at 150 watts.) It will be...

Thanks - That provides a general no answer, which I'll abide by. But if anyone knows of, or comes across a list of toxicity and chemical hassles in a tropical fish tank re: specific tree species, I'd love to see it.

I have a really cool branch from a Norway Maple tree in my back yard and I'd like to stick it in my tank. It's dried out. If I boiled it and soaked it a lot, is there any reason I shouldn't add it. And is there any resource, online or in print I can go to for answers like this? (besides here...

I do drop the larger hikari wafers in from time to time, but I've just been assuming the other fish got to them first. As he's alive and healthyish looking, I guess I'll just accept that he's a secret eater. Thanks.

I've had him for months - I'm not sure, but I'd guess more than 6 now. He's alive, certainly, and uninjured, but I've never once seen him eat anything. I have absolutely no visble algae anymore, which I credit to him. (her?) I've seen sticky rubbing along my plants, drift wood and glass, and I...

Thank you, and thanks for your reply to my other question too. :D The heater wouldn't be for the 55, I thought I might use it for a quarantine tank or something like that. I just don't know how to use the darned thing.

Hi - I just got a 55 gallon tank. I don't want this to be an upgrade so much as an addition, as I'm happy with what's in my 20 gal long already. I have an idea for skipping cycling I wanted to run by someone -I wanted to just dump (but gently) the entire contents of my old tank, and it's filter...

Hi all. I just bought a 55 gallon tank and all of the pet keeping supplies the seller had. Among them is a Heater. It says Thermal Compact 25 watt Askoll (made in Italy) It has a power cord and one thin knob? that I can't turn or press. How do I adjust this thing? And is it worth using? I've...

Hello. I've been silently consulting these forums for help and advice for over a year and now I think I'll be needing to ask my own questions. I've been working with a 20 gallon long tank but I just picked up a 55 gallon tank. Thanks to everyone here - this site has already been helpful. Many...