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Hi all,        I have decided to get a 55 gallon aquarium (limited by space of new apartment). I already have a community tank, so I want to try something new. I'm not the biggest fan of an african cichlid, which just has alot of smaller fish. I would like something with fewer larger fish, which...

I feed mostly TetraMin Plus with occasional frozen bloodworms leftover from my dwarf puffer tank. I dont really vaccum the substrate. Its sand and the cories keep it stirred up. I rarely see debris that has settled. I will try to get a picture soon.   As far as stocking, most of my bad stuff I...

I did rinse it very well (I think). I could stir it up and it would clear up pretty quickly. Also, the water was much clearer the first day I put in the sand, then progressively got worse over a few days. A 75% water change last week helped moderatly for about a day, then back to just as bad as...

Hello Everyone,        I have had cloudy water in a 29 gallon tank for 6 months now, and I cant stand it anymore. As far as I know, its a bacteria bloom. Definetly not algae, because its not green, I have no other algae in my tank at all, and a diatom filter didnt do anything (Not even short...

Also on a related note, how does everyone clean the sand underneath plants and wood? There is no way at all to get my syphon down underneath some of my stuff.

Im actually switching my tank over to sand, while I have it emptied. I guess Ill have to figure out how much flow Ill have and see how close to sand I can get without it being sucked up. Im going to use 1/2" tube, so I suspect it can be pretty close.

Does anyone have an opinion on taking water to the top vs bottom of the tank?

Hi All, Im working on a project and Im trying to strategize how to drain the tank. I know most filters draw water from the bottom, but Ive seen videos where people skim off the surface. I read somewhere that water at the top of the tank generally has more oxygen from being expose to air, and...

Hey all, I have decided to try to make a system that does water changes for me. Im away from home at school 8 months out of the year, so my tank never gets enough attention (father will clean it occasionally, but not once a week, or even once a month). What I have decided to attempt is drill...

Hey everyone, I used to have 10 Red Clawed Shrimp that controlled the bottom of my tank. THey were mean, so I removed them and there being sold today (Stocking in signature still has one, because I cant catch him, so unless I find a way by the time I go to the store, he will have to stay.)...

I was wondering if you all could check my fish stocking. I have a 29g tank with a 30g and a 50g Aquaclear filter. My fish are: 2 Angelfish 2 Bristlenose Plecs 3 Swordtails 3 Harlequin Rasboras 4 Cardinal Tetras 4 Nerite Snails 5 Cherry Barbs 15 Red Clawed Shrimp Does everything look OK? Any...

Haha, worst photoshop ever

They both are 1.5-2 inches, but i dont see any bristle on either yet.

I bought 2 BN's a week back. They act very very different. One is out and about all day. It moves from the glass, to filter intakes, to my driftwood. The other however, hides in a split in the wood. Sorta looks like a cave. I can see it moving around in there all day, but rarely comes out...

Im up to 3 babies! There now in my empty 20 Long with their parents.

Ok, does anyone know a way to know 100% you have a female? I just found one.... baby shrimp. On a not so happy note, I only found one and now its missing. But its 2mm in a decent size tank... so not sure if its alive or not. EDIT: Found him again. So theres 1 at least still!

Very cool. I will have an empty 20 gallon as soon as I get some Angel fry(or give up on angel fry). I hope one of my guy is a girl. I also should get some nice babies, as my alpha male is HUGE. I have never seen a picture of one online that is close to the size of mine. The claws are kinda...

I try, but no matter how long a wait for things to settle, as soon as I start siphoning, I get eggs wondering on over to my tube.

I setup and hatched some BBS preparing for my angelfish eggs (then fry). I wanted to make sure I knew what im doing, so I dont end up with no BBS and have starving fry. Anyways, I did as amny of you suggest, and I notice when I get the BBS out of my hatchery, I get alot of eggs. I know this isnt...

I noticed Red Clawed Shrimp are quite uncommon. Would it be worth trying to breed them? Unfortunately I think I have 3 males, but if I can get ahold of females, do you all think I could pay off the cost of the setup by selling? I see someone online is selling them for $5 per shrimp. My LFS had...

The tank has been purchased. It was $25, and Im using the hood/light I got with my 29g (but soon upgraded), using an old heater, and old filter. Not to bad a setup cost. Anyways, Ill get the water ready and heating up today. Filter is being matured as we speak in my larger tank. I have brine...

Thanks you This will even give my filter an extra week to make sure its mature enough.

ok, I have my filter running on my 29gallon, so Im getting ready to setup the 20L. I want to go buy it in the next few days, add water, let temperature adjust. I have a few questions 1.) When should I put the filter on the 20L? If the eggs are going to be eggs for a day or two, will that hurt...

By the way. I was at the store looking for the sponge filter and they didnt sell any. Would taking a "Bio-bag" for a whisper filter and putting it on the intake of a HOB filter work as far as preventing fry from being sucked up? Its definitely thick enough to prevent fry from being sucked up...

Very nice. I was just at the LFS and they had one left and I went to look at air pumps and filter. When I came back, I saw someone purchasing it. They should get another in the next few days.

Ive decided, if a 20L has enough space to grow them out sufficiently to selling size, then thats what im getting. I have an old 29 gallon light and hood, which would fit on a 20L and I have a desk that only has enough height space for a 10gal or equivalent (which a 20L is), so I think its the...

Im searching on craiglist for another 10 gallon, or even better a 20Long or something. Then I should have adequate room.

No, really its just agitating the water to get a bit more oxygen dissolved in the tank.

ok thanks. Ill hold off on raising them yet, because I wont have enough space to grow them out too selling size. I dont have much space to grow them out in my big tank either.

Anything? I know there are plenty of you out there breeding Angels!

That post was from about at year ago. Ill still try to ask though. Im more looking into a real dealer, but if this is all I can get, then Ill try.

For the sponge filter, what size air pump should I buy. Right now, I have a Elite800 pump, but I need another, because I would have to have a pump for the filter (I suppose I could put this by the eggs, so the bubbles fan them) and a pump for the brine shrimp egg hatchery. What size pump will...

You have failed at trying to help. Google does not bring up any results for where I can buy some online. Only a few sites with some information, but nothign about where to buy them. I was hoping someone might know a special place online that might sell them. Thanks

I was wondering what happens when you mix swordtail colors. I tried searching, but nothing came up with an answer. First, will my swordtails be able to breed. Second, will the babies be a mix of the two color? Thanks

I have an empty 10gallon tank. I want it to save some eggs from angels in my 29 gallon. But how do I setup this 10 gallon tank. Ive read around, but there are some conflicting opinions. What are you tried and true methods? Q's: - Should I keep in any decorations for when they start swimming? -...

Are these shrimp easy to get anywhere. Ive found them in stock only once and I bought 3, but want 3 more. There so awesome. Is there anywhere online that sells them. All my LFS seem to no longer carry them. At $5 a price, they might be worth getting to breed. Thanks

Im going with the bristlenose. I assume there will be no issues, otherwise someone would have spoken up. But now I dont think ill be able to get my hands on any red clawed shrimp. I went to the shop I bought them, and there out.

I have amazon swords in my tank. One of them (well second, the first I ripped out) has this long stick thing that is growing rapidly and over the past two weeks has showed up and poked out the top of the tank. What is this? Is it normal? Thanks

I have pretty bad algae issues. I have a 60W light on my 30 gallon tank, and I use ferts and excel for the Carbon. I have neglected to add excel, so I assume thats the cause of the algae. Now, wanting to solve this issue, I have added a double dose of Excel (I read this causes no problems and...