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Thanks LB, Well here is justice for you...I checked her this morning and had to leave for jury duty. When I came back at about 1:30 she had dropped, I only found 2 fry to remove. My girlfriend gave me her old 3.5G tank for the babies, so there are 3 fry in there about 3 days old,will they bother...

Thanks OM I'll be looking for Livebearer master's reply. And thanks for everyone elses replies. BTW, she hasn't dropped any fry yet.

Well, I thought I had one ready to drop so I put it in a nursery I have that has an air stone for flow and the babies can get away from the mother. I don't have enough room right now for another tank so I went this route. I put the female in and she stressed and the next thing I new there were...

Thanks OM, actually I removed the IMG codes thinking they weren't necessary...oh well. Thanks.

OK thanks OM, let me give this a try http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy140/rgrrmg/BothGhouramis.jpg If this works maybe someone can see if I have a male and a female... Edit:Well I see the link came up but obviously I did something wrong and the pic is not there. But you can click on the...

I've got 2 Dwarf Ghouramis, and I know that I think it was OM who said that the females are made to look like the male (with hormones). I would like to try and add a picture but not sure how, so that maybe somebody could let me know if they think I have a male and a female. Anyone, let me know...

Thanks OM I am in the US, and I did find a female online at Petsolutions but they are out of stock right now. The picture of the female they show on Petsolutions is a drab silver and not any color like the male has.

OK so I followed arobinson's advice but I'm trying to find 2 female Dwarf Ghouramis, no one (not even online) seems to have any. I called my LFS and most don't carry females. Any suggestions on where I might find them would be appreciated. Thanks.

Sorry to hear about this Robby, you've given me some great advice and I hate to hear about something like this. I can only have my one 12 gallon tank, but would like a bigger tank, having been out of work for 6 months now, I can't afford that new tank. I think the economy will pick up and...

Thanks OM, it must be a male.

Thanks for all the great advice, I will see about re-homing some of the fish. How can I tell if I have a female or male Ghourami?

OK so the tank has cycled! Today I added some fish here is a list: 4 Zebra Danios ( Small) 3 Rasboras (Sm.) 3 Peppered Corys 1 Dwarf Ghourami 1 Black Molly My question is, how long does it take for the bacteria to start to get some ammonia, and nitrite so they don't die out? I am not feeding...

Thanks Tolak.

I just happenned to be looking at my bottle of water cond. and I noticed the following on the back of the bottle: "Detoxifies heavy metals, ammonia,and other elements released from fish waste". Just wondered if it is OK to use if it Detoxifies Ammonia, as I am about to do a 90% water change in...

I'm considering 2 peppered corys, some Zebra Danios, 3 black skirted Tetras, and maybe 2 other community fish that I haven't decided on yet.

It is a real sense of achievement. Almost ran out of patience near the end. My thanks to WD, FHM, Rebrn, and all the others for there excellent advice.

Well after 67 days I am finally getting double zeroes in my 12 gal. tank at 12 hours or less. I had made up my mind that tomorrow I was going to do a 90% water change and add fish , I even went to Petsmart today to see what they had in stock. This evening I told my girlfreind " change of...

Thanks Rebrn all the lot#'s are from 04, 06, or 07 of 2009. So I should be OK. I will be testing the Nitrate soon and will shake bottle #2 up real good, and knock it up against. We'll see how it goes. Thanks.

Thanks for all the input...No the tank has no plants in it, just 2 ornaments. I will try hitting bottle #2 against something next time because I am getting a reading of about 80, but that never seems to change regardless of the fact that I get double zeroes every 24 hrs., I'm actually getting an...

I guess I don't get it yet , if from what I have read the Ammonia turns into Nitrite and the Bacteria in turn turns the Nitrite into Nitrate. OK I am in day 60 I get double zeroes every 24 hrs., and my Nitrate level does not seem to be changing ( That I can tell). So where is it going if the...

Hi Rebrn, I purchased the Dr. Tim's from Reds Pets, it came in a box that was a foam cooler with a cold pack. I added 3 times the dosage because I knew from what you had said that for more than 2ppm you have to add a higher dose. The bottle said you can't overdose so I added a little more. I...

Ok at about 2PM CST today I added the Dr. Tim's one and only, it appears early on as if it has stopped the cycling process. It may be too early to tell but within the next hour my ammonia level would be at zero... Its not even close. I figure I'll know more tomorrow.

Well my Dr Tim's is on the FedEx truck and will be delivered sometime today. As of this morning, the numbers were as follows. On day 56 12 gal tank; yesterday morning at 24 hrs my ammonia was at 0, Nitrite was at 0, after adding a dose of ammonia it was about 4.0, at 12 hrs. Ammonia was at 0...

Thanks for updating, for the last 6 weeks I have been getting double zeroes on the ammonia (at 24hrs.) except for 1 nitrite spike 1 day. For those same 6 weeks I have also been getting 0 ammonnia at 12 hours (or less), so that is why I have been so impatient...so close but yet so far. I hope to...

great information...Thanks. Well as of day 52 in my 12 Gal tank I am getting double zeroes every 24 hours, my Nitrate is at ~80 and my PH crashed down to 6.8 so I added Baking soda and the PH is now at 7.9. I am also a very impatient person so I just bought Dr.Tim's one and only and will try it...

Well if anyone has some suggestions that would be great, some small community fish like Zebra Danios Tetras and fish like those.

OK so here are the latest numbers on day 47: ( 12 gal tank) 24hrs. Ammonia:0 Nitrite:2 Nitrate:did not test ph:7.6 12 hrs. Ammonia:0 Nitrite:2 Nitrate:DNT ph:7.6 Day 48: (today) 24hrs. Ammonia:0 Nitrite:~0 Nitrate:DNT ph:7.5 OK so I'm thinking about drawing a line in the sand and saying that...

Excellent question as I am close to the end of my fishless cycle, and wondered the same thing myself. The only stupid question is the one not asked...

Thanks for the Info. :) Any one with suggestions on what kind of fish and how many would be greatly appreciated (12g, tropical community tank)

Here is the latest on my fish-less cycle: 12 gal. tank Day 40: Ammonia:0 Nitrite:2 PH:6.8 Nitrate:80 Added Baking soda PH=7.9 Added dose of 3.25ml ammonia. Day 40 12 Hrs.: Ammonia:0 Nitrite:2.0 PH:7.8 Nitrate: did not test Day 41 24 hrs.: Ammonia:0 Nitrite:0.5 PH:7.8 Nitrate:80.0 I will try...

My bad, :unsure: Hopefully someone else will read this and not make the same mistake. Thanks

My current levels: Day 21, 12 gallon tank Ammonia: 0.0 PH: 6.4 ( So I panic and do a 90% wc, as my tap water is PH7.5) Then I made my biggest mistake, I thought by now I could remove the mature filter media) Just have my filter media that was under it and the bio-wheel now. Day 21: readings...

I would also love to know if it works, I bought this Top Fin Bacteria Supplement at my lfs and I don't think it's doing any good.

Any ideas why after adding a dose of ammonia I suddenly see all these worms floating around. I've been dosing the tank with ammonia for weeks now, and then all of a sudden I add a dose and see all these worms floating around...BTW they are all gone again, maybe they are in the filter media now.

Yes, but I did clean it out with hot water... Edit: I just realized I did not clean the Bio-Wheel (Whoops)

I guess that seems strange when I have never had any fish in this tank since I added the new gravel, and completely cleaned it out before adding the gravel. Thanks

Thanks, I'll look into it...as long as they're harmless I guess it won't matter what they are.

OM I found 1 on the front of the tank and I have a 10x jewelers loupe, so I looked at it and it appears to be red on close observation. It is about 2 to 3mm, and it is thinner a both ends don't know if this helps narrow it down...

Thanks Kelly, the only thing that closely resembled what I'm seeing is the picture where it shows " Misc. Wormy things". I don't have a microscope so I can't really see what they look like in detail. They just look like small white threads, and lots of them free floating in the tank.