Search results

In my testing the AquaSafe directions work out to exactly 5 drops per gallon. I tested and it took me (others may be different) exactly 50 drops to fill a teaspoon measuring thingy. Since a teaspoon is for 10 gallons I divided 50 by 10 - presto. So I treat the water I am going to put into the...

Very nice looking tanks.

cometcattle: Thank you for your reply. Fish do have a way of passing on some would be food. I read about a guy peeling some frozen peas. I peeled two peas and cut them in half and dropped 1 (two halves) into the tank with the two Rosy Barbs and one Rainbow Shark. They all three enjoyed the...

I ended up with a bunch of fry about two months ago. Read somewhere they would like shrimp. Well not being the brightest bulb in the fish tank - I bought some. When I took a look at the contents I knew I had goofed. The shrimp is small but looked too big for those little fry. Fast forward...

This is in no way advice - I am far too new at this to give advice. This is just my recent (like now) experience with nitrite. My “problem” is different enough that no answers are offered - it is just my NitriteSpeak. My 55 gallon that is 7 weeks old is in prefect shape. I had nothing to do...

Congrats on the new tank - I can just see the smile on the fishies faces now :cool:

We also may want to consider the abrasiveness of some types of rock - some rock is very abrasive. I don’t know about anyone else but when one of the Rosy Barbs is only 3/16th of an inch ahead of the Rainbow Shark and they are both going a zillion miles per hour (and turning on a dime with 9...

In my 55 gallon I have 1 Rainbow Shark that is growing pretty fast and 2 Rosy Barbs. The barbs are very fast but now the shark is getting fast also. He chases them around some but don’t munch on them (he breaks off the chase if he catches them). The shark is prolly around 3.5 to 4 inches and one...

Since my entire neighborhood (esp. my house) is built on rock (ask the poor guy that had to did my footing) I figured I had it made. Well much of the rock was too soft - too bad - natural rock EVERYWHERE but ........ no way to really get it clean enough. So I went to plan B. Plan B was...

I am using a small (5 gallon) for both right now. It was a hospital tank a couple of weeks ago now it is “fancy diggs”. I had a baby pl*co get ick/ich from a bad mistake (caused by me thinking the guy at WallyWorld knew what he was talking about) and I did a crash all nighter on ICK/ICH and...

I have a rainbow shark in my 55 gallon tank. He thinks he is king of the hill - I am not sure two or three would be a good idea for me. I am sticking to one only. I have had him for six weeks and he is growing like a weed. I am glad the two Rosy Barbs are fast lol.

I have a similar problem. Five weeks ago I put two male lyre tail Mollies in a 10 gallon tank - no other fish in there. The Dalmatian is all over the black one - he is constantly putting his face in the black one’s “private area”. He also gets aggressive at feeding time. I started right off the...

Whoops - no can't come up with a picture - no digi camera. I always wait about 5 years after everyone else on the planet has something before I get one. For example I have been a heavy puter user since 1981 and just got a CD burner about 18 months ago. That way I skipped all the new/bugs/slower...

Hi Terry - thanks for your reply. My LFS sold me Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. test kits. The Nitrite kit color test strip goes like this. I wanted the works and have since wondered why they told me all I needed was ammonia - Nitrite and pH - no mention of a kit for Nitrate - and these guys...

Hi all - I am not a total newbie (been doing tons of reading) and kept a few fish for 5 years - but ........ All is peachy in my 55 gallon tank (so my tap water is not a problem). This tank has two Rosy Barbs - one Rainbow Shark and I put Bob in the other day (a 3.5 inch Pleco) - water chem is...