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Your tank seems pretty full already...nice grouping, though!

Only 3 oscars for a 200 gallon tank? I know they need space but...that sounds extreme. I mean, 200 gallons is huge! But I do agree that it's sad the oscar was released in a stream. That's plain awful.

I just painted the back of my tank blue--the outside, of course, and am delighted with the color. I used apple barrel Outdoor Gloss cobalt blue, found in the craft section of Wal Mart. They have other colors to try out or mix for that perfect shade but vibrant certainly describes my shade...

This reminds me of this woman I'd fish-sit for...she was obsessed with her fish and insisted I do all kinds of crazy things for them. She kept goldfish and she had one of the really round ones who couldn't stay upright by himself or float, so I had to pick him up and hold him upright and bob...

I'm sorry. I just felt...condescended to. I may be a bit dumb when it comes to cycling but I've had tanks before that out of sheer luck cycled with happy fish and I've seen communities of fish in action. Ammonia--0 Nitrites--0 Nitrates--unknown this week, need a new test kit but have been...

Oh yes...I plan on it! I *just* got and set up a 10 gallon that will be for a betta and a few compatible small fish so cycling that should keep me busy. In the meantime I'm doing daily small water changes and keeping an eye on my water parameters. I might add a plant or two for the dwarf...

Points heard and considered. I do want to clarify that when I say "overstocked" I mean by four or five inches of fish at most and the majority of fish in the tank would be tetras. My fish plan keeps changing, though. My dwarf gourami is kind of aggressive so unless I find a female he's going...

My pleco was FINE before flamey came to live here. Plec was just a little guy, two inches at most. Water parameters are perfect, so it wasn't that. And poor lil oto was indeed WEDGED into a crevice of an ornament...not a plant. It appears that he forced his way in and got stuck. And yes, it...

I started out with four otos. After a month, one disappeared. Then, one died. I did water changes after I discovered we had a nitrite spike. The other two seemed fine but then ANOTHER one died. Then, all seemed fine. Fast forward to me adding red-eyed tetras. All went well so I added more...

I don't go away often--I'm the stay-at-home-during-vacation type plus I have a lot of animals to care for and I don't trust others to do it.

I've seen this type of back and forth so many times... The first poster innocently (or sometimes not) starts a thread either asking a controversial question or making a statement that really offends others, people respond in a way the poster either didn't expect or want and off we go. Keep in...

Ok... As the previous poster pointed out, there are loads of problems... 1. Only use aquarium-safe gravel or sand (substrate) in your tank. Actually, all items that go in the tank need to be aquarium-safe. And never use soaps on the tank or anything that goes in the tank. 2. Any water that...

Hi all. I have a stocking question regarding tetras. Right now I am trying to stock my 30 gallon. It's been a major pain in the backside trying to find and purchase healthy fish of my choice but right now I am just about there. I think. Right now (ignore my sig) I have six danios, six red...

It's not just you--this is a confusing subject. Maybe someone reading this will remember the link to the page that has great info on which fish go with w hich other fish. Each type of fish has compatibility issues, water issues and size issues and it's a good idea to read up on each kind of...

All I can say is YIKES. I've overstocked tanks before but never to that extent. Time to get a new tank or three! Walmart has 55 gallon kits for under 200 bucks.

Was the runaway cat neutered? I've noticed that a lot of times males tend to run off on their owners like that if they aren't fixed. It did happen to a friend of mine who got her cat fixed, though, so... As for me, I have tons of furry animals but fish have always been fascinating. My...

I think that part of the issue is that barbs tend to be more aggressive than tetras. I'm not sure you're supposed to mix them. You did say you have a very large tank, though. I think that if they have plenty of space to swim they should be okay. I've been told to group danios and tetras and...

I was at Petco today buying fish and I saw something similar. The young clerk sold 22 goldfish (feeders but for a tank, not food) to a woman without asking her any questions. When I asked to buy a dwarf gourami, he asked me what size tank I had and I told him. He was fine with me buying the fish...

What now? I finished cycling my 30 gallon over a month back and added four otos. That made only eight fish in the whole tank. They were doing fine until this week, when one oto disappeared and another got very sick and then died. I've been checking levels and all that and other than a small...

I checked levels before adding any new fish and pre-water change they were all fine. I've been doing small water changes every day because I had green water going on. Now it's slightly cloudy and instead of adding chemicals I decided to go ahead and take care of things the old fashioned way. I...

Ah, you have tetras...I was thinking about something like that. Actually, the more I think about it the more I want a 20 or 30 gallon with something like a betta, a school of neons or head-and-tailight tetras and some cories. Does it ever end?

I now know (these past few months since I joined this forum) that the common pleco is not suitable for anything smaller than a 55 gallon tank as they get huge and put out a lot of waste for a fish their size. I have one right now in my 30 gallon that I stupidly bought way back when I started the...

Thanks...I guess my other question is how many fish at a time to add. When adding larger fish I try to go with two at most and with smaller fish no more than four. Again, for a 30 gallon that's not very heavily stocked. I'm running two whisper filters of equal size right now and one of them...

All right--that pesky green water has finally gone away and all my fish were doing wonderfully--that is, the three danios, the 2" pleco and four otos. Then an oto disappeared and another died, but I kept doing water changes and checking my levels and everything seemed fine and the other fish...

I want to get a betta (a male) and had originally thought about a 5 gallon tank for him and maybe a friend--not another betta, no worries--but instead I think I might get a ten gallon. I know I can only keep a few fish in there, so I thought some bottom fish might go well with him. What kinds...

Well, plans have changed again for my 30 gallon. I started out with three danios and a pleco--the pleco, common, is only two and a half inches long and is moving to a 55 gallon as soon as we get one set up and cycled, lfs sold him to us with no mention of his final size--with plans to add some...

As most of you know, I've had green water issues for about three weeks. I got tons of advice and opted to keep the lights off most of the time, and do frequent water changes. Up until the past few days my fish have been doing fine. The green water is finally going away but now at least one out...

I wanted to add some fish to my tank today. The green water is finally leaving my tank, my current fish are doing fine and my levels all looked good. So, off to the pet store we went. I have my heart set on a school of diamond tetras and thought I'd add three today and three more next week...

I posted about a week ago to ask advice on clearing up my tank water, which has become quite green. Here's a recap... I have a thirty gallon tank. It is not overstocked. I have three danios, four otos and a small pleco--by small I mean he's about two inches long. I have some plants. The plants...

Hi all. I have a 30 gallon that recently finished cycling and I'm having a green water issue. The levels are all fine, there are plants in the tank that are doing great, the fish are thriving and seem happy, but the water is a nice, murky green color. I've been doing partial water changes...

I'm not trying to say smoking up is good...and I'm not saying it's bad--and I'm not saying kids should do it. I'm simply saying that the attitude on the forum of "kids will learn it here" is a little naive.

On the other hand, people in our society get medicated (legally) up to their eyebrows just to get through the day. Paxil, Wellbutrin, Zyprexa, Xanax, Valium... Or what about the beer and wine issue? Drugs can be bad, yep. However, every stoner I've ever met is mellow and laid back. Some are...

Yes! That was the thread--I loved the results and would have gone with blue here but couldn't find it at the store. They had every color but.

I came across a post here earlier this week where someone talked about painting the back of a tank instead of using a background--there were even great pictures--and decided to try something similar. So, I picked up acrylic paints that were meant for glass and painted some plants and rocks and...

Angels get to be huge...they really ought to be in a larger tank.

Hey all, I lost my job this week and it looks like my girl and I are moving to a different town about two hours away. I have a 29 gallon tank to move--luckily I hadn't gotten around to fully stocking it yet but I do have three danios and a pleco. Is it safe to mostly drain the tank and then move...

I have ten cats, that's a herd or pride or flock... Hey, Barry Longyear is from my hometown (author of Enemy Mine) and I've met him and his wife...

I have a zoo going on...ten cats, nine rats, five guinea pigs, two rabbits and a ferret. They are, as follows: CATS Max, male, got him from a friend who was moving, 8 years old now (had him for 7) Blanco, white male, got him from a friend who couldn't handle him and his brother, 7 years old...

I put together a site in case folks out there want to donate to help the many rescued animals I've taken in. I was hoping folks here would at least just look. I knocked it together using geocities editor so it's pretty amateur. This has taken a more urgent turn for me since I just lost my...

I checked the amonia and nitrite levels tonight after a small water change and six or seven anxious weeks of cycling and the nitrite levels are at 0 and the amonia levels are down to 2. I have three danios that have weathered the process (started the tank before I even knew about the full...