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  1. Seshat Odair

    How Often Shud I Clean My Filter Out?

    About forty people on here already told me that about the bala,i'm working on it. Not to be rude but I didn't ask if I should re-home fish, I asked if was feeding them enough. About the Discus, i have done a lot of research and each discus needs 10g of space... Could u guys just answer the...
  2. Seshat Odair

    How Often Shud I Clean My Filter Out?

    My tank is 36Gallons, I have one filtering system that came with the tank. The bala shark can go to a friends tank when he outgrows mine, No i did not buy this fish with intentions of giving it away, the pet store didn't tell me how big it would get so now im stuck with it. The Discus should do...
  3. Seshat Odair

    Urgent Temp. In My Tank!

    Thanks people! I used ice packs to cool down the water, two fish went into shock! ;( I unplugged th eheater and it has been doing fin, I'll keep a watch on it! :good:
  4. Seshat Odair

    How Often Shud I Clean My Filter Out?

    I have two young discus 1 bala shark 3 tetras adn 2 dwarf gouriami's. Will one frozen nutrition cube be enough daily?
  5. Seshat Odair

    Urgent Temp. In My Tank!

    I don't know what happened I came upstairs and looked in my fish tank, two fish were dead! the temp was a little over 14 degrees to high!!!! WHAT HAPPENED! the only thing i have done diferently was adding some water clarifier, I don't think that is it but unitl i figure this out I'm not adding...
  6. Seshat Odair

    How Often Shud I Clean My Filter Out?

    Alright, I got some new(better) filters to try out(the old ones were cheap) and some water clarifier. We will see what happens, Thanks
  7. Seshat Odair

    How Often Shud I Clean My Filter Out?

    the "smelly stuff" is my filter. When the filter is dirty and needs changed it is brown(when clean it is blue.) Am I doing something wrong, or what is the problem here. Usually filters dont stink after a day, i hope... :)
  8. Seshat Odair

    How Often Shud I Clean My Filter Out?

    It will smell nasty almost like rotten fish, or nasty rotten fish water. I know that doesn't but make much since but it is hard to explain,, just smells nasty... By changing it I mean taking out the filter part (it is a blue square filter with charcole on the inside) Plus my water usually stays...
  9. Seshat Odair

    How Often Shud I Clean My Filter Out?

    Why does my filter always reek? I change it more than twice a month. I'll change it, then the next morning it will smell awful again. Why?
  10. Seshat Odair

    Snail Species

    Just got some new apple snails, should they be floating on the top of the tank? When my other snails floated they died, these tend to float a while then the next morning they will be back on the bottom. Normal?
  11. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    No, they do not resemble yours at all. You have beautiful discus! :good: I wish snake skins were available where I live, I would have to drive waaay out of state to get a hold of them. I love mine though :)
  12. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    I have posted the codes from photo bucket three times. Obviously i have been unsuccessful... I post them and the next time I get on the site they are gone. My snails are curled up on the bottom of the tank, they haven't been out or moved in 2 days. Since they are noe eating I have had algae...
  13. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    Here we go, I posted these earlier and then the next time I got on the site they were gone... Oh well here they are again. I have done this serveral times but the posts just keep disapearing...
  14. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

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  15. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    Thanks! I should've guessed, that is something else the guy at the pet store told me. I will make a photo bucket and post the pics so u guys can help id them. :good:
  16. Seshat Odair

    Dwarf Gouramis

    I have to dwarf Gs in my tank. I have had them for almost a month and haven't ran into a single problem. Them swim around all day hang out at the top some sometimes and graze on whatever algae they can find. I am feeding them tropical fish flakes, they snack on the frozen nutrition cubes i give...
  17. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    How do i post pics from my computer and not from a url?
  18. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    I tried to post pics but i could't figure it out. How do i post pics from my computer instead of from a url? temp.: 85 F Feeding: Frozen Discus Cubes, Tropical fish flakes, freeze dried brine shrimp for treat once maybe twice a week Water change: roughly 25-30% once a week.
  19. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    Out of curiosity how do I know which types of discus i have, the man at the pet store didn't really say. I have tried identifying online but just about every site gave me different answers...
  20. Seshat Odair

    My 36G Tank

    3 things. My filter reeks guys, I can change it and for about a day it will smell a little better but the next morning it smells awful again! One snail is floating on the top of the tank and has been for hours, the other is and has been inside it's shell sitting at the bottom of the tank in...
  21. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    I am prepared to upgrade tank size over time. For now, is it alright to keep in my 36g? & Some one said that I am probably not fulfilling the discus's needs. One of the points of this thread was to find out exactly what those needs are so I can make sure the fish get what they need. :) I have...
  22. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    thanks! I would have to agree with you, I don't think I am overstocked either. What about when they all get to be full sized? I have 2 dwarf gourami's, 6 tetras, and 2 bala sharks that when the sharks get to big i have a friend willing to take them on in a bigger tank.
  23. Seshat Odair

    Discus Requirements

    I currently have two Discus in a 36g tank allot of people have labeled me as overstocked but allot of people have said the complete opposite. Your opinions? What are the requirements for a Discus tank? I have been fed a lot of wrong info so please answers from personal experience only. - Thanks...
  24. Seshat Odair

    Tank looks perfect today, clear water and all the fish are goign about their business :).

    Tank looks perfect today, clear water and all the fish are goign about their business :).
  25. Seshat Odair

    My 36G Tank

    I got rid of the oscars right away but was unaware that the balas needed to go back also. So my warranty has run out on those but i have a friend that is willing to take them on later. I would really like to keep the Discus. Speaking of them, i was shocked this morning because they were both...
  26. Seshat Odair

    My 36G Tank

    I immediately took the Oscars back but I have waited to long to take the balas back. I, at first, didn't know how big they got and decided to keep them then i found out and my warranty is gone. I have a friend that will take them when they outgrow my tank.
  27. Seshat Odair

    My 36G Tank

    Hello, I recently gotten my tank stocked with fish and have ran into several problems. I have a 36 gallon tank with 2 small bala-sharks, 2 small discus, 4 neon tetras, 2 x ray tetras(started with four but my local fish store said it would be ok to add some Oscars to my tank and I, not having any...
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