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I'm not sure what happened but I was gone for the holiday weekend and returned to find my killifish with an enlarged, red rimmed eye. He has lost ALOT of his yellow color and is clearly sick (acting strange - different than normal). I haven't had time to search on common diseases so DON'T...

I came back to the hobby in Oct 2004 and setup this 10g tank. About 5 years ago I kept a 29g and 45g planted tank without fish death issues. I lived elsewhere at the time and used well-water for the tank water/water changes. The 10g started with 4 pygmy cories but they all eventually died...

Thanks everyone for the tips and advice. I DID have a large bio-load in the tank at one time but they all died off (except for 2) ! I had: 1 Killifish 2 Oto's 6 Cory Cats I'm down to 1 cory and the Killifish (which I love!). I guess I'll up the water changes to 50% and get an oto. I'll...

I have 10g, non-planted tank with an Aquaclear Mini, 2 sponges and some Fluval Bio-Rings in-between. I do weekly water changes and I always rinse the bottom-most sponge pretty good in tank water that I've removed into a bucket. I then swap the bottom sponge for the top, keeping the bio-rings...

Hi QTOFFER - Thanks for the quick reply! I am curious as to when you bought your Oceanic 58g tank? Was it in the last year or two? Thanks again

I would be so grateful if somebody with a "Medium Oak" colored tank/stand/canopy (whichever of the 3 you have) made by Oceanic could post some pictures (distance and close-up) in a reply to this thread?? I'm debating on buying a canopy for my 55g but it's an older Oceanic "Nature's View" line...

Ok - I think I've decided to go with a JBJ nano-cube (6g). It was 3wpg. Thanks!

I've been looking to start up with plants again - I had a 29g and 45g planted about 5-6 years ago but had bad luck and left the hobby! Anyways, I like the stylish, sleek look of the Eclipse 6g as I want to start small and have a dwarf puffer or two :). I'm curious if the light over the Eclipse...

Just curious if feeding corys (6 pandas, 1 pygmy) brine shrimp alone is a problem (nutritional value) ? I can't feed them flake food because it just sits on the surface. I've tried the sinking wafers but they ignore them! ?

Do Oto's need driftwood in the tank for their diet? I just bought one and I know pleco's need it but do Oto's?

Stats: All-Glass 10G Aquarium 15W Aqua-Glo Bulb (Flourescent) Aquaclear Mini with 3 spongs - 2 inside, 1 covering the intake 50W Ebo-Jager Heater Lights on a digital timer, 8 hours per day Fish: 6 Panda Corys 2 Pygmy Corys (might be 1 now) 1 Oto Considering: If the other Pygmy dies, I'm...

Bump - anyone?

Hi All - Nitrates: 10mg/l Lighting is a flourescent "Aqua-Glo" 12,000K bulb for fish color - 15W 20-25% weekly water changes Temp=76F The tank has been setup since Oct 2004 with 4 Pygmy Cories. I added 6 Panda Cories to max out the tank on Friday afternoon (last week). I then changed the...

Mod please delete this. I'll just reply to my original post in the plants forum. Sorry! Thanks.

Hi All - I have a 10g tank with an algae problem. I've had the problem for awhile and it goes away when I leave the lights off ALL the time but then I can't enjoy it! Nitrates: 10mg/l The tank has been setup since Oct 2004 with 4 Pygmy Cories. I added 6 Panda Cories to max out the tank on...