Recent content by alanteigne

Ok...stopped by PetSmart, and that looked pretty cool. I'll have to wait till payday though and also make sure the wife has no objections. I could probably fit more live plants in there, and maybe a shrimp or two!

Nope, your mortal enemy, Purdue (though i've always been an IU fan). I'll have to stop by petsmart tonight and check out what they've got. I like going there to watch the fish and birds anyway. Thanks for the advice! alan

hmmm...where do you live?

Haha. Ok. I'm a programmer, so I use online forums all the time. When I looked up an aquarium forum, I had no idea it would be so popular and busy. This is great!

Thanks for the tip. I'll get a gallon of distilled water and have it on hand, premixed at all times. I think the snail is funny. He...err...IT just crawls around the tank all day. The frog has taken a few snaps at it but it's WAY too big to fit in his little mouth. How big will the snail...

P.S. - My pump is powerful enough for a 3-5 gallon tank and I've got it throttled down right now. I can get an air stone and power it with my existing pump if that will help.

Wow! Man, that was quick! Thanks for all the replies. I had the same setup for a whole school year last year, but they didn't make it home for the summer in one piece. This new, but identical setup had been going for about a week. The filter makes quite a few bubbles on the surface and...

Hello, in my apartment here at school I have a one gallon tank. Historically, I've kept 3 blue neon tetras, a dwarf aquatic frog, and a few live plants. Yesterday, the tetras all started swimming crazy diagonally or sideways...floated to the bottom, swam crazy some more, and finally died. Not...