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Thanks!

I forgot to add-I have found the expensive thick rubber gloves but I'm looking for something thinner and cheaper.

I have been reading a lot about all of the nasty little organisms you can find in an aquarium and think it may be a good idea to get some long gloves. I also think it would protect the fish from my lotion, soap etc residue. I'm also getting sick of washing my arm up to the shoulder after I have...

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myriam-you said that an airpump did wonders for your tank-what do you mean exactly?

I was just at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco and was enjoying the most beautiful and healthy, vibrant red-tailed sharks I had ever seen. On the little sign next to their aqaurium it was noted that this species is extinct in the wild and exists now only in the aquarium trade. :x Is this...

Uhh...the title pretty much says it all-I need to know where I can order some Bio-spira from.

Allivymar-I can't find Bio-Spira anywhere so if you could give me Bernie's info so I can order some I'd be highly appreciative.

If I add a fish and Bio-spira at the same time will the bacteria have enough to eat at the beginning? I definately don't want to spend the money on the stuff just to starve out all the bacteria when I put them into my tank. Or should I feed the fish generously at first to get enough nitrogenous...

Allivymar-You don't think that adding everything-gravel, rocks, decorations, and filter from my well-established 10 gallon will get the colonies started really quickly?

Wow-that was quick. I have another question. Do I HAVE to add a whole tank of fich with the bio-spira or can I start out with a few just to make sure everything goes smoothly then add more fish and more bio-spira after awhile? And I'm not sure on which exact site I found the info about...

I am starting up a 30 gallon and I am of course anxious to get things going quickly. I have decided the "few hardy fish method" is not for me-I couldn't stand to watch them swim around in water I know is toxic to them-so I was wondering which would you recommend- using ammonia and cycling the...

Thanks for the response. I took them out once and boiled them and within a few days I could see the tiny white critters again. I have just bleached everything and then dechlored it all and I'll be starting over again-I will put everything from my non-infected 10 gallon into the 20 so I won't...

I have these tiny little white bugs crawling around on the driftwood in my 20 gallon. They are multiplying fast and it seems like they are eating at the wood-I'm planning on tearing down the tank and boiling the wood to get rid of them unless someone can tell me what they are and give me a less...