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Yesterday I picked up a Tecaqua (yeah, I never heard of it either) 64 gallon tank for free. It came with a like new JBL Cristal Profi 901 Greenline Filter, Tetratec 200 heater, and a Eheim 100 air pump. Needless to say I was pretty excited. After getting it home and evaluating it, I can tell...

The Source ... I Think I was at my computer right next to the tank and out of the corner of my eye I saw a bead of water run down the front of my tank, followed by another, then another. It seems that my lid does not have anywhere for moisture to escape, so it builds up inside the lid until it...

Inspection Thanks for the suggestions. I went to bed at 11:30PM last night and just woke up at 7:11AM and no water. There is always a lot of condensation on my lid and yesterday I checked the seating of the lid and it is good to go. There are no visible streaks on the rear of my tank. The water...

I set up my first 60 liter tank about three weeks ago. I have a brand new tank that I leaked checked for 24 hours with no visible leaks. Four days ago I decided to break the tank all the way down and replace the gravel with sand and paint the back black. I refilled the tank and put the fish back...

Ok, so I have read about 100 posts on the advantages and disadvantages of switching from gravel to sand and I have decided to make the change. I want to switch to rid myself of the alkaline PH buffer from the gravel and to provide a better environment for a small group of Panda Corys. Here is...

I figured out he had Fin/Tail Rot from the site below. He looked just like the picture. I believe I brought him home with it two days ago from the LFS which is a major chain (Dehner). I cannot find a locally owned and operated shop near me. I am leaving for eight days tomorrow and cannot be...

Bad news, this morning "Blue" looked horrible. he looked fine yesterday but today he was wobbling again, he was at the top of the water, and his tail fin had began to rot away. Please see picture and advise, I think he is a goner but I have three other guppies in the tank, I have removed him...

My brother-in-law just came in from the States (I live in Germany) and brought me an API Master Test Kit. I was really looking forward to getting my hands on this because I only had JBL test strips until now (the tank is eight days old). I did my first complete test and the results are below. I...

Happy to report that after a couple of days "Blue" is doing great and seems to be enjoying his new home.

Seems to be getting more normal now. Swimming like a fish and less wobbling. I think they are all tuckered out from the excitement because they are all just chilling near the top of the tank, guppy sleeping.

Test kit No right now I am only using strips, I have a liquid kit coming on Monday.

Update After so change for over four hours I decided to introduce some food into the tank. I know you are not supposed to feed your for 24 hours after bringing them home but I also read that a feeding can help a nervous fish relax. After the feeding Blue has stopped hovering and now is...

Here is a 10 sec. video of his behavior. After two hours no change. Dropbox - Error - Simplify your life

Thanks Thank you, I only wish I would have painted the background instead of going with a poster. I will paint it in a couple of weeks.

Dropbox - Error - Simplify your life I added two new fancy guppies to my tank this afternoon, a blue and a yellow. I already had a green and red cobra guppies. The current fish were doing great and the water checks were consistently spot on. I did a water change to make sure there was plenty of...