Recent content by Bama77

I'm not saying that changing water too much can kill fish... I'm saying I think a lot of it is marketing schemes... I change my water in my tanks when it is needed and it is no where near as often as I have been told by various folks..My water always has a high PH... Which my LFS said his was...

I think the same thing... Like I said fish store owners don't do all of the stuff we're supposed to do for every tank they have

I have 3 tanks. A 10 gal fully running, a 66 gal that I am cycling to get ready for an oscar and a 29 gal that I am going to set up and move the fish from my 10 gal into

I have been thinking on this and have even talked to the guy at my LFS..We do all of these things to get the PH to a certain level, add salt, maker sure the water isn't too soft or too hard..But is it too much?..Most LFS, or bigger pet stores don't adjust every little water imbalance in their...

Well if you caught it early enough they have a good chance of recovering I'd say..I think the one that died was the first one that got it and I waited till the others got it, because I didn't know what it was...Live and learn I guess lol

I had ich in my tank..I just treated once left the filter out for like 24 hours and turned the heat up..All of my fish except one survived..I never did retreat it..Ich can be caused by stressful situations as in rapid changes in water temps etc...Like I said, with my exp I just treated once and...

It's probably ick..Crank the heat up to about 84 deg. F-28.8 deg C..Heat kills ick.

Thanks for the info..I will pick one of those up

It is a Rena XP3 canister filter..I have filter material and put some carbon pellets in it..It works great. Instead of carbon..I believe it is charcoal lol..

lol so I have heard..My fiance found this aquarium with stand, canister filter and a lot of accessories for $150 at a yard sale...I haven't seen a hex shaped aquarium like this one in a long time..I have it cycling now..i used water from a water change in my 10 gal tank to get it started..I just...

Ok man..Thanks for the help..I have always wanted an oscar..I just need to figure out what plants would work best..I want a live planted aquarium..I planted some banana plants in my 10 gal and love those.

yeah if you measure straight across from one panel to the other side it is 30 inches across at those points.

30 inches tall..and each panel is 14 inches wide and there are 6 of them..It is a 66 gal tank from what a calculator website told me.

I just bought a hex 66 gal tank..I am wanting to put a tiger oscar and a pleco in it..This tank should be sufficient for those fish shouldn't it?

Just a rough guess here..But I'd say once every 4-6 weeks..I have an established 10 gal tank and I need to do changes every other week..I test my water weekly to check the parameters of my water and it usually doesn't need a change for about a week and a half or so...I am also wondering about...