Recent content by caudelfin

The other possibility is that it came in with the tap water. Ugh! Ugly thought, so what else is in the tap water. I know there is no ammonia or chlorine in the water. Ugly things grow in it in the showers and shower heads. I have had the people in charge out several times, for several years...

Nothing has been added from another tank, no gravel has been added in 6 months nothing and the other tank does not have any snails. I started searching for them in the other tank and found nothing. Both snails looked very young, but I am not sure. The largest was almost 1/2 inch long and perhaps...

I have had my tank up and running for 6 months and have added no fish, plants or anything to my tank, except of course regular water changes using my tap water treated with Prime and yesterday I pulled two snails off the tank wall. Where did they come from? How did they get in there??? :roll...

That is why I have a triple corner filter in each tank (29 gal & 90 gal), one of these is supposed to provide biological conversion, chemical and mechanical filtration for a 100 gal tank, and it does provide plenty of oxygen for the tank as a plus. :lol: Downside is that you have to take them...

I saw some pics of the Koi Swordtails very pretty fish, very colorful. They are jumpers and the tank must be well covered. So far I have been unable to find any locally. But that is the next addition to my 29 gallon. There were some pictures and an article on them in Aquarium Fish, new December...

My own preference is Tiger Barbs and lots of them. I put in the more gentle fish first and then add the Tigers last and they do not seem to bother any of the other fish that were already in the tank. So far the Tigers have never bothered a fish that was in the tank when I added them. And I add...

I do need a test kit for measuring Chlorine/Chloramine in the water. It seems to be really low here. We are at the end of the water supply and it has gotten down to a very small amount of the stuff in our water by the time it gets here. I had a Python that I purchased 8 years ago, never did use...

I just purchased a bottle of Prime. Instructions say add 1 capful (5 ml or 5ppm) to each 50 Gal of chlorinated or chloramine tap water. I knew it was concentrated but it is much more concentrated than I thought. Since I only add water using a 5 gal container, how many drops of Prime should I...

BrianNY, Absolutely you hit the nail on the head. He is doing the very best that he can with the knowledge that he has. There is only teaching to be done in a kind and considerate manner. Maybe he will come to understand a little more about keeping fish. He has some knowledge or incredible...

"As for your repairman caudelfin, I'm neither going to condemn nor applaud him. It's curious that he has but one discus. Did he have others and what happened to them? He knows nothing about keeping or caring for discus. Nor does he desire to. He's happy to have a tank that pleases him with as...

I talked to a man who came to fix my furnace yesterday. He looked at my 90 gal and told me he had 55 gal tank with a Discus and a few other fish in it. He said he treats it no different from any other fish. He changes water once a month. Feeds all the fish flakes. The Discus is about 6 - 7...

Now that fishless cycling works and works well, I never use fish to cycle a tank. And when I did use fish, goldfish were not the way to go, I used Zebra Danios a tough little fish and I kept them protected from ammonia by using Amquel (now I recommend Prime) and when the nitrite started I...

I hate the time of setting up and getting everything arranged and waiting for the tank to settle in. I like the least work possible and I hate waiting. I have 8 Tiger Barbs in a 90 gal and I never get bored watching them. I will add several more to the tank weekly until I reach 12 minimum or...

Whenever I get tons of nitrite I do a 50% change of water, the lower nitrite seems to help the nitryfiing bacteria to get started. Just what I have seen in my own tanks. caudelfin

The more you over populate or even bring it up to the rule with say Neon Tetras, you will have more work to do cleaning and changing water. After a year or two many people will tire of this and sell the aquarium. Or let the Nitrates build for for a year or more by just adding water as it is...