Recent content by jasurf21

A half-pellet/wafer per day would be good.

Add some freshwater salt to the tank and perform daily water changes for a few days to help him heal.

If she doesn't listen to you, then she's not going to listen to me....but that tank is OVERSTOCKED!

I never feed my nerites. They eat leftover food and debris and do just fine.

Salt the wounds!

Get a few oto's and nerite snails. You'll never see or scrape algae again. :lol:

That's probably why. I would reccomend finding a good locally owned fish store to do business with. At the Petco and Petsmart near me the fish are always in poor condition. They usually have diseases and parasites and are half-dead in the store.

Where did you purchase the neons? Be careful where you buy from. My guess is they were sick right out of your fish store. Make sure they have good color & don't have ich.

I have yet to replace any sand, just be careful not to gravel vac any up when you clean the bottom. My cabinet is black so I used the Carb-Sea Instant Aquarium black sand which is a finely ground quartz material. This also jump-starts your cycle because the bags contain live bacteria already...

I find sand not only much better looking (personal preference) but also much easier to clean. This is because things don't get stuck "in-between" the gravel, so my filter is able to whisk away the debris right off the top. I also have a shoal of cory catfish and a couple nerite snails that...

Gourami's can get startled easily. Considering you bought him a few days ago I'm guessing he was startled either by a person or fish in his new tank...causing him to run into the glass and bruise his head That's just my CSI from the info given :)

It's a great deal, new tanks in the store cost $1 per gallon when they are on sale. A cabinet can range anywhere from $100-$400 new from the store, unless you have the ability to build one yourself cheaper. A filter for a 44 gallon tank I would guesstimate would run $30-$40. So I say NICE FIND...

Thanks for replying Joy I really appreciate your insight...starting slowly with a few questions. What is RO water? I would have to remove all my fresh-water and replace it with salt-water? How? I would have to re-cycle the whole tank? When I do water changes I can't use tap water, what do I...

Hey Everyone. I currently have a 30 gallon freshwater tank that has been up and running for awhile. What would I need to do if I wanted to convert it to Saltwater and about how much would it cost to do so? Also, I have a couple balloon mollies, they can survive if I switch to saltwater...

Take him back to the store and get another...will save a lot of aggravation :banghead: