Recent content by JeffNebraska

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I have some Cardinal Tetras and some Bosemani Rainbows that are now approaching two years old. Some of the tetras are starting to look skinny and less vivacious. The Bosemanis appear to be at the prime of their lives. I've never really gotten a straight answer as to the expected lifespan of...

The nightly news in the SF Bay Area announced that they are now adding chloromine to the tap water here. I've always relied on Stress Coat to handle chloramine, but now I feel like I should step up to something meatier. Does anyone have a favorite Chloramine remover they'd like to recommend...

I may be able to get a pic. You can see the original state of one of his tank mates in my gallery. It is not a cloudiness, body-slime issue, as I have seen that before and know what it looks like. I also do not have any nitrogenous waste in the tank and never go more than two weeks without a...

One of my three Honey Dwarf Gouramis is slowly turning white in the back two-thirds of his body. His behavior is somewhat listless, but not too bad and he continues to eat. He also seems a little itchy, which implies a possible skin parasite. I'm thinking about putting him in a hospital...

Thanks for the advice guys. Unfortunately the patient was dead by the time I got home from work on day two. Surprising really, because she didn't seem to be at death's door in my main tank. Perhaps the change to the hospital tank was too stressful in her weakened state. I think I'll just...

I've heard the danios thinking before, but what happens to the danios when you raise the temp up to 90 and/or fill the tank with drugs? Do people put the danios in their main tank, then send them back to the hospital once it's clean again? Also, I did put in a thin layer of gravel. Is there...

I have one sick female Bosemani Rainbow (probably body fungus) and could not stand the thought of adding Maracyn to my entire 30-gallon tank with well over twenty other inhabitants. I busted out the old 10-gallon, filled it with water from my main tank and put the patient and the medicine in...

Thanks for the kind words. You're probably right William, and that's part of why I feel so lousy about this turn of events. To answer the questions, I do have a large cave-like piece of driftwood where my cories spend all their time and my pl*co liked to hang out there. It wasn't his spines...

I have had a beautiful clown pl*co for about five months. Every now and then, he managed to get himself stuck in the hairnets I use to hold one of my grassy plants to buried stones in my gravel. The stones and the nets are totally under the gravel surface. I had freed him from these nets...

I have added two pieces of wood to my tank over the last few months. Before each one went in, I boiled it in water for about 20-30 minutes, then I soaked it for a few days, dumping the water and adding fresh water whenever it popped to mind to do so (maybe twice a day). This was probably...

Thanks Doraemon! That's great info and gives me some hope. Don't you love Albany Aquarium, by the way. Fennay (sp?) is total kick.