Recent content by kitbasher

more problems with Cory The white lump cleared up a week or more back. But today this same fish was found floating upside down at the top of the tank. I went for the net and he shot to the bottom of the tank. This morning he was spinning vertically and ended up stuck to the inlet for the...

55 community - in bedroom 45 tall community - in living room 10 apisto tank - in kitchen 10 QT - in laundry room 20 empty - in storage

I have a large dojo as well, and it is my favorite fish in my wife's tank. When the baromic pressure changes he/she shoots up and down the side of the tank. I only have one, but I would image they are pretty social, since he plays with the clown loach we have. I have a gravel substrate so he...

I have a 10 gallon with three panda cories and two apistogrammas. I am wondering if I could add a filter shrimp to this tank. The local stores only have ghost shrimp and bamboo shrimp. Even though the Apisto's are only an inch long I worry that the ghosts may be a snack. I dont think anyone...

My largest panda cory, just shy of one inch, has a large white lump at the base of his left pectoral fin. The lump is about the size of a bb. It is mostly opaque white, and has a smooth texture. It really looks like some sort of growth under the fish's skin. The fish seems to not be affected...

I have finally got my new 55 up and running and I think I am most of the way through my cycle. I started with substrate from my existing 20 gallon in nylon sock in the top of the aquaclear 110 instead of the carbon that came with it. That was 6 weeks ago, I now have 4 danios in it, flitting...

I have two male gourami's and one female in my wife's 45g. Occasionally one will chase another one around. Sometimes its one of the blues chasing the other blue male or one of the males is chasing the golden female. Its not uncommon to see the three together at one time, and then as far apart...

All has turned out well. With the heat, I have left the air stone running in the pond. The fish seem to just fine.

I have a small patio pond that I have had for several years. It started orignially as two wiskey barrel liners that I set into the ground and one poured into the other. Then I upgraded to a 110 gallon stock tank set in the ground. Its a very easy way to add a water feature to your yard...

Came home for lunch because I forgot something I needed for my staff meeting today, and looked out at my small pond and my wife had accidentally left the hose filling the pond. The pond on my patio is a 110 gallon stock tank with a fountain for areation and a DIY filter in the bottom of tank...

more named fish We name our specimen fish and a few of the others. The schooling fish typically do not get names... which one was that? We have our angel named Clarence -- but right now we are calling him jerk, he is being territorial We pinky the brain - who is a white skirt tetra or an...

I went during lunch yesterday and ordered a frame from my LFS. It was special order, but should be here this weekend. I have already removed the orriginal frame. It took over an hour to get it off of the tank. I found my best tool was an old fleixible bread knife. I used it to saw through...

I recently got a used 55 gal tank that had a broken middle brace. The tank otherwise is in good shape. Only half of the middle brace is there, the other half has been broken out. I am considering either cutting off the current frame and purchasing a new one to silicone on, or silicon-ing in a...

Out of the blue my parents called on their cell that they had seen a fish tank at a yard sale. From the dimensions they gave me it sounded like a 20 or maybe a 30 gallon. They asked me if I was interested, and I said yes if was cheap... I have a 20 and a 45 running now, and another 20 in the...

I bought my AP master test kit Saturday 5/27 and started testing my water. My results came back as PH 7.2, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0 and Nitrates looked bad at 80. I freaked out, but figured I had not cycled the tank long enough a month ago when I upgraded from a 10 gal to a 20 gal. I did move...