Recent content by ktomminello

Ha!! That's a good one!! Piggy the quahog?

I would say yes this is true if there is no bb to be had anywhere- but sounds like original poster had a tank set up before. If this is in fact the case moving some of the filter floss or sponge well rinsed in conditioned water- not scrubbed- attached to an oxygen pump by air hose and placed in...

Clamintine, clamenstein, clamtin tarantino, clamato, shelly, shell silverstein...... I could go on for hours

Do you have an air pump?

Just curious- is a custom 10' by 5' by 5' large enough to be a forever home to a single one eyed one pectoral albino pangasius cat? Currently he's about 2' being kept in a 55g and I really want to rescue him. I've got a 90g to rehab him in- the current owner has only had him for about a month...

I would strongly suggest removing the bala shark from your tank, rehome him OR get him a 75g minimum tank and at least 4 friends. I honestly hate seeing box stores sell them. I second the prime suggestion. Just remember to use as instructed (*dose for 1g is 1 drop, I realized yesterday that...

Aggression can definitely cause that type of injury.

You absolutely do not need bacteria in a bottle to cycle a tank. Biggest thing with a cycle is to bind lethal toxins and let nature take its course.

All of my fish jump a little at me when I feed them. I don't cover most of my tanks but I keep my water levels a little lower and hardly lose any (hardly being relative to the amount of tanks I keep). My most recent memories are a female betta that I was breeding jumped out of her mason jar to...

Epsoms are ok with most cichlids as well, but monitor to make sure. I've used them on neutral community cichlids and hard water africans but not on my nw breeders so I don't have any experience with that side of it

Oh- and I think the conflict may be territorial- both the Cichlid and the crayfish prefer caves and rocks and are notoriously territorial. I don't think you will be able to keep the 2 together without dealing with this kind of injury more often then you would think and usually ends in one or the...

It's by far not a requirement- but if you're trying to get an injured cichlid healthy it's easier for them to heal under ideal parameters..... In a perfect world, anyway. I have a different stance on adding anything other than conditioned AND aged water as rapid changes in parameters to a tank...

Hopefully the pea trick works, if nothing else it won't hurt.

I am almost tempted to leave them where they are at and take out the endlers as the trio has broken off into a pair and a single (though they stay together as a trio while traveling from place to place around the tank) and the male has started building a bubblenest in some surface aponogeton...

Have you had your tap water tested?