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so basically.. it recieves oxygen as it goes through the bio medium, the whole trickle wet/dry effect correct?.. thank you so much Mudfrog.. you have been a real help.. hope i havent given you a bordom stroke from my endless questions... bug

im going to have the over flow made, simple pipes put into the main tank at a certain level to garantee continous water flow. ill have shut of leavers in these pipes in case i need to stop the pump to avoid on over fill. however i am curious, how does the water receive oxygen, is it because...

well since i have no experience with sick or hurt fish, i dont want to risk telling her to use any sort of medication at the moment, could just end up hurting the fish even more. shes been doing the water changes, his tail looked like a half moon in the beggining when he just lost it, but now...

is skin shedding a good thing?

my baby Oscar had something similar to that, white blots all over, even on the eyes. i suspected it to be HITH and did frequent water changes ad increased the temp in my tank by just a bit with brighter lighting, it was gone in two days. has your o been acting any diffrntly? cause mine, even...

ever expirence a flooding? i read they can happen... if i have four chambers ima need a small pump to get the water moving from one end to the other then another pump to get it back into the tank right. so from how i understand it, water goes over the overflow, down into the sump, filters out...

i googled sump filters (didnt know about them till you mentioned them) and wow, they are really handy arnt they? ill try looking for one around here, if i dont find one ill stick to the canisters, might even give myself a project and try and make the sump myself since ill be getting the tank in...

BP's are Blood Parrots.. =) Blood parrot cichlid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i have a mean little golden BP called Jaws, cause he picks on everyone and steals all the food, had him in with my O Bahful in one tank, but he kept bullying Bashful so i seperated them, and i decided to try out a bottom feeder whome i named Mop and another red BP i named Patience for my tank...

hmm... indeed, the personalities do play a part. and i have a feeling even if i got an aquarium as big as my villa, my BP Jaws would still bully everyone in it. so i think im going to super size, maybe 200 gallons, and if i get real brave 600 gallons (though i doubt it) :silly: and keep the...

i have a friend, she has a 75 gal with one baby oscar in it, hes no more than an inch id say :D she has one of those corner filters and i dont know how but her little O manged to sneak in behind it :bowl: and when it tried to swim out its tail got snagged, imagine a fish sandwiched between...

Buddha red thanks for the link it helped.. and i did have i fish in with the O. i had a BP in with him for a few days but the BP kept bullying the O so i put him in a seperate tank. then the spots appeared and like i said i did a water change and it was gone in two days... could it just have...

i have one oscar in a 55 gal tank, i do regular 20-30% water change once and sometimes twice a week . the filtration unit seems to be doing its job and the water is always clear. however a few days ago i saw these small very tiny unusual white spots on my Os fins and one or two on one of its...

i have a "plan" for the filtration, and it should cover biological machanical as well as chemical. :cool: lets say i did cover it all.. would 4 Os and 2 BPs be ok? cause i dont want to look into the tank one day and find one of my sweetys dead due to lack of space :(

i love O's, i really do, i saw one full grown in my grand mothers house and just fell inlove :D . My O Bashful is in a 55 gal now, and growing real fast and has easily come to being hand fed. BP's on the other hand, since i got Jaws i dont really want more :o.. i have 2 BPs in another 55 gal...