Recent content by Lifez

I'm thinking that part of the problem may have been the amonia situation. I lost another danio, leaving me with one... and one of my corys perished as well. The danio was definitely attacked, but after close inspection of the body after the cory died, and a little online research it seems...

Update: One of the remaining danios is sluggish and seems to have a chunk missing near it's left gills. One of my albino corys has been bleeding from it's side, sand the tetras are moving about the tank in a school... My 3 corys are just sitting at the bottom of the tank not moving. A far...

Black Skirt Tetras

The 6 black skirt tetras I have in my tank seem to be getting highly aggressive towards the other fish. At first they began nipping at my betta's fins (which I was warned about) so we moved him to another container. Now it seems as if they're targetting the zebra danios that are cohabitating...

Hey again all. When my girlfriend and I originally purchased our tank we got one of those 'all in one' systems with a filter, hood, and tank along with some other goodies. I was wondering if this stock filter is going to be good enough for the tank I have going? (10 gal with 3 albino corys, 6...

Thanks Chevy. I will definitely check out that book if I can find it. If the local stores don't have a copy I'm sure B&N or Amazon will have it online.

I really appreciate the advice guys. :D :mrgreen: I'm relieved to see that the only real concern you all have is that the skirts might start nipping at the betta. My girlfriend and I have been carefully monitoring the interaction between the two species to see if anything has gone awry...

Hey all. My girlfriend and I recently set up our first 10gal and had a few questions that we hoped to get some help with. First of all, this is our first experience in the aquarium field, so we might have made some common errors in our excitement to get things going. My main fear, after...