Recent content by Mike W

not a bad idea. but u have to take it out daily to feed them, right? and with a tank the size yours looks, that means your going almost shoulder deep in water everyday. not to mention the fry will quickly outgrow the glass. i assume its very temporary

i also heard Pristella Tetra are extremely peaceful. can anyone confirm or deny this?

im suspect of any algae eater. i heard if they are hungry enough they will resort to eating the slime coat of off the other fish. i know plecos do this. not sure about the otos though

I find that the classifications of Community, Semi Agressive and Agressive dont really go deep enough into classifying fish. some community fish are more agressive than others. for instance I had a black molly in a tank with guppies and it was going after them 24/7 in an extremely...

i have the same filter and im in the same boat as you. ive had the insert in the filter for about two months and it appears clogged. as much as i try to shake it in tank water to remove debris, it still seems clogged. and ya with the Aqueon it really looks like there is nothing in there to...

thanks for the welcome your platy gave birth last night huh? very cool do you keep them in the tank or put them in a fry tank? mine have been mating like crazy so its only a matter of time. im assuming the tetras will quickly pick them off though. my tanks stocked to the max anyway but I...

Hi everyone new to the site here. Ive found it very helpful and informative so far. Had an aggressive cichlid tank when i was a teenager (man i miss my oscars). had an all guppy tank a few years back and now after much prodding from my daughter i caved in and just started up a new 20 gallon...

Havent had a tank in a long time but my daughter wanted one so I started up a tank a couple months ago and have an Aqueon QuietFlow 20 running on it. I need to change the media on it but im worried about losing the BB. In the past Ive always had filters that had a sponge but this one just has...

i have a 20g with platys and im suprised no ones mentioned this. the blue gourami would not make a good tank mate in my opinion. just too agressive im often asking the same question as the OP. platies are such a peaceful fish that I really think the only truly good tank mates for platies are...