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I have a similar problem in my tank. I have a freshwater 80 gallon fish only tank. I get the hard green algae growing on the walls of the tank. The bulb I have is the one that came w/ the tank when I bought it. It's an All-Glass Aquarium bulb and is 32W. The light is only on for about 6 hrs...

Does anyone know where I can get a weight to wrap around zucchini to use to sink to the bottom of the tank? I have seen them at Petsmart in their tanks but they don't sell them and they don't seem to know where you can buy them.

I went and bought 4 more silver dollars today. They are a bit smaller, but I thought I would take a chance considering the larger ones were 2 more bucks each. So far they all seem to be hanging out nicely. What other fish are compatible with silver dollars?

Somehow I always get stuck with fin nippers. I have 2 silver dollars and one has eaten the fins off the other. I have plenty of spots for him to hide in the tank, but he just won't hide. I only have those 2 fish in there and 2 leopard bush fish in the tank. It's 80 gallons. I just haven't...

I had this exact problem with a female paradise fish I had about a year ago or so. I don't what started it and nothing seemed to fix it. I put her in a QT, but that didn't seem to be helping. She finally passed, but I'm pretty sure that was my fault. I forgot to plug the heater in after a...

I had a green cloud in my tank a couple of years ago. Light and left over food and waste will make the algae worse. You should only have the light on for about 8 hrs a day, I think. I'm not an expert. But, with an algae bloom you should cut the light down to even less. I finally had to do a...

I did a pwc tonight and will try to wait no more than 2 wks in between them. I need to go to the grocery store to pick up some zucchini. Thanks for your help. I'll post any progress I see.

Yes, they are the best!

Yes, that's my Bogart! My first parrot. She's a quaker parrot. I found out she was a girl after I named her Bogart. She already says her name, so I decided not to change it. Is that your African Gray on your avatar? Beautiful bird!

Thank you for the advice. I'll try to be better about the pwc!

So, do you actually vacuum with every water change? If not, how often to vacuum the bottom?

I knew the question of water change was going to come up. It's been awhile. I have been really slacking w/ that I am ashamed to admit. Food wise, right now I am just feeding some Tetra flake food. Sometimes I will feed them some frozen blood worms or brine shrimp. I used to feed them the...