Recent content by walklong

Ben Franklin made the point of using the phrase "I may be wrong about this, but ..." when he needed to disagree with someone's opinion or belief. It's a powerful tool to open dialog and guide discussion in the direction desired. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Got up this morning, turned on the lights, fed the critters, went to work. Came home late, turned off the lights - miss the fish! ? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

After a pretty discouraging couple days over weekend, yesterday our Red eye seemed to be regaining color, wasn't as listless or hanging near the surface for air. This morning, he's definitely looking better with marked improvement in gill color and regaining his body color. Finally started...

A spare 10 gallon, heater and air pump/air stone, for hospital use. Methylene blue. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Symptoms are: Not eating Red gills (not swollen - just significantly 'redder' as compared to the others; Loss of color. I will be putting it down today. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Freeze a plastic water bottle and float it in the tank, a powerhead for circulation - it's labor intensive, but it can help lower temp fairly quickly. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I have a single red eyed tetra that appears to be on his way to the great aquarium in the sky . . . About a week ago, we noticed he'd lost all his color (except for the eye spot) - the black band through the tail, etc - all washed out. His gills are inflamed, and has no appetite. He was being...

No good deed goes unpunished . . . . I work as a swimming pool service tech. Two years ago, I was servicing a large inground pool out in the boondocks and found a tiny (1 1/2") red eared slider turtle in the skimmer box. Thought it was dead, but noticed after setting it out of the water it was...

Congrats - the fry have a decent chance with the java moss and plants. Hikari First Bites is a great starter food: convenient and readily available. Hatching out brine shrimp is fun and a different adventure to add to the aquarium keeping experience. PS - if it's her first time, keep watching -...

About the rest of your set-up. I'll +1 all the others regarding the shrimp, you'll find the guppies won't bother the larger shrimp (but will make a meal of any shrimplets). The larger question of what you can stock in the tank is related to what and how much filtration you are using, and...

Roger that - I'm moving a sponge filter over from another tank (the Paraguard is supposedly safe for the BB colonies, so I'll get the benefit of a cycled filter).

Discovered that the Green Cories in our 29T planted tank have suddenly gotten frisky and are spawning/laying eggs all over - my causal Sunday is now on hold while I learn/prep a nursery tank for all the potential tiny catfish fry!

I am really appreciating all the help, I've got a little powerhead around here somewhere and I'm going to try using it, to improve the flow. I'm prepared for disappointment/failure with this batch of eggs, but I've learned that ma nature is not a force to be reckoned with lightly and we're...

Thanks Clayman! This being my first go with Corys (and anything that lays eggs (except ramshorn snails)) I'm learning as I go. Have a 1 1/2 gallon tank set up for the eggs. It's got a weird bottom with a bunch of 'dimples' that would, I think, make for pockets of still water. Have a half inch...

Hi gang, My green cory's have suddenly started to spawn, with at least one female depositing eggs all over our 29T planted tank. I'm trying to track down advice on how to best move the eggs to a nursery tank, as the 29 is chock full right now with neon, red-eye and black phantom tetra, which...