Recent content by WendiDell

if there were more people involved in this hobby the price of new things may go down and the quality of product control could go up.

Thanks, I missed the asterisk, Place preferred bad word here. WOW they get you any way they can. I'm not finished, I will find some way to shine a light, if it's the last thing I do. There are some things in this hobby that need to change. When I was a little kid (a long time ago) every kid I...

It didn't seem vague to me, but your right about it being a perfectly good bag of sand. They should remove the instant cycle claim though. This may end up going nowhere but I won't know if I don't try. I'm tired of complaining about things but doing nothing to change it.

I figured it was complete bull, but in order to make a complaint about this type of product I need to hear from people that have tried it. I personally wouldn't waste my money on any of the fast cycle products. But I would love to see them off the market, so that people that are new to the hobby...

Thank you for all your responses. Just so you all know I wasn't planning on using it to start a new FW or SW tank, it's purely a hypothetical question on my part. We can't do much to get many of the FS to care about the lives of the fish they sell and getting any laws made to protect them is an...

I'm barely computer literate. I wouldn't know what to do with a Smart Phone or Apps. I'm lucky I can figure out my standard Stupid Phone, that does nothing fancy. I'm much better with living things than I am with technology.

I am on my computer, so that may be the difference.

That has always been my opinion too. I was just wondering if anyone had tired it and if it's all bunk, how do they get away with advertising that it makes a tank "instantly" cycled and safe for your fish? Even if there aren't any laws to protect the fish, there are consumer laws to protect us...

The photo worked fine. Beautiful fish but, there are a lot of them with a couple that are pretty big. How many fish do you have altogether? And how many tank and what size? You may be able to just rearrange which ones are in each tank for a better balance. I can understand not wanting to get...

There is so much out on the market today, it's difficult to know. Some of the stuff is old and does nothing and some stuff is new. But I just saw this and wondered, if it's not true how can they advertise it. This is a direct quote from Petco's web site. I've always stayed with the better safe...

Ammonia at 1.0ppm is very toxic, it burns their gills causing scar tissue, which inhibits the O2 exchange through the water. This is of course worse for younger fish. If your still getting readings of 1.0ppm I would do 2 50% back to back water changes. Get that ammonia down to a tolerable level...

turn your heat down to 78* and add more air. When all the fish are hanging out at the surface, it's usually to get closer to the air. But until you can add more air lower you water level just a little so that the filters can splash and churn up the water a lot more. I have the same problem...

That is very cool. I would love to have a built in tank.

There are some really cool looking snails and they are useful too.

What kind of air stone/bar do you have and what is your water temp.? With all the fish you have in one tank they will use up all the O2 in the water fast and the surface agitation from the filters wouldn't be enough to replenish it. Mogurako is right about Prime, it's all you'll need with a fish...