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OK, so I broke a floating thermometer in my tank, the exterior glass broke but not the inside with the mercury? Although the little balls that are in there...some of them fell out. Does anyone know what they are or if they are dangerous to the fish? I fished out the broken glass but I can't find...

Is it possible for a mollie to breed with a swordtail or a platy? Just asking because one of my friends refuses to mix them because he thinks they can breed together. :silly:

I just got 3 of these beautiful barbs, they were listed as platinum barbs but I'm sure they some kind of hybrid tiger bars or something like that. Anyone heard of them or have any idea what the lineage could be? Here's a link to photos: fishboy_020 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Sorry...

Does anyone have any experience with these beautiful fish? I am thinking of getting one but have read such differing opinions about them! I have a 130 gal. tank with about 140lbs or lr 1 flame angel, 2 pink skunk clowns, 2 ocellaris clowns, 3 convict blennies,1 royal gramma and 1 sixline wrasse...

I'm thinking of buying a cowrie from a friend of mine, but the ting is really big, and I'm not sure what they eat or if it'll go around my tank knocking over all the LR. Does anyone have any advice on these monster snails?

ok I was asking about a hogfish but decided against it....how are blue hamlets? The books I have don't have any info on these guys! Anyone with words of sdvice? I have an emperor angel, flame angel, yellow tang, brazilian gramma, six line wrasse, 2 ocellaris, 2 pink skunks, 3 convict blennies...

Does anyone have any info on this fish? Or has anyone kept one and have any insight into its behavior, like is it aggresive to other fish or will it wipe out my crab or snail population? Any info at all would be nice! thanks in advance!

A friend of mine brought me a mandarin(synchiropus splendidus) for my birthday-not a fish that I would have bought myself-and since I don't put anything directly into my main I put it into my QT that has no live rock 3 weeks ago. Now I know everyone says you need to have a ton of LR to keep them...

I just bought a PBT and it seems to have 3 or 4 spots on it, looks like ich, it is rubbing against a plastic log (something to hide in). Now I've heard that you should not treat tangs with copper for ich because it will kill the bacteria growing in their stomachs, so what would you suggest? :?:

Hi everybody, just a quick question, I went to see what a local importer had for sale and he told me he treats all his tangs with Melafix, anyone have any opinion about this product?

just wondering, does anyone have an opinion on putting a hippo and a powder blue together in a 6 ft. 130 gal aquarium?

does anyone have any experience with a bellus angel, I saw one about 3" that I can get for 40$ which I think is very cheap, but I just want to know if they are tough to keep or very finicky eaters? thank for any info :?:

I recently bought a juvenile emperor angel(for a great price) who is in quarintine right now, occasionally he seems to get an itch(for lack of a better word) where he wiggles his fins and swims real fast. He doesn't seem to have any visible signs of disease and the other two fish in with him are...

Does anyone have any experience or advice about putting a flame angel and a juvenile emperor angel together? I would be placing them into a 130 gal tank that i set up and has got some other non aggresive fish in it.(well established)

is it ok to use lava rock in my tank, I have alot of lava rock from a cichlid tank that I just closed up, and I am thinking of using it in my 130g that i am setting up. I am wondering if anyone has used it and if its safe?

I got a blue starfish (linkia) from a friend 2 days ago, and it doesn't seem to be moving around at all, iy's suction cups come out and it's holding on to the glass of the aquarium but it's just not moving! I did a 4 hour drip when i first put it in the tank. Its body seems really firm, and...

I am just wondering if anyone thinks I will have a problem combining these fish in my 50 gallon(3ft.) tank. 2 ocellaris clowns, 2 firefish(magnifica), 2 purple firefish(decora), 1 royal gramma, and 1 flame angel? eventually i'd like to add a purple tang in 6 months to a year or maybe a mandarin...

I just went to my LFS and bought some turbo snails, and in the tank was a tiny thing that looks like a nudibranch, but is about a half inch in length. I asked the kid if he knew what it was, he said no and asked if I wanted it so I said sure so he threw it in with the turbos(free, my favorite...

okay, I have a recently set up tank, (about 1 month now), I have 50 lbs of LR, a DSB, 20 blue legged hermits and 1 false percula clown. running 2 powerheads an aquaclear 201 and an 802, I am using a saline solutions 24 inch protien skimmer, its a hang on model with a powerhead just for it(Rio...

In one of my LR, there is this opaque 3 in. long arm (for lack of a better word) that is about the width of a human hair that seems to be reaching out and searching for something. It occasionally jerks back all the way back in, then slowly comes back out. I'm just wondering what it is or if it's...

I was just wondering if blue legged hermits are safe around corals or anenomes? I have 20 BLH and want to eventually add some coral. and a friend of mine has them and wants to add the anenome for his clowns.

I have these tiny specks on the glass, they are reddish or pink and have what looks like arms coming out of them, varying form 5 to 8. I haven't noticed them moving but haven't watched them all that long, but they do seem to be increasing in number. the tank is a new set up with 50 lbs of live...

I was wondering when to take out the shrimp, I started the cycle 10 days ago, and put in the LR 2 days ago. thanks 4 the help

has anyone ever ordered from www.thepetstop.com? they seem to have good prices but I am wondering about reliability. thanks

I would like to know how to set up a qt, should it have substrate? should it have live rock? should it have shrimp or crabs? I want to keep it running permanately, thanks. I'm new to the hobby.