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Oh alright, thanks.

I brought a mini cooler with me full of ice when I bought to BioSpira, because I knew it would easily be ruined in Vegas heat. It's been about a week and here are the results of my tests: pH: 8.0 Ammonia: .25 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5.0 Water is crystal clear. Should I bring the pH down to...

Wow, great stuff justonemore. I think I'll skip the platies, and I might get some danios instead of the guppies. My buddy has a small school of guppies with some tetras and he hasn't had any problems though. Anyway I went to the fish store today and bought: -BioSpira ($10) -Harlequin Rasboras...

Alright so I took about about 15 mins taking time with each of the tanks at the store and have narrowed the fish somewhat. -Cardinal Tetras -Various Guppies -Bamboo Shrimp -Ghost Shrimp -Harlequin Rasboras -Dwarf Gourami -Sunbursty Platies -Spotted Cory Cat -African Dwarf Frog -Red Minor...

Great suggestions. I forgot about cories, hehe. I'm going to head to my LFS tonight and zero in on more specific fish and get a better idea of what and how many I'm going to buy. If, for example, I wanted to do 1 gourami, a school of rasboras, a school of tetras, 2 snails, and a cory or 2...

Thanks. I know that they will inevitably grow too big for the tank, but for now they're fine. It's 4 goldfish and 3 plecos. I shouldn't have said "several". I believe the pleco is a chocolate chip spiny, and they'll grow up to about a foot long. So yes, once it's time, we'll switch them...

How's it going? I currently have a healthy established tank with several Cichlids, and I am starting new 30 gallon tank this week with some smaller fish with sand as the substrate and no live plants. I did a quick run through my LFS and am thinking about the usual danios, tetras, guppies...

How's it going? My mother has a 50 gallon tank with several Goldfish that are about 4 inches long, and several Plecos that are a tad bit bigger. The current substrate is some ugly-looking gravel that the previous owner had. I'm thinking of buying a couple bags of pool filter sand and...

Sorry lonewolf, I've already put it in. But the good news is that it worked. It's some new product from Tetra, and it's supposedly safe, doesn't effect pH levels, and clears the water by "causing small, suspended particles to quickly clump together and be picked up by the power filter or settle...

Alright I bought 3 Cichlids. 2 Jack Dempsey's and a Pink Marble I believe. I also bought a Silvertip Shark. The guy said they would be fine. The goldies are back to their original tank. The Cichlids started off shy, but are now slowly coming out into the open. The Silvertip is absolutely...

Just got home from work a couple hours ago. I was told that BioSpira should be put in with fish or the bacteria would die. I borrowed a few goldfish from my neighbor. They are swimming in there right now and the seem "happy". Tom, no wonder you have post count of over 1500 :P . I must have...

Thanks for all the info guys. I've been monitoring the thermometer in the tank and it seems to be hovering around 75, day and night. If it begins to fluctuate too much, I'll run out and buy a 100/150 watt heater. I was at PetLand today and decided to grab 1 fl. oz. of BioSpira for $10 which...

How's it going? First off, I love the water. From surfing to snorkeling to sailing and everything else. I live in Vegas, so I try to hit San Diego, Maui, Fiji, etc. as much as possible, but I usually get to San Diego more than the others. :wink: So it's only natural that I have an aquarium...