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Trust the thermometer. If you want get another thermometer to be sure.

This is a pretty crappy pic, but I swear these two Cories want to mate. They swim everywhere together and seem to even want to sleep together. The one on the right is male. The left is female. -Don T.

I have 3 Australian and 2 Bosmani. I may get one more Bosemani to round out the group. I agree the Bosemani have a better color scheme, but the Australians seem to flare and show off more. Of course that could be because the biggest one is the king of the tank and there is one less Bosemani in...

LoL, They tend to spit flake out, and I did try small [granules?] (they look like little spheres) Anyway, those still seem to be too big for them as they spit those out too. It's been a bit fustrating trying to find other things that they will readily eat.

Thanks guys, I have three of the Australian guys. The one pictured is the biggest right now. I also have two Melanotaenia Boesemani, here's one of them: Rainbows are CooL fish, I'm glad I picked them. Its almost a frenzy at feeding time, I've been feeding them Daphina, Bloodworms and...

Can someone please give me the precise scientific name of this Rainbowfish? The store listed it simply as an "Australian Rainbowfish" But I'd like to confirm that the listing on the store's tank was correct. There seem to be several varieties of Rainbowfish from Australia. Thanks, Don T.

Hehe, I have very hard water with pH of about 8 - 8.4. (Hard to tell exactly) The rainbowfish and Cories I put in don't seem to mind this at all. :) The biggest problem I have with it is controlling the *&^%$ calcium/mineral deposits that keep building up on my equipment. It's gets worse if...

After 55 DAYS of patient dosing and a final seeding of filter squeezings from a freind at work. I waited an extra week after the Nitrites finally dropped to make sure there were no unanticipated spikes. After much research, I started the tank (29 US gallons) off with 5 Peppered Cories and a...

This is THE Prime: http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Prime.html And this is a FAQ link for Prime: http://www.seachem.com/support/FAQs/Prime_faq.html

Stuff happens sometimes. At least you remembered after only a couple of hours... what if you had gone to sleep and woke up the next day and THEN remembered... :?

You need to dose it with a good ammonia source if you're going fishless. It won't automatically cycle without some ammonia for bacteria food. If you want to go automatic, pick up a good sized shrimp at your local supermarket and place it in a stocking in the tank and leave it to rot. The...

I've watched some of the employees at my LFS do it. They get the water and fish in the bag, make sure the bag is well opened and round all the way to the top, then grab and close the top very quickly, trapping the air inside. It may take some practice, so try it a few times with no fish until...

For the Python syphoning issue, I discovered quite by accident that I could in fact, increase the suction a bit. The "problem" was literally at the tap. The part that goes on the water spicket isn't supposed to be "rotatable". That is, when mounted, the part should not easily rotate to...

Ended up doing a 50% water change, but even after that, diluting the tank water with 50% tap water STILL gives me a pretty high Nitrite read... LoL, I may have started out with more Ammonia than I thought! But the bio filter converts the Ammonia pretty efficiently now. I did do a second...

What type of ammonia is being used here? I'm using a 10% solution which is still kind of strong. It only takes 1.5 mL of it to bring 29 US gallons to about 1 ppm. I'm currently dosing at that rate every 12 hrs. Which means 2ppm every day. Ammonia readings are returning to zero within the 12...

Its definitely not you, my Python is doing the same, much less suction compared to what I expected. Guess it takes some practice and maybe I'll invest in an plain gravel vac to supplement it.

Nice primer up there, 7... Mind if I quote it in my journal? Quick question though: Will using stuff like Ammo-Lock cause the cycle to slow down? I.E. Is it harder for Ammonia bacteria to break down the locked Ammonia. There seems to be a fair amount of confusion on this point. Prime also...

FWIW I have a suggestion: Keep changing out the pouches regularly so you don't get any sudden spikes. Gradually reduce the amount in the new pouch as you change it out until you don't need put put any in anymore.

When we were kids my sister had a small 10 gallon tank with a few fish in it. (Don't remember the types, sorry.) We didn't know a thing about what we were doing at the time and I'm sorry to say that all the fish eventually died and the tank ended up upside down as a small "bench" in my sister's...

After a bit of research and reading other threads I've come up with a preliminary stocking plan for my new 29 Gal tank. It will be a community tank. Water conditions have pH at 8 with good buffering. My water source is hard to very hard. Anyway here's the list I've come up with: Leopard or...

Actually I've read in various fish forums that "chelating agents" are Ok. Still it does sound like soap somehow got into your system. If you have an ACE Hardware store near you, grab a bottle of their "Janitorial Strength Formula" ammonia. (Contains 10% Ammonium Hydroxide) That's what I'm...

Hehe, quick update here... my tank is finally showing positive for nitrites!! It took exactly 5 days after seeding it with a live plant I got from the LFS. (I left the water sit for 3 days prior to this seeding after the ugly rinse and restart so 8 days total.) I almost missed it, and I had...

I had that happen to me, had to drain and flush the tank several times. I don't have a planted tank, so I can't comment on the substrate thing. I did end up replacing most of my original substrate though as I didn't want to chance any soap inadvertantly remaining in there. Sorry to hear it...

I'm jumping in here late, but about that AquaClear filter. If you put in the bio-boosting media cartridge in without rinsing it first, then thats most likely what all that white stuff was.: Dust from the bio-booster media. That stuff is very fine and will take quite a while to clear fully, but...

WooHoo!! Thanks for that link!! I was looking for a good page just like that. I need to research what will go into my 29 gal as well. :D