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I recently purchased 3 harlequin rasboras and 3 black neon tetras. After a week in QT, I noticed one appeared to have ich with 2-3 white spots on the fins. I cranked up the heat to 89-90 degrees. The tank has been steady above 88 degress since Saturday. While checking out my fish today, I...

I set up a 10g QT tank on 5-12 in preparation for an upcoming fish purchase. On Thursday, 5-13 I dosed the tank with ammonia, bringing the ppm up to 1. Last Saturday, 5-15 I added the ceramic pellets from my establihsed 29g tank. On Wednesday 5-19, I tested for ammonia and it appeared to...

I came home yesterday to discover a puddle on the floor and a fish tank that had lost a lot of water. After evacuating my fish, I found that I have a crack in the lower part of the frame on my 29g tank. I'm guessing the crack is allowing water to leak around the silicone. So my question...

Today, as I was doing my weekly gravel siphoning and water change, my harlequin rasboras decided to pull an odd trick. As I was siphoning water out, they decided to swim under the siphon, being sucked into the tube. I immediately pulled the siphon out, thus releasing them from the suction...

So here is the story of my fish tank over the last week. I added glass catfish to my tank on 9-7 after being in QT for 2 weeks. Prior to that, I had added harlequin rasboras on 8-23. On 9-12 it appeared that the rasboras had columnaris, so I moved them to the QT tank and treated with...

I'm thinking about what I might put in the 48 gallon I might get. I was thinking I'd go with 2-3 larger fish. I was thinking an angelfish, a bichir, and maybe a cichlid. Thoughts?

One of my roommates friends recently offered me a 120g tank, for free. I didn't take it because it was way too large to put on my 3rd floor apartment and it would be hard for me to move. Another one of her friends offered to give her a 48g! That one, I'd be willing to take. I'll probably get...

Are they really brackish or do they do fine in freshwater? I saw some at the pet store today, as I was replacing my hood, and I came home to do some research. I'm getting conflicting info as some sites say freshwater, others say they need brackish water. I'm thinking of adding them to my tank...

While doing my daily water changes, I set the glass top to my 29g on the ground and guess what? I stepped on it, cracking the glass and grinding slivers into the towel I placed it on. Sigh, I shouldn't work on my tanks when I'm tired. Oh and I forgot to add that I keep forgetting to plug in...

Hi, I've been gone for a while since the internet/cable company in my area is terrible. But I have a connection back and wanted to post an update. I started cycling my 29 g tank a seond time after I moved to Aurora, Co. It took 3 weeks. For 3 straight days I had 0 nitrites, nitrate about 10. I...

I'm starting my fishless cycle. Did anyone use prime to dechlorinate? I noticed the bottle says it converts ammonia into a non-toxic form. If that is the case, I'm thinking I should switch to a different dechlorinator, unless anyone can attest to using prime with success.

Today I picked up a female betta. I figured she could live in a bowl until I set up my tanks again. I'll add her to my 10g. She'll be the first addition once I move to my new place at the end of the month. I named her Meadow after the road I currently live on.

I'm thinking about adding one to my 30g tank once I set it up. Anything special regarding water quality? pH? Plants? Or are they fine without any special accommodations? When I was looking at them at Petsmart it said they needed aquarium salt. True or false? In reading I've come across issue...

As you may have read, I just purchased a 30g tank and stand. I want to upgrade the filter instead of using the Whisper that came with it. Which filter do you think would be the best investment and why? Penguin biowheel 200 Emperor 280 biowheel Aqua clear 50

I bought myself a present today for moving. A 29g oak tank with a stand! I also got a filter, heater, two air bubblers, all the gravel, decorations, and the light. I will be upgrading to a new filter and I need to get a hood. However, it cost only $70! I'm pretty excited. I will be setting...

I've been looking around for ammonia without surfactants and I'm not finding anything. I found clear ammonia at walmart and it said it has surfactants, but it didn't foam when I shook it. When I went by the .99 cent store, they had ammonia, one didn't foam but it didn't have an ingredient...

They go to a new home tomorrow since I've decided to not force them on the 850 mile move.

fish dilemma - keep them or give them away? I have two glass catfish left over from when I started my tank in 2003. It is pushing 5 years that I have had them. They have been alone in my tank since all my zebra danios died last fall, they had been in the tank since I lost all my neon tetras to...

Hey I have a question perhaps someone can help me with. I went to the LFS and took one of my zebra danios with me. I was told that he had a fungus. I was sent home with some fish meds to apply to the tank. As I was reading the instructions it said to remove the carbon and charcoal filter while...