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ok guys, i lost my last cherry barb, i have 5 fish left in my tank, 2 balas, gourami, my albino shark and my pleco. I really dont want to lose these last 5 fish what do i do. What treatments should i use, water changes are not working. Please help me out. My bala is the only one that seems...

i also noticed today that my 1 bala that i origanlly bought is getting really stressed out, he is racing into the sides of the tank sometimes bouncing off of the side. I was looking at him and in the light i notice bright little specks on him, They look like sparkles almost. Mitch

I used the drop testers, not the strips. I had 3 small bala sharks that i started the tank with cause my wife was douped into buying one and i read up on them and realized that the little tank they sold him to her in was not big enough and bought him 2 friends. Then i got 3 clown loaches, as...

Ok i got fish in my 55 gallon tank thats been up for atleast 6 months. Now all of a suddent half my fish and slowly been dying. I've been doing more water changes, and been checking levels but today my 2nd bala died. When i found him i scooped him out and noticed that he had turned completely...

Well I did do a water change and found 2 more cherry barbs on the bottom of the tank that i was able to get out. I vacumed and did 50% im going to see how they are doing tomorrow and i will get a picture of the bala cause he is the only one with any physical problems. I have a HOB filter with...

Hey guys havent posted in a while but everything has been going great with my tank until recently. Just checked my water for amonia,nitrate,nitrite lvls, everything seems good small amt of nitrates like a 10 not very high thats usually where it is. I have a 55 gal with 4 cherry barbs in it...

Got 3 bala's and the one is swimming wierd cant stay upright very well as of late, and then today i noticed that his dorsal fin looks like it is being eaten away could be the other fish not sure have an albino shark in there that is pretty agressive. But he also has a light spot on his back...

Its like a white cloud i guess. If you look through the long way of the tank, it looks really grey and dindgy... not sure how to describe it thanks mitch

Ok i have 2 different problems with 2 different tanks. 1st, my 55 gallon, i just added 4 cherry barbs and a albino red finned shark to it the other week about 10 days ago i would say, and now my water is couldy. Before i had very clear water now it is pretty bad, even a couple peopel who came...

thanks for all the info, as far as the 24 hour light, her room stays pretty dark throughout the day, and she doesnt really go in there, or ever really turn the light on, so im guessing i could get them mixed up and think that night time was day time and day was night. But ill do a search on...

any suggestions with bottom feeders? something that is pretty cool looking.

Hi guys, i have a 55 gallon tank i already own, and i have a 10 gallon tank that i was going to use as an isolation tank incase anything got a disease, but its kind of in the way, and not being used so i figured im going to put it in my daughters room and use it as a night light for her. Im...

Im really confused about lighting, thinking about going with PC lighting cause i feel it might be one of the cheapest routes. I have a 55 gallon and want medium light w/o CO2. How many PC wats do i need for this? thanks

I have a 55 gallon that i would like to plant with medium light plants. I am wondering what is the cheapest route to getting the proper light. And i have a question about VHO lighting. Can i use these with my current fixture that came with the tank or will i need to buy a whole new fixture...

Cool deal thanks for all the info guys, i think ill go with 1 of the albinos cause my wife just seems to love them and i want her to get into the fish tank alittle more. And along with that ill go with 3 or 4 cherry barbs, they would add some nice color variation to the tank. Are there any...

Hi i was wondering about the albino red finned shark. I have been reading about them and have seen some comments from owners and alot with only 1 shark say that they are very skittish and hide all the time. And others that have 2 or 3 say that they are more active and dont hide as much. I was...

I everyone, i currently have a pleco, 3 balas, and 3 clown loaches in my 55 gallon tank (i know not big enought, i plan on upgrading in a year once i get out of school) anyway. My sister in law has a friend who has a 29 gallon tank and is looking to get rid of the fish in it. Right now she has...

Thankyou for those 2 sites, now are both of those pretty much the same thing, just one must be put together or what. Not sure if im into spending this much just for lighting but im glad im finding out all this stuff before i jumped into it. thanks mitch

I read the sticky about all the types of light for a tank and am pretty confused. I have a 55 gallon tank and want to do medium light plants w/o CO2. What type of lighting is going to be cheapest to set up and maintain over the years. I was thinking just VHO cause im guessing i dont have to...

about how many pounds am i going to need for my 55 gallon, i already have around 1 inch of rocks on the bottom i was wondering if i could get away with just putting the sand or eco on top of that to get around 4 inches?

Well what i wanted to do in the first place was go for medium light, i figured that woudl give me the widest range of plants without the use of Co2 due to cost. Im willing to go out and get new lightbubls, just not sure what i need, you are thinking around 2 40watt bulbs? Ill have to check...

I went to the Pet store today and every play they sell is in the medium difficulty/ medium light category. So what does this mean for me... i have a 55 gallon, what can i get away with as far as a light source, and what kind of substrate, i was thinkg PFS cause i heard it was relatively cheap...

right now i have a 55 gallon, and all my fish are still relatively small, i know that what i have now is probably already too small, but when i get out of nursing school (this may) i plan on upgrading to something mor elike a 125, by then ill have balas and loaches that will be a decent size to...

was wondering what would go nicely with bala's, clown loaches, and a pleco. Any help would be great thanks Mitch

well as far as my substrate goes it is just regular aquarium gravel, but it is pretty big, when i got the tank, i was alittle low on money so i got the big stuff cause it was alot cheaper than the little stuff at the time, but i didnt put much in only about an inch across the tank. So wondering...