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So yesterday when I got home the bluegill tank is green. I am assuming it is due to a algae bloom. This my first tank using locally sourced drift wood, wild caught fish, cold water all in one go. I fed them some chopped worms and unfortunately all I could source was “green” night crawlers. So...

Well my girlfriend had other plans.... we bought another shelving unit. Much better quality. Decided that seems how we were going to empty the 55 to move it anyway might as well put the bluegills in. So I scrambled for some driftwood scrubbed it three times and threw everything together. I...

here is the man myth and legend what a hardy fish!!

It is my belief most fish can survive in most water. I also have hard water but am able to keep tetras, bettas,barbs, guppies, shrimp, leaf fish etc. in my opinion it’s all in how you transition your fish from the stores water to yours. I drip acclimated all my fish. Some for only one hour...

He is still alive and well I keep meaning to get another picture but I have been busy. Tomorrow is water change again for him so I will try and remember so you guys can see the progress

So I did a thing.... I had ordered a minnow trap to do a “local” species tank. It came in the mail and I was going to wait until next spring to use it. My girlfriend got excited and we went to the stream and placed it and we were using our fishing poles. The trap caught nothing. We however came...

Good news. The leaf fish are hanging out with the ravenous pack of barbs now. The two leaf fish have eaten both frozen brine shrimp and dried blood worms so all is well. I acquired a piece of pvc tubing and will give it a good cleaning and let you know how well it works.

Thank you for the great advice with the tube. I will try and find a piece of PVC or something like that and drop it in the cave if need be. lol. The QT tank has been added to the budget and it looks like the second week of December will be the latest I get one. I am keeping an eye on my local FB...

I would follow king fishers advice. If it was me I would do daily water changes until medicine arrived at the very least

King fisher has never lead me down the wrong path. Keep us posted. I take a picture of my betta every other day to monitor regrowth and or relapse.

I did a post about my betta. I am using salt for mine. But his was due to a fight and or sharp edges on decoration. Salt supposedly will kill / help with bacteria issues.

I bet someone reading this post is upset because I don’t quarantine fish. I just want to say if I could I would. I do not have a spare tank. Yeah I have a 20G sitting empty but it was a recent purchase. That being said I have taught myself what to look for when buying fish. No white...

To be honest I have not seen them eat yet. I have started brine shrimp today. We did a batch when the guppy fry were born but the leftovers were frozen. We had two trays of frozen shrimp. I accidentally left one out yesterday and had to dump it out . So hopefully the live ones will get them...

New tank setup. As I said before I’m not happy with the shelving but it works for now.Top left on shelf is empty for now. Also added two leopard leaf fish to my 55G.

He was fed a hearty meal of frozen baby brine shrimp and two dried bloodworms. He will be getting a 50% water change later today. Water is warming up and dechlorinating.

So I’m order to not have five active tanks in three rooms we bought a shelving unit from Lowe’s. It was around 85$. Rated for 800lbs per shelf. I don’t trust it. The metal frame looks thin. The shelves are particle board, they are not sealed, and are under sized. So I ran to Walmart and bought...

Day three of hospitalization. He is swimming fine and is actively eating both pellets and dried bloodworms. It won’t happen over night but I believe he will make it.

He is in a three gallon hospital tank. It is heated and I have an air stone in it. I did turn off the filter but will more than likely let it run seems how I am only using salt.

Today he is scheduled for a complete water change. I believe the initial salt bath will help keep bacteria away and I plan on doing half the dose of salt. I just felt so bad for the guy. Even though I bought him a leaf to rest on he usually slept/rested on the gravel. Is there something I do...

He is in the hospital tank. I dosed some aquarium salt @ 2tsp per gallon. From what I have seen online he is pretty far gone but I will do my best to heal him and get him back to full fins

My betta was doing so good. Now his fins look like this. he was in a 20G with that red tail loach. I’m kinda in a panic wondering if they had an altercation or if he has fin rot. They have been separated due to general rearranging of tanks. This how he looked the other day. Honestly this is...

So I started a YouTube channel. It is titled rem and Liz featuring fish. All it has is videos of my tanks but we might do more with it. Not going to go crazy just one take iPhone type deals.

I am sorry for your loss. If you have any other fish I recommend adding some salt to help them fight the ich. I would do one teaspoon for every five gallons to start. Make sure and read your salt packaging. Aquarium salt will not magically disappear so keep good notes on how much you add and...

Just a little update. The rainbow shark with the betta is actually a blue botia loach. I had posted a thread thinking it was a hybrid fish and another member shared a link and I believe it is indeed the blue botia and not a rainbow shark. In my 55G my tiger barbs appear to be two males and...

Removing the rocks has not noticeably effected my PH. That being said I have also not done any water changes just adding some due to the loss of volume of rocks. My nitrate and ammonia levels are fine. My hardness and alkalinity are the same. I will hopefully remember to update this when I do a...