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Thanks for the input, I appreciate.

I have a pair of maybe 3" balas in my 90 long, along with my loaches and a few small community fishies. I've noticed that when I crush the mts's for the loaches and bala's to feast upon, (the bala's love them too), they start a mating looking dance thing. I'm sure they are juveniles still, since...

Well, I made it thru a pretty good ice storm, and even a 2 day power outage without losing any fish surprisingly enough. My 90 acrylic held temp for an amazing 20 hours (blanketed) before dropping significantly. It never dropped below 73 though. My small 10 got down to 68, and with frequent warm...

Thanks guys, learned a good lesson here. I use a master test kit, it is fairly new, and i use it regularly. I do have my well water tested regularly, as I work in a nutritional lab with access to micro as well as other typical tests. My ph levels are high (8.4) but very stable. Unfortunately my...

yeah like I could really do that, haha, that would be like not feeding my daughter! Maybe I'll try cutting back significantly and see what happens...Thanks.

Yes, but they will only eat them that way, they still won't suck them out like they do the pond snails. Maybe when they get a little bigger.

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Otos are great LITTLE fish, I have 3. They do not chase other fish, and they do not get bigger than 2 inches best I can tell, and they do an awesome job of cleaning algae. Common Plecos get huge on the other hand. 12" +. My 90 is acrylic, and you'll find that they make all sorts of algae...

A little off the original thread track, but OMG I HAVE CORY KITTIES!!!! I found more eggs Christmas eve during my pwc, so I put them in a little 1/2 gallon unused old beta tank with a tiny 25w heater. It's maintaining a temp of exactly 78 deg. After 4 days I have several teeny weeny kitties. I'm...

I'm having trouble with high nitrates and would like to know if there is a product that can chemically lower them. Living on the farm I have well water, and with all the wet weather we have had my tap water is coming out 60 plus on the no3 test. I can't really afford to do my pwc with bottled...

So lets see if I got this right - albinos are not dwarf even if it says dwarf, a dwarf will be grayish. If I can find dwarfs they would be ok with the fish I have? I definately don't want an ACF, they get way to big for me. I have a 90 but I love my loaches to much to lose them to a frog!! :)...

I thought about adding a frog or two to the 10g planted. It currently has 4 albino cory, 3 red eye tetra, 1 small molly and 20,000 snails. 40% pwc weekly with avg readings of 0 amonia 0 no2 and 20ish no3. Will this work and also are these tiny albino frogs at walmart true dwarfs or will they get...

Thanks, I'll try crushing a few and see if that lures them to eating them. I did notice their shells were awfully thick. What about snails eating eggs? As far as the corys go, the are albino and I have no idea why they are laying eggs. Haven't done a darn thing different!! Think maybe I'll set...

Wow, I haven't posted in forever! Got a question about clown loaches and snails. My daughter threw a few mts from the 10g planted into my 90 loach tank for a snack, but they aren't eating them. The 5 loaches are about 4" now. Now there are a bunch of baby mts. I keep pulling them out as I see...

Hey Courtnee, I've had my 5 cl's for about 6 months now. They were about 1.5 to 2 inches when I got them, and they are now all between the 2-3 inch range. I feed them a varied diet 2x a day, and they love banana pieces and zuccini slices, also. I've been told they will grow pretty fast the first...

My daughters 10 gallon planted has a red male betta as a centerpiece fish, with 6 neons and an apple snail. Plenty of room, everyone gets along great, and very colorful. C'mon, save a betta! ;)

Hey Courtnee, I definately agree with hsherman, get a bigger tank and more clowns!! I have my 5 in a 90 for now. They are also by far my favorites, such personality. They are not just on the bottom, but all over, especially at feeding times, they almost swim upside down to skim the surface. At...

Thanx Zagz, I appreciate it!! Farmgirl, out.

I'm really glad to hear you're in the clear, I went through this last month. Everyone here really helped. It's such a scary feeling thinking you'll lose something you've worked so hard for. I've since invested in battery air pumps and are now pricing generators. ;)

I don't think ph is the issue, I have exremely hard water and the ph ranges 8.2 to 8.5 . I have very few problems. The main thing is that it is stable and not jumping all over the place. If it is dropsy, it is almost impossible to cure it. When one of my outside pond goldfish had it, I only...

Hey y'all, I'm setting up a 5 gallon for my daughters betta, apple snail, and 5 ghost shrimp. 1st question, is this big enough?? Now, on my 90, I run a magnum 350 and a penguin 350, (w/ 2 wheels and 2 media slots). I took some filter media from the penguin and stuck it in the little tiny filter...

When a ghost shrimp turns all white, I believe that means that the are getting ready to molt, make sure they have a hiding place 'til their new shell hardens.

Thanks Zagz, I agree, I'll probably just take the aggressor back, as he is always chasing someone. Is this typical of D. G.'s?? The injured fish is in the QT and I'll be suer to watch very closely. He looks sad all by himself, though!! Oh well, better than getting eaten!! Thanks, Farmgirl out.

Hey guys, me again, so soon. One of my red dwarf gouramis has a sore between his dorsal fin and his tail fin. I don't believe it is related to my Mr. Molly , RIP, who I posted about a few days ago. The gourami is showing no signs of anything except the sore on his tail. The tank is understocked...

Just as it sounds. I just held a few flakes between my fingers right in front of his face, and he would eat them. Surely i'm not the only one who has done this??????????????????????? Farmgirl out.