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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Hey y'all, My black molly stopped eating with the other fish a few days ago, although he would eat by himself. Then, it was as if his back half stopped working. The only fins he's using are the pectoral fins (by the gills), and his back half is hanging down, almost vertically. He also has a...

So I get home from worklast night, and I see my hydra has decided to "bloom". It's everywhere, and lot's of it. Also, some of the neon tet's colors looked muted. I threw in a few fd blood worms, but no one seemed too hungry, except for a few d. gouramis. So, I think, first thing in the morning...

I'm preparing for what they are calling a major ice storm here in Mo. The ice/rain line looks to stay about 20 miles north of here. I'm not counting on that. I will have access to one plug, my husband has a converter he put's on the Deere, we can plug one thing into it. I'll be rotating the tank...

Hey guys and gals, got a snail question: My daughter has been bugging me to get one of those big snails at the lfs. I tried doing a little research on the subject, but thought you guys would give me the down and dirty. Can I put a bigger size snail in with my 5 clown loaches? Will they eat it...

Well, I am very proud of my new fish!! I got 3 new oto cat's, little guys!! They made it through a 2 hour trip home from the lfs, and seem to be thriving in the 10 gal qt. I heard they were very difficult to transplant, so I've been watching them closely for the 2 days we've had them home. Their...

I've heard of people replacing the carbon in their canister filters with these bio-balls, or some kind of ceramic pieces. What is the general consensus on this? :?: I can see where the biological filtration would definately benefit from this. But what about the lack of carbon, although I...

Ok, I did a lot of research before I bought my loaches. I really love them, as they have such strong and distinct personalities. I have 5 in a 60X18X19 tank. I have a FEW misc. fish in with them, platties, tetras, etc. My loaches are now about 2", and my question is........ they say they grow...

last night after work there was a white stuff all over the entire suface area of my aquarium walls. It only seems to stick on smooth surfaces. My fish do not seem to be affected at all. It almost looks like teeny weeny little tiny white feathers. zillions of them, attached to the sides, and you...

OK, here goes.... I am new here, and I did some searching, but couldn't find this particular subject matter on this sight. I just did a pwc on my 90 gal tank, and then tested the water about an hour later, and my nitrates were about 40 and there was a trace of amonia. So, I tested my tap water...

Hi, love this forum. I read it all the time, and thought it was time to sign in. I live in rural Missouri, on a small farm. I have 2 tanks, one 10 gal QT, and a 90 gallon (i think) FW. I use a magnum 350, and a penguin 350 bio wheel. I have a 400 w heater, and 2 bubble stones. As you can...