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I am normally an aquarium guy, but my father has a nice sized pond in his back yard. It's about 30 feet across but pretty shallow, no more than 4 feet in the middle. It's a happy haven for frogs, toads and even a few turtles (along with Fred and Ethel, our resident ducks). The problem is...

I set up a 45 gallon a few weeks back with seed water and media from my 100 and threw an Oscar in there as a grow tank until i can find a new home for my Angelfish and such. I have been feeding him flake once in the morning and then 2 cubes of bloodworms in the evening. I wake up today and...

Ok, first up, I have tested the water everyday for the past week and all the parameters are spot on. 0 ammonia or NitrItes, and NitrAtes are good. Water Temp is 79 and solid and the thing is well covered so the air temp is stable for surface breathing. Here is what happened: I got 3 of these...

When I first set up my tank a few days ago it was filthy from being in storage for a couple years, and I used a hand scrubber that had some soap residue that popped up when it got wet. Just regular old dishsoap. Now that I am trolling the forums, I see that soap is bad bad bad. My question is...

Long story short, I just got a divorce so the reason for me not having a tank was removed :D I am getting into it again, and need some pointers on getting it healthy with as little distress to the fish as possible. Ok, I set it up 2 days ago. I got a fluval 405 which I already love, filled...