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Thank you so much. The temp is still on it's way up - 84 now. I guess in a couple of hrs I'll get it up to 87. And they DID eat, not much but they ate and I'm very relieved abt. that. I never realized it would be so tempting to overfeed them. Don't worry, I won't feed again today! Thanks...

I tried taking pics but they are so fast and the white dots so small there was no way to see them. The bottom tips of the tail fins have just a small dot at the very tip and now it does look a tiny bit ragged at the edge. I mean really a tiny bit - you really ahve to look. They each seem to...

Okay. I'm still not convinced it's ich for sure. It looks like the pictures except that there are only 2 dots on the fish that have it and they are in the same places on both fish. Is there any chance it's Lymphocystis? I haven't had time to find out much but it sounds like it can be...

I'm still confused abt all of this. I've read not to add salt to the water of any soft water fish for any reason. Is this not accurate? I have started raising the temp and did buy another heater to add. they are only at 80 now. I haven't added any salt b/c I'm scared to. Will raising the...

It's 50 something, made for a ten gallon it says. I'm in Canada, that's why the prices are higher. Our tetras were only $9 for the three of them but that was at walmart, which has turned out to be no worse than where we got our fish yesterday! Anyway, I'm on my way to buy a heater and some...

I didn't cycle because I could find no pure ammonia and have a serious shrimp allergy. I was very careful to put in two filters from an established tank tho. Everyone seemed to think that would be okay. I'm already more than $200 dollars (these last three fish alone were 20) into this 10...

Yesterday we traveled two hrs to get 3 h. rasboras because the store here where we were going to get our tetras had ich and started selling again while there was still ich in the tanks. The new store said that they had ahd these rasboras for 2 months so I thought that was good, they hadn't been...

Wow! You guys really are the best. You've all been very helpful. My lonely plant is probably feeling much perkier already! Can't get plants from this site 'cause I'm in Canada but thanks for the idea. I think when I get in to the city (maybe next month) I'll be able to find a store with...

That's great. Thank you all! Now I just have to wait for my tetras to finish their ich treatment in the store. long story but lost our 1st 3 a few weeks ago 2 1/2 days after bringing them home. Turns out they had ich but it wasn't visible until the more than 12hrs after we got them. By then...

Thanks. It'a 10 gallon tank. I just thought I should make sure it was safe to put light bulbs in there that weren't for tanks. Somehow it just didn't feel right!

I have one live plant and want to switch to cf lighting. I can't find any types other than the run of the mill, everyday cf's. I think they are all 13w. My tank says only (max?) 25w bulbs. Can I just switch to the basic cf's? Will it make any difference? I do hope to find a few low light...

Okay, thank you both for your replies. I will wait until I can get the fish to move the filters etc... That's right? Put them in at the same time?

Which part of the filter should I take from neighbour's tank to help with my new one? He has the same filter as I - there is a carbon part that is black plastic on one side, blue filtery stuff on the other and a small one in front that has white thick threadish kind of stuff. Do I take both...

I hope I don't have 3 posts show up. i keep trying to post my thanks to you both but it doesn't seem to be working. One last try- thank you both, this is very good news for me.

I'm looking for opinions on whether I can get tetras with a stable pH of 8? Everything I've read says that they need a more acidic environment. Yet the pH at the store is also close to 8 and they say it doesn't matter. I really don't want to get into livebearers even tho I know this may be my...