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I was thinking that when I get my new apartment and get a bigger tank I would like to keep Rosey Barbs. I hear that they are great at keeping algae down in planted tanks plus they seem quite nice to look at. However, I don't seem to be able to find any info on these guys. A quick google search...

Well it finally happened that I had to move one of the flying foxes out of the 20 gallon tank. I figured that sooner or later things would get rough as the 2 fought for control. Actually the bigger one did the fighting. But up until recently the Gourami in the tank would always come over and...

So I said I would run this poll in another thread and I might as well start it now. I will probably run one in the future as well. Just curious about the success or lack of that people have been having with anemones. Of course there are many different types and many are harder than others but...

So my dad just made a nice simple hood to hold a double 20 watt lighting system (40 watts total). We let the oil paint off gas for a week and could not smell anything coming off of it. We put it on the tank at night but didn't turn the light on right away as it was past the photo period for the...

Well it is a few days after my recent tank move and my cories have just layed eggs for the first time. The 3 are an albino (the biggest and probably the female), a peppered and a bronze (whom I assume is the dad). Anyway I don't really care how many eggs survive (a couple would be nice) but how...

Well I managed to finish moving all of my tanks 5 hours down the road to their new residence (at least for a few months anyway). Everyone survived and I just have to get those plants replanted (most are currently floating and the fish are giving me the evil eye when I walk by the tank). The...

My brother just lost his Yellow Tang that had been doing a great job of grazing algae from his tank. Now the algae is growing back. Other than a yellow tang and inverts, is there another colourful fish choice that would be a great algae grazer.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/13/norway.keiko.ap/index.html Well it looks like they found Keiko the Whale dead in Norway.

I was on another forum and a person was trying to figure out how an ammonia reading came in her new tank. All she had done was add water, a dechlorinator, and cycle (no fish). She did an ammonia test and got a positive reading of 0.5. We were stumped until someone mentioned to test her water...

So when I move in about a week I will be in a place where I have help with my tank. That is to say I won't have to worry about water changes when I go away. Currently I can go away for up to 3 weeks and not have any deterioration in water quality. I have a lightly stocked and heavily planted...

So I know we already understand that we shouldn't clean our tanks with any open cuts but just in case you were unaware I was reading my Men's Health Magazine and they report that the new journal Clinical Infectious Diseases reveals that dirty aquarium water can cause you to develop a potentially...

So I will be moving soon and be very close to my parents. At the moment I have a 10 gallon tank with lots of plants and for some reason a little too much hair algae. I think there might be high nitrate levels so I am trying to combat that theory at the moment (I don't have a nitrate test kits...

Sorry to start another one of these. I have started a move (it will be done in three parts) and I have 3 tanks. Each tank is beign moved by itself and I started with the 5 gallon betta tank last week. I didn't have any plastic baggies for him so I filled a 2L icecream container (one I use for...

I was wondering if anyone knows of a site that has information on identifying native atlantic ocean crab species. When I go diving I keep seeing a shallow water crab (20-30 feet deep) that is maybe 3 inches wide with a black shell with yellow dots on it. I was hoping to find out whether or not...

I wanted to post in the recent posting about which canadian province you are from but it tells me I have no access? What's up?

My foxtail seems to be growing okay and is not dropping its needles but it has lost its wonderful green colour and is now a dull green/brown colour. Is this because I am lacking nutrients or is it generally a sign of too low of light levels. My tank has 2.6 watts per gallon, the foxtail is...

So I just bought 3 platys. After a nice long acclimation period I placed them in the tank. I normally wait until the next day to feed my new fish but I have seen them munching some algae off of my plants. Do platys normally eat algae or are they just super hungry? Any other platy info would be...

Try some nice cory catfish for the 10 gallon. They do a good job as scavengers keeping things tidy and are peaceful and fun to watch. Really hardy too.

Hey there Mods. What about placing some stickies at the beginning of the newbie forums that describe the process of properly setting up a new tank. I know that different people do different methods but the basics would be a good idea. You could describe fishless cycling for people and why...

This is my first post here on this forum. I have 3 tanks right now (plus another that I basically care for at my parents). My 5 gallon tank is planted and I keep 1 betta in it with a few snails. He is very happy. The hood is a standard incandescnet hood but i have switched one of the bulbs for a...