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increasing the water surface circulation sounds good. it is actually easier to access the water in the coffee table aquarium the glass sits on 4 acrylic dowels about 11/2 to 2 inches above the rim. thanks

my sister in law called and asked what could be in their tank? she described them as little black bugs on the edge of the tank. the tank is a coffee table tank i used to have. they are very tiny about the size of a pin head and black, only on the edge around the rim of the tank. they don't see...

hi, i also have parrot fish, i would like to point out that they can be aggressive fish if they are live fed. i have 1 lfs that feeds them live feeder fish and every time the lady puts her hand in they tank she gets bit. however i do buy them from another lfs and they are exactly like the dog...

i have 2 40 gal. freshwater that are very successful. i also have a 30 gal. salt i hate. it has ich just everything wrong from the getgo. so can i change this to a freshwater? i have an emperer 330 bio-wheel. a small powerhead. i am wondering can i clean the biowheel and use this. not sure...

my percula clown got ich, been using rid ich. how long do i use this? started a quaratine tank. 10 gallon. put him in and using this stuff for about 4 days now. it doesn't say how long it takes. thought about using some copper stuff at the lfs, but they said to try this longer and the clown cost...

ok so talking it over with the hubby and we can agree on a 96x18x30 have a huge cabinet that will be reinforced. talked to lfs can get acrylic tank with overflow for about 1600 to 1700. a hood with lighting for 550. my question is what kind of filtering? can i do my own sump thing. is that...

can i put a coral beauty and a bi-color angel together in a 30 gallon tank. :D

can anyone please let me know any info on this topic. i will be doing this in a couple of weeks. :roll:

thank-you so much for this info. i will talk to her about it and see what she wants to do. :D

what is bio-spira? will it help?

can i transport fish about 5 hours away from me. my sister wants my coffee table aquarium. she lives about 5 hours from me. if i put the fish in large coolers would they make it? what about the tank? it has an undergravel filter i was going to drain the water into 5 gal. buckets with lids as...

i would like to add some figi live rock to my tank. it is cycled "i know i should have done it in the beginning" oh well hindsight and all that. my question is will it hurt my hermit crabs, shrimp, 2 perc clowns and firefish. or will it mess up the tank already being cycled? do i buy it and just...

lol, thank-you you guys. :wink: i will tell her i am taking the wallet. i did not smell the ammonia as bad after the water change. will do the water changes weekly. hmmm. can't remember how many fish but at a guess 8 or so.

hi i have a friend who just got a new 30 gallon. she is doing freshwater fish, but is adding to many to fast. she set the tank up on sunday and added fish, then went back monday for more fish. tuesday the tank has an ammonia smell. so i went over with water from my 40 gallon and one of my filter...

i am going to set up a 240 gallon tank and was just wondering. i like the angels alot. both dwarf and large. are they hardier than the tangs. seems like alot of you guys have tangs. not hearing about alot of emperor angels or large angelfish. i like the blue girdle angel too.

hi i have 2, 40 gallon freshwater setups. my question is my friend just started a 35 gallon. is there any way i can help her quicken her cycling? maybe giving her some water? or something else?

i did have the water checked and everything was fine. no live rock. tank had just been cycled and had water tested before i bought the perculas. i did do a water change the friday before it died. it died on monday. what about the stringy poop stuff? i think i will stick to false perculas from...

hi. cycled my tank have 8 hermit crabs now had 10. got 2 percula clowns 1 false and one true. the true died 1 week after buying it. it had a long string of poop behind it the night before it died. it looked like a hair at the end and white towards the fish. was this a bacterial infection? no...

hi, i have a male swortail with a huge tummy all of the sudden. is it some kind of bacterial infection? i have a 30 gallon tank with an angelfish, a zebra danio, 1 fantail. and the swordtail. all pretty small still. the tank is 4 months old.

i heard from my lfs that they don't have a long lifespan. only about a year. is this true? :fadein:

well i'm not sure if i should get one or not by what everyone is saying. so i guess i would have to add live rock to have one? i don't have a starfish yet. it's a want thing :mrgreen: i would like an orange one. if anyone has any suggestions on that it would be great also.

hi, just went to my lfs and saw the cutest fish a scooter blenny. my question is can a scooter blenny get along with a coral beauty, 2 perculas, a cleaner shrimp, a starfish and 10 teeny tiny hermit crabs. oh" i have a 30 gallon with a 330 penguin biowheel, a powerhead and a 4" sand bed. no live...

just a quick question. what if you currently have no live rock and the tank just cycled?

thank you. you've helped alot. :D

how do you pump it back into the tank? off the powerhead? i have a 330 emperor biowheel and a powerhead. bioload is 2 percula clowns and 10 tiny hermits.