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hi i just put all my pond fish outside for the summer and i have an empty 20 gal tank that i have remodelled for adfs(i have kept many times before), i cant get the frogs for another 3 days, so i wanna know to keep my tank cycled is it possible to use CHLOR X CHANGE(it says"ammonia is dispersed...

alright my dilema is very simple but wierd, my piranha is in good health i just got him 2 weeks ago, hes 10" and 8 years old. so iv started feeding him raw shrimp and prawns, my only problem is he wont eat in front of me, if i drop the food in and watch he will ignore the food, if i leave the...

ok iv got a 10 " piranha in a tank right near the space were my band practices, will the sound of the music hurt my fish, like the drums and bass or w.e, iv got no were else to put my tank or my jam space, so its kind of a dilema, i cant tell if its bothering him, i just want to know if this...

hi i recently inherited a 10 inch black piranha, iv got him in a 100g tank, all water perameters are normal, and i transported him from a place that is 3 hours away, i had to transport him via cooler, he wasnt very thrashy at all. When i got him home i made sure there was alrdy some fish in the...

ok so heres my dilema, i am getting a black piranha from a friend in brandon which is a 2.5 hour drive from winnipeg, i wanna know what would be the most efficient way to transport this 12 in 6.5 pound piranha back to winnipeg, without injury? I heard a cooler would work well in keeping the...

ok so im clearing out my tank to start a new theme, im bringing all my fish back to the fish store and there buying them from me, i want to know how many days my bacteria(nitrite recyclers, ammonia recyclers) will last without fish? its been cycelled for a while now(1 year), and i dont plan on...

Ok i have no idea what i am dealing with, my fish are showing no symptoms of sickness, but there dieing over night, i cant diagnose the problem when there are no symptoms, every morning one of my fish are missing and then i find there carcuss. i have no idea what to do. here is all my info...

ok so i have a 55 gallon tank, cycelled for a year now, at this moment all readings(nitrites, ammonia, nitrates) are zero, my ph is 7.8. i have a 3 stage aquaclear filter 50 - 70 gal, and a 300 w rena smart heater(temp at 87F right now, i thought if it was ich i would get a head start), i have 6...

hi i have a 55g tank with 3 adfs, 3 balloon mollies,6 zebra danios, 5 black skirt tetras,1 honey dew gourami, 2 albino corys, and 3 swordtail platys. i had to recently youthanize 1 of my 2 swordtail platys because of prolonged illness. i noticed the other day that the one that was left looked...

Im not to sure if this is any cause for concern yet, but im gonna post anyway just in case. I have a 55 gallon tank 2 swordtail platys, 2 albino corys, 10 zebra danios, 3 adfs, 3 ballon mollies, and 1 honeydew gourami. I am cureing ich at the moment in my tank with heat and a little bit of...

my parents just got back from a cruise and they got me a bunch of coral from the barbados, its got a bit of red coral on it but its white for the most part. i wanna know if its ok to put in my freshwater tank, its a 55 gal, iv got 3 adfs, 10 zebra danios, 1 honeydew gourami, 3 balloon mollies...

this site(Ich Cure - Home Page) has a book out claiming to have the "All Natural" remedy for ich, claiming it can cure ich it just 2 hours, and completely disappear in less than 48 hours. i wanna know if anybody on this forum has any experience with this, or if they could just tell me what it...

hi i recently bought 3 blue paradise fish (2 male and 1 female) for my 55 gallon tank. i keep them with 10 zebra danios 2 albino corys and 3 adfs. i was reading up on them and got various facts about them, i know that males fight i know that they eat smaller fish, but i also saw alot of ppl say...

Iv got 3 african dwarf frogs, iv had them in my 55 gallon tank with danios and corys for bout a week now, there healthy and a bit on the chubby side besides the ones that are tiny and chubby. they all seem to be mingling normally. i have the most trouble feeding them, i put the bottom of a clay...

will leaving the lights on my tank longer increase my nitrogen cycle? iv heard that the bacterium that recycle your ammonia, and nitrites grow the most when the lights on your tank are turned on. and yes im doin a fish cycle (not fishless). and i have proper eco lights on my 55 gallon tank.

i have a 10 gallon tank established for almost a year now with 10 comet goldfish(know its overstock but they are very strong fish for some reason), i put them in my pond for the summer(they love it), but ya if yall want a pic il post one of the 10 gallon . but ya back to my question, i have a 55...

ok i went out and bought a nitra zorb to remove all the excess nitrite from my tank to reduce the amount of water changes dureing my cycle process, and i just wanted to know if this is a good idea? or should i return it and just continue with the water changes?

my tank has bin cycling for a bout a month now and i over crowded it a bit at first(12 danios 2 albino loaches), but there all still alive and well. i noticed alot of nitrite in my water yesterday so one of the members on this site recommended a 50 % water changes(worked very well). and today i...

hey i just bought 10 zebra danios for my 55 gallon tank(12 zebra danios in total), and they were all fine, playing, eating etc. until today (3 days from purchase)i noticed 1 of them was hanging out between all the plants at the bottom, like just chillin there. its has no discoloration, no...

hi i just recently started up my 55 gallon tank again about a month ago. I had a case of a ich a few weeks ago(whiped out now). I do frequent water changes and do tests every week. my ammonia has bin very low(.04,.05 maybe) my ph has bin stable at 7.5 and my nitrite at .03. i just did a water...

ok im new to the forums on this site, i need some advice on the activity of my zebra danios. My 55 gallon tank had signs of ich about a month ago, i sadly lost all my fish, i have had many fish and many fish tanks in the past but i have never encountered ich, so i had no idea how to address it...