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I need suggestions for plastic plants that are not going to fade and then fall apart after a few years in a fresh water tank. I had plastic plants in tanks decades ago that held up very well, but recent purchases from the SAME manufacturer are fading and shedding like mad after just 3-4 years of...

I need help, advice, maybe just some sympathy? I have a 100 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank in my basement. It is used 6 months out of the year to house my pond comets during the winter when their ponds outside freeze solid. This is the third winter that the stock tank has been in use. No...

I have a moderate quantity of gravel in my 75 gallon tank, but I need more due to some recent re-landscaping. I love it, so I do not want to toss it all and start over. I have tried special ordering more of the same from both a small local fish store, and a big box pet store, with no luck. I...

I have been doing a great deal of research on the internet about the type of filter called a "bacci shower". I think I have a good grasp of the overall concept. I have been trying to design a new filter for my ponds that can be hidden inside a whiskey barrel, and I think a variation of the bacci...

On another site, I recently came across a posting that mentioned that if you have one nerite of each type in your tank you will not get eggs. For example, if you have a Tiger and a Zebra they won't mate, and hence no eggs. I asked for a confirmation or clarification of this and have not yet...

I have a full Python set-up that works very nicely for me, but I recently rearanged my tank in such a way that the standard width gravel tube does not fit between some of the rock formations and the side of the tank. (It is NOT the length of the tube, but the diameter that is the problem.) I...

I need a chemistry student here... I gave my dad about 20 pounds of left-over aquarium gravel two months ago. He put it in a galvanized bucket and set it aside for some project he was working on. Just recently, I discovered that I needed the gravel back, as I am revamping my 75 gallon and did...

Hi! I will be attending an event in Boston on Oct 30 (a Saturday). I never get to the "big city", so this is quite the trip for me. I am hoping to find at least one aquarium supply store while I am there. But I will be arriving in town by bus, and getting to the event by subway. So I am hoping...

Aarrgh! I have finally found the filter (on Craig's list) that I have wanted for a very long time. It's an Eheim 2028, and it came with ceramic rings and Ehfisubstrate. I will need to buy filter pads, and some replacement tubing, but-all-in all I am VERY happy with the purchase. I filled the...

I will be revamping my 75 gallon freshwater tank in a couple of weeks. I have FINALLY been able to buy the filter of my dreams on Craig's list (an Eheim 2028 ) :D and want to remove the undergravel filter plates and powerheads that are in the tank now, and the HOB, as well. But, I have always...

Yesterday, I aquired a filter that I have been yearning for, for years, used. It's an Eheim 2028 that I found on Craig's list...I was the first to reply of 6, according to the seller. No wonder, since he was selling it for $50, including an inline heater and bio media! I have scrubbed the living...

Long story short...I have some really old bricks, and would like to use them in my 75 gallon goldfish-only tank when I re-decorate it this winter. They were dug up when new gas lines were installed in my neighborhood about 2 years ago. They were found 10 to 15 feet deep. I like the "hand-made"...

I just came across some stuff in the quilting department of a local craft shop called "Nu-foam" that appears to be a possible filter material. It is labeled as "densified batting" and made of polyester. I have been researching it online, and the general opinion is that it is mildew resistant...

I just spent an enormous amount of time updating my original thread on this subject, just in case anyone else was looking for a solution. I knew the original thread was old...I checked the little box that asked me if I was sure I wanted to respond...but when I went to preview all that typing, it...

This is embarrassing, and I bet there will be some eye rolls out there, but I give up. I frequently see "cut your own" filter material at fish stores with one blue side and one white side. Sometimes it comes in prepackaged lengths, and I have also seen it on a large roll...sold by the foot...

I need to find SOME WAY to make my Stealth heater STAY on the back wall! Aaarrgh! I have tried several different brands of "heater-holding" suction cups, and they all eventually get brittle/slimy/stiff and lose the ability to hold to the wall. Is there a brand of suction cups that you really...

Could someone please explain this stuff to me? I will be looking at a used Eheim 2026 tomorrow. The owner has said that he cut the original tubing in some way to custom fit it to his tank, and I will most likely need to buy replacement tubing, including the intake part and the spray bar. I have...

I have a 100 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank that came with a "factory installed" drain hole at the bottom, on the side. I want to be able to remove the screw-in plug, and add a garden hose with an on/off switch. This stock tank houses my pond fish during the winter, and water changes will be so...

I have two pre-formed ponds, one about a foot above the other. In-between is a waterfall, about two feet long. I have 9 larger comets that will be inhabiting these two ponds next year (they are not yet in these ponds...long story). The upper pond and the waterfall are new this year. While...

Hope this is ok...I originally posted this question on another site, but have had zero response so far... At long last, I have begun the process of scraping paint off our porch, and around the front door of our 100 year old house. I am sure the vast majority of the paint is lead based. The...

In the not-too-distant-future, I am hoping to upgrade my 75 gallon tank from it's current filter setup of a Whisper3 HOB and two powerheads running a UGF. I know the UGF set up is mostly considered a waste of time these days...call me old-school! But my main reason for going with a UGF system...

Hi! I would like ONE large snail for my 75 gallon freshwater tank. It houses 3 medium to large fancy goldfish, with plastic plants, and gravel on the bottom. I would like a snail, but just ONE...I do not want babies, even if they are edible to my goldfish. Ideally, this snail would have a shell...

I have one (soon to be two) preformed ponds. The one that is currently installed looks great as long as the water level is all the way up, but if it goes down a few inches the rigid black plastic liner becomes visible and I have to drag out the hose. I have been considering a product called...

This is probably a hopeless post, but I feel like I need to at least try.:( I took on 6 fancy goldfish about a month ago from someone who did not want them. I had to take them fast (long story) and all I had for a quarantine tank was a 10 gallon with a Whisper2 filter. I knew it was going to...

Here is my question...can comets handle a drop in water temperature of 18 degrees in 16 hours? Details... I have 9 comets that live in my pond during the warmer months and overwinter in my house. For the last three winters, they have been housed in a 29 gallon tank in my living room. This...