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Thats why I was so shocked. I wondered how they sold anything. It was in the Oceanside/Long Beach area. I can't remember exactly where though. It was down a side street of long beach road.

enpharedskin, where did you get the wood? Any pine-type tree (coniferous) including, cedar & fir, will have oils, acids, & tar in the wood that are harmful in a tank. Tank-safe wood is mostly wood from hardwood trees with large broad leaves or vines. Here's a site with a big discussion on...

I spent Monday driving around with a friend of mine to about 20 fish/pet stores looking for browsing, comparing prices, etc (He's starting to set up a dwarf cichlid tank). I went to at least 10 places that I had never been to before. Mot of them tiny mom & pop stores. One had the...

Try not changing the entire water cup. A sudden change in water quality, temp, etc outs a LOT of stress on fish. Use a mini-siphon or piece of silicon tubing to get the waste out of the bottom and only drain 1/2 the water at a time. Most likely, its stress. Disease may be in the tropical...

The little clear one is probably a baby ramshorn. When they're little and they dont have much shell built up, or if they have a calcium deficiency, snail shell loook clear. I know it may seem sort of cruel, but probably the best thing to to is get rid off them. Whenever you put new plants in...

The plants need food to live off, too. The micronutrients need time ti build uo in the tank, as well as the fish waste that the plants live off of. If you have no fish, you probably don't need to wait that long, but the plants will most likely die unless you have fertilizer for them and some...

Found some. YAY

Anyone know where to purchase ghost shrimp locally? I'm in Long Island and I've never seen em around here.

Youre lucky. I van't even find a store that carries ghost shrimp in NY

I did a google search for "rosy barb" and foung a LOT onfo helpful info, heres just out of the first five listing. Basic info: http://www.fishpondinfo.com/barb.htm Breeding info: http://maximwebsite.tripod.com/rosybarbbreeding.html More basic info...

What are the dimensions of your tank? If I was right about it being 48x24 surface area, you can only fit 1 grown ray in that, IF THAT, there will be NO WAY to keep 2 rays and 2 gars (which often reach more than 24" in captivity comfortably. PLEASE DO MORE RESEARCH before you go out and buy a...

If he's already getting oever the ich, I would stress him further by adding salt, but ich infections, the usual recommended treatment is at LEAST a teaspoon per gallon, often people recommend more. You used non-iodized or aquarium salt, i hope? I do keep salt in my tank regularly, mostly...

I'd suggest going around to your local fish store(s) and see what they's be willing to buy or trade and for how much. Maybe that would give you a better picture of your local demand. Chances are, they buy from a huge distributor and even if you spend a lot of time and money breeding the...

I assume the tank is 48 x 24 x 24? The number of breeds of stingrays you can put depends on the type of stingrays and how big they get. Remember that they are bottom dwellers, so its really the bottom dimensions of the tank that you're interested in. The depth is pretty much useless for...

As for the paradise fish, they are quite beautiful. I had 3 males in a community tank with a bunch of gouramis, a female betta, some catfish, etc, and they were never very aggressive. The male gouramis were much more likely to get caught nipping fins and chasing the slower fish around. They...

Try aquabid.com, they are sort of like an ebay auction site for aquariums. Most of the seller will ship internationally, If they do there will be a little globe icon nextto the listing. You should also try looking under the general reatailers forum on this site...

If the diseased fish as just removed from the tank last night, there is probably still contaminants in the tank. It is a very cantagious parasite, and its possible that your other fish already have it, and just aren't showing signs yet. Do any of you other fish show symptoms of ich besides the...

I'm living in Franklin Square now. Wow, Aquarium Adventures huh? I drive up and down that road every day and I've never seen it. Hmmm. . . . deg, I ctually work in Levvittown. Maybe some of you Long Islanders have seen that big new club RITUAL. Used to be Luxe. On Hempstead Tnpk on the...

Krap, if anyone left anything in a coffe can for a year it would rot, rust, die, andall the water would evaporate. I think someone is telling you stories. That's sort of a no-brainer

Are you concerned with your alkalinity or carbonate hardness? If you are purchasing fish from your local pet store, chances are they have similar water qualities to you, and the fish may be well accustomed to hard water. You may want to ask a KNOWLEDGEABLE (if you can find one) employee or...

Oh yeah thats BAD

I wouldn't keep adult angels with anything that they fit in their mouths. They aren't especially hard to keep, but they are a bit more sensitive to water quality than some other hardier fish. Taken from aquariumfiish.net

Can you post a picture? It is protecting the lights from water/splashes? It may just be structural. Does it still feel sturdy?

BTW, when you use ammo-lock or such, it will "lock" or molecularly bond your ammonia, but it will still show up on the tests. It just converts the ammonia to a form that is non-toxic. IMO, using it until you have your ammonia levels under control is not a bad idea. In my experience, it...