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Hello all, my Aquatech filter has been giving me grief, and I bought a new one to replace it . It's a good 10 yrs old, it lived a good life. I bought the same model and size "50" for a 40 gal established tank with angels in it. LFS lady recommended running both filters for awhile. I have the...

Hello all, It's been awhile! I recently aquired 2 lovely angels for my 40 gal. I'm trying to keep the tank at about 80 degrees...does that sound about right? They are the sole inhabitants of the tank. It's not a new tank though. Not sure yet if they are a breeding pair...LFS lady was...

Hello, it's been awhile but I'm back at it! I have 2 juvenile black moors in an established 10 gal tank. Too small for the long term. The GOOD news is that I'm currently cycling a fantabulous 30 gal for my babies. They'll be in their "studio apartment" probably for a few more weeks. I like to...

Out of curiousity, what is the that blue water in the cup in which the LFS sells a a betta?

It's been a heck of a day. A few days ago I added a golden apple snail to my 10gal tank with 2 tetras, 2 baby platys and 3 fancy guppies. Within 2 days all the guppies and platys were dead, and just today a tetra died. The guppy I was able to examine closely appears to have had ick. The snail is...

Hello all, are ADF's better off as a pair or will it do ok by himself? I'm thinking of getting one, but is it better to have 2 for companionship? Or do they not care? As much as a frog could care, that is...;)

I just rec'd WAY too many live brine shrimp from the over-zealous LFS. :D Since I can't use it all immediately, can I freeze them myself? I'm not really interested in breeding them or setting up an add'l tank for them. Thoughts?

Good morning, I'm not sure how much cuttlebone (for calcium) to use in my 10gal tank for my lone snail. I grated a little (half a tsp?) directly into the filter. She seems healthy with good shell growth. How often should I do this?

I've read a lot about folks on here trying "blackouts" to combat algae. Is a blackout when you simply don't turn on the aquarium lights for a period of time, or when you totally cover up the tank with a towel or something? I need to get rid of this green algae. It makes my substrate and...

I just acquired a mystery snail (apple) and was wondering if I'll need to provide it a new shell eventually? Do they outgrow theirs?

I did a PWC this weekend, and was appalled at how much poop and other solids were in there. I have 4 guppies, 2 bloodfins and a cory in my 10gal. After I did my usual housekeeping, vacuumed the gravel, etc all was fine..but YUCK. I've cut back on feeding. Water temps and levels look good. I...

I woke up this morning and found a tiny snail in my tank. It's about the size of a pea. While he's kinda cute, and seems to be enjoying the algae in the tank, I'm worried that I'll find many, many more snails in the future. Should I pull it out of there? Or can he stay?

My 10gal tank is now fully cycled (YAY) and I have 2 bloodfin tetras and 3 guppies in there. How often should I change the filter cartridge? The LFS people said to change it monthly, but I hesitated b/c I wanted to make sure the cycling was stable. It's been over a month, I'm at zero for...

Anybody have experience with this place? I got the creeps walking in, it was a converted grocery store (I think). Definitely a non bells and whistles place. Owner was a very nice guy, interesting, took his time, seemed to have good advice..until he advocated using fish to cycle. You know what...

Hello, So here's the scoop. My tank is new, so I imagine the cycling process has begun. Due to bad advice, I put 3 guppies and 2 goldfish in there, and of course all have died but for one fish I saved by putting it into our backyard pond, and the remaining fish is a small fantail guppy. My...

Hello, I just signed up at the recommendation of a friend, to talk shop with folks about aquariums and related stuff. I'm excited to read good stuff and hope I can share the same.