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My husband, daughter and I are moving in with a family member for a year or so to save up some money. We wont have as much space as we do now, so we've been downsizing. Right now, I have my 55 gallon, 46 gallon, and 5 gallon. I hope to sell the 46 gallon. My question is how much I should sell...

I'm having to restock my 55 gallon fish tank now that all my baby fish are out of there. The tank is heavily planted and has a canister filter rated for 125 gallons on it. I do weekly 50% water changes. Last time I missed a change (16 days between changes), I tested out of curiosity (API...

While rearranging the living room, my husband cracked my ten gallon tank! My poor betta and african dwarf frogs didn't know what to do! Thankfully, my husband is a quick thinker. He managed to snag all of them before anybody was seriously hurt (though my bettas fins were torn up pretty good)...

I was doing a pwc on my 55 gallon yesterday and noticed my male BNP guarding again. I didn't get too excited since the last two batches of eggs he got lazy with and took "breaks" from. They ended up rotting. BUT! I looked a little closer cause I noticed some movement... And success! I have...

Scroll down for pictures. My husband and I may have to move into a relatives house for a little while, in which case we will have to downsize our tank collection. The only tank I would be keeping is my 55 gallon, but that is mostly because I have spent way too much time, energy, and money...

Im sure everyone know by now that I work at a petstore in the fish department. Ive been working there for two years now. I have a two year degree in Animal Science. I've had fish tanks since I was 14. (I will be 24 in a matter of days.) I'd like to make a post, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, about...

I was gone for almost a week and a half, staying at my Aunts, house sitting and taking care of her elderly dog. My husband stopped home a few times to feed the fish, the cats, etc. I guess he didn't think to look over the fish tanks the way I normally do, so he missed the fact that there was...

Now before everyone gets up in arms about the term 'rescued', I did not pay for this guy. I took him home from a bad situation and have since been working hard to get him healthy again. Let me tell you a bit about Odi, and then you can decide if it was a rescue or not. First thing in the...

Many people who stop by my apartment say how empty my tanks look, and I understand why they'd think that... I have plenty of 'bottom' dwellers that like to stay down by the plants and tucked away, so unless you are near the tank you don't really see them. I do water changes every 7-10 days...

With how my 55 gallon tank looks. How long does that usually last? Please, please, Let me know what you think! Click here to check out the evolution of the tank: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f70/evolution-of-a-55-gallon-tank-193625.html Fish: -8 Bloodfin Tetra -8 SerpaeTetra -5...

I have a six month old -ish black veiltail angelfish. Its been housed in a 46 gallon planted aquarium with 8 cardinal tetra, 8 cherry barbs, 3 albino cory cats, various ghost shrimp, and some otocinclus. Water parameters are usually: Ammonia, 0. Nitrite, 0. Nitrates, 10. I do about 50% water...

I took home this little guy the other day at work. We accidentally got him in with our rubber lip plecos, and he definitely isn't one of those, or a common, or a hifin, or a bristlenose (basically, any of the pleco species we carry). He has odd spots, and his tail fin has a yellow vertical...

So I figured I'd catalog my first ever attempt at building a vivarium for a leopard frog that I "rescued" from being a feeder at work. I received a free 20 gallon high aquarium and was originally going to use it as a fish tank, but after cleaning it, I found a rather large crack in the upper...

Yesterday I posted about a free 20 gallon high tank that I received for free. I brought it home, cleaned it up, and realized that it has a huge crack on the top potion where a muddy patch had been. I cleaned it up, sanded any rough spots off, and then applied aquarium sealant around the crack...

I just got a 20 gallon high for free. I just need to pick up a filter and lights. I think I may move my Betts and three African dwarf frogs in to it... What else do you think I can put with them? My Betts is mellow. I have in my other tanks, cardinals, glowlights, cherry barbs, serpae...

Strange day at work... My coworker and I were looking over the new fish we got in this past week and we noticed one of the "large" (probably about 5 inches) koi was holding its mouth really funny. It almost looked broken. We caught him and upon closer inspection, realized that he had a stone...

55 gallon planted tank, running for more than two years. 370gph canister filter (CF400UV truaqua) 50% weekly pwc. Dose once weekly with liquid ferts. Dose once weekly with organic CO2. Tested with API Freshwater Master kit: Ammonia: 0 NitrIte: 0 NitrAte: .5 Stock: 1 Hifin Pleco 1 Pearl...

This is the first time I have caught an episode of 'Tanked' since we are house sitting where we actually have normal channels. Tonight I caught the episode where they added three aquariums onto a working pinball machine, and then built some really large tanks for a robotics and computer...

Now, I do not have mouth breeding cichlids of my own, but I am curious and am trying to learn more about these guys. I've heard of "stripping fry" several times, but never heard the process actually described. How do you go about stripping fry from a holding cichlid?

I rescaped my 55 gallon tank and decided that its looking a little bare on the bottom... I'm looking for a low laying/ low growing plant that does not NEED a CO2 setup. I do not have the money for it ATM. 55 Gallon tank T5HO 2 light fixture Flourish Excel dosed 2X a week Flourish ferts dosed...

This is a continuation from a thread I wrote awhile ago. I figured I'd post some more frustrating situations that I've dealt with. (http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f23/more-horror-stories-from-a-lfs-185509.html) I'm beginning to get really frustrated with people. I think I am burning out...

I have a single blue ram in my 55 gallon community tank and Ive been trying to figure out what sex it is so that I can get a second one. Unfortunately, at just over an inch and a half, it seems that it has characteristics of both sexes? No pink belly, but it has a blue sheen over its black...

So my bristlenose plecos laid eggs on Wednesday. My male has been obsessively guarding and fanning the eggs and you can start to see the eggs developed. My question is this.... i have two options for when they hatch. Which would be best? 1- I have a netted breeder box that I could put them...

I work at a lfs and unfortunately we don't have much info on cichlids. I have been searching the internet for info but have been coming acrosome conflicting info. Here are the species I am looking for, along with the info I'd like. Thank you in advanced! Kenyi Electric yellow lab Jewel cichlid...

I noticed today that my male bnp has been seriously going over a certain part of a driftwood log in my 55 gallon tank... darting back and forth, chasing other fish, and fanning his fins. Upon closer inspection, I noticed a clutch of 50+ eggs! Is it sad to say that this made my day? Anyone...