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I should start out by saying that I have been super busy with work and as a result my tanks have suffered a little. I used to have a description of the tanks and fish I have, but since it has changed I guess I will quickly break them down for you. 1 20gal fw with 1 female beta, 2 hatchet fish...

Just as an update, I am STILL struggling with algae in my planted. I am about ready to rip everything out and start over. Anyway, at lights on this morning (I have an external ballast thingy under my tank) I noticed some ants on a newly added diy co2 bottle. Well considering there is sugar water...

I got some Grant's stump remover today and I have been looking around to see how to and how much of this stuf to dose. Not getting a whole lot of info. Any ideas??

Max passed on today with my help. He got to the point where the tumors were preventing him from swimming for more than a few seconds at a time, and his breathing was starting to be affected. I was very attached to Max and it was a hard thing for me to do. He will be missed. :cry:

A while back I thought my female ram may have had internal parasites. I got her the antiparasite fish food from jungle. Just recently she has started looking really thin again and acting super hungry so I thought I would try the food again. The pellets are too big and too hard for her to eat, so...

I have never mailed anything alive through the mail. The snails I am mailing are ramshorn. Can I just put them in moist paper towel+bag in a box, or do they need to be in water? I was planning on shipping them priority usps (2 day) Will that work?

Now I am by NO means a painter. When I comes to painting I have NO idea what I am doing. I decided to paint my own background for my 20g and I think it turned out ok. The paint I used is VERY shiny so its hard to get a picture of the painting without a huge flash reflection but here it is...

I think I may have to rip everything out and start again. I am now getting hair algae. There is not much I will be able to do about it until I can get ahold of some proper test kits and see what I am lacking as far as nutrients go, but in the mean time, I am thinking of doing some agressive...

Its snail picking time! I usually just throw them out but I thought I would see if anyone wants some this time. They reproduce a LOT. I think the last time I picked them out I got around 50. They are of varied size but most being in the 1/2 to 2 cm range. Pics below

My poor betta. He is getting SO big in his chest area. There are several "growths" inside his body which I can see clearly now due to the fact that his stomach is stretched pretty thin. It looks like it is filled with fluid. I can't bring myself to put him down though. He still comes up to the...

I found this website about dyed fish. It has a whole bunch of info and a list and some pictures of the types of fish that are dyed. I know there have been some topics and questions on this subject and thought this was interesting. http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

My wisteria is having problems. The new leaves are turning yellow and curling under and getting blackish clear spots. ( I will try and get some pics later today if you need them.) I lost the card for my nitrate test, the color is mostly yellow/slightly orange. On the nutrient deficiency page it...

At lights on this morning I saw my amano shrimp out and about so I decided it was a good time to grab the net and try to get him into the other tank. I have to say he was the easiest thing I have ever caught with the net. He practically climbed in by himself. So I scoop him out and run over to...

My first question is about my Cryptocoryne walkeri. When I first got it the stems were pretty brown. Now they are more green and some of the leaves are getting a reddish brown color to them. Is this normal for this plant or is there something the matter with it. My second question is about my...

I thought he may have had dropsy. He is Still really swollen, but when the light shines through him at certain angles, I am almost positive there is a tumor or something growing in his stomach area. I will try and get a picture if I can. My question is this, how long do I let him go on like...

When last I used this I used it in a low-ish light aquarium that had some swords, aponogeton, and some java fern. That tank EXPLODED with algae. I was looking at the back of it, and the ingredients are... potassium sulfate, edta, Iron chloride, sodium hydroxide, dtpa, potassium iodide...

Well, things are coming along nicely in my 20 with a big thank you to Jc! Some close ups of the Anacharis now can I clip some of the growth that is spouting off the sides and just replant it? Some close ups of the Ludwigia This little piece broke off so I planted it near the...

This last week I got a dragon goby and I put him in my fw tank (he came from a fw tank) intending to convert it over to brackish. I have my hydrometer, I have my marine salt. I thought all I need to do now is move out the shrimp, the plec, and my hatchets, and slowly bring up the salinity of the...

I didn't enter my AA user name in the comments box when I made a donation. Will you still be able to tell that I made the donation?

We were in the dreaded W--- and I saw this fish, and I bought it. I know it prefers brackish, and I think I can give him that if I can get my plec out of the 55. Oh and the hatchets. This was labled "dragon fish" its a dragon goby correct? Is dragon goby and violet goby the same? Anyway, here...

I have the aquaclear 70 on my tank. I took out the ceramic noodle things it came with so the only filter media I have in there at the moment are sponges. I am noticing a lot of crud floating around in my tank. What media do you fellow ac keepers use?

HOORAY!! I got my new light bulb in today! 24w 6500K 2000 lumens, to replace the blue actinic bulb that came with my fixture. I am SOOOO happy! I really loved the look of the blue, it was very pretty, and now with two white bulbs (the other one is 12000k) its more yellow but I am hoping I will...

I tried doing a product review and when I hit the submit button I got this message... Warning: process_image(/home/aquarium/public_html/reviewpost/languages/english/emails.php) [function.process-image]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in...

I found my oldest oto (around 2 yrs old) Very near death this morning. Very slow labored breathing, swollen body, eyes slightly popped out. I did not notice the blood until I took him out. The arrows in the picture show where it was the worst, one spot under the gills, some under the scales on...

can I cut them off, or willl this hurt the plants?