Search results

Over the weekend I was doing a pwc on my tank. When I do my pwc's I always unplug the heaters to prevent them from getting damaged when I lower the water level. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry Thurs. night (Thanksgiving!), and when I was finished I forgot to plug the heaters back in. When I...

Since I work mids currently, I have a BUNCH of free time and found the best site so far with many plecos and their names and L #'s. Check this site out for all those mystery plecs http://www.ekkwill.com/wildplecos.html .... also their main site http://www.ekkwill.com/index.html .... Many cool...

When I feed them peas, do I need to get special peas or can I just get canned peas or a bag of frozen peas? Also, what else can I substitute their diet with besides algae wafers?...Thanks for the help as always

When I put the filter floss in my media basket, should I put it right before the water comes back into the aquarium or just stuff it in the bottom of the basket? Will it have different effects depending on where I put it?

Are the pads or the floss better? Is 14oz of filter floss more than a 30" x 36" micron pad? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=7&pCatId=5382 I think that all the "crap" sticking to my walls is suspended particles that hopefully the floss/pad can take care of. A lot...

I cut the overgrowth on the mature plant to establish new ones and the ones I cut off are doing fine. However, the mature plant stema are not regrowing. It's been about 4-5 days and nothing has come of it from where I pruned it. Is it supposed to regrow or is that it and just keep cutting from...

wipe down the walls in your tank? I have a CAE and a few Oto's but there seems to be this white fluffy stuff that "grows" on the walls in my aquarium and they can't suck it off but it wipes right off with my hand. Not a big deal just wondering if you guys have the same dilemma...If not what the...

Just wondering which I should go for. I have a few CAE but they like to stay on the bottom and rarely eat the algae on the sides of the tank. Which is better for algae control on tank walls? Also, if plecos are better, I would like some info on specific kinds of plecos that LOVE to eat algae and...

websites to go to for profiles on fish. I have seen people post them before but can't seem to find them when I need too?

My ich is getting a little better in the tank. When I do my 20% daily water change, I add enough aqaurium salt just for the water I am replacing. Do I need to be adding additional salt for the rest of the tank every so often? I am keeping my tank at 82 F while doing this treatment. Any other...

I went to bed last night at 11:00pm and all my fish looked good. I woke up this morning at 6:30am and turned on my light and noticed all four of my neons have about 10 white spots on their body. What the heck are they???? I don't have a QT set up yet so I am puzzled as what to do. All my other...

I have had 9 baby fry for about a week now. When they get old enough to show color between male and female what should I do with them. Will the lfs take them and give me store credit or what? Just wondering since I won't have enough room for all of them. Might keep 1 female and 1 or 2 males.

I am looking at www.fishstoretn.com as I saw you guys talking about it in the other post. I see they have much more than just the Omega One Flakes. I am just using regular wardley tropical flakes right now. I want to upgrade to give my fish better food and it sounds like Omega One is the way to...

I just started feeding my fish baby brine shrimp yesterday that I hatched myself and noticed this morning that there were white worms "swimming" in my tank. They are anywhere from 1/4" to 1/2" max in length. It seems they propel themselves by wiggling through the water. Wondering if this is...

I am about to change my filter cartrige and was wondering if I can just put the new one in there and take the old one out or what?

Currently, I am turning on my fish light when I wake up in the morning around 6:30 after my room light has been on so they get accustomed to the light instead of going in shock. Then, before I go to bed at 10 or 11 pm, I turn it off. The fish are in almost complete darkness between 11 and 6...

Just wondering everybodys input. When I make a 5 gal water change, I let the water that I am about to put in the tank sit in the bucket for 20 min or so after I add Aqua Safe to remove all unwanted "crap"...chlorine etc...That is the only thing I put in there. Should I be putting anything else...

First time posting!!!! My 20 gal tank is in its 3rd week of cycling...I just did a 25% water change yesterday to bring down nitrite level a bit to keep fish happy... and today I noticed all over the walls are very very tiny white cloudy "things" stuck to it. They seem to sway back and forth a...