Search results

I'm not sure what happened but I was gone for the holiday weekend and returned to find my killifish with an enlarged, red rimmed eye. He has lost ALOT of his yellow color and is clearly sick (acting strange - different than normal). I haven't had time to search on common diseases so DON'T...

I came back to the hobby in Oct 2004 and setup this 10g tank. About 5 years ago I kept a 29g and 45g planted tank without fish death issues. I lived elsewhere at the time and used well-water for the tank water/water changes. The 10g started with 4 pygmy cories but they all eventually died...

Thanks everyone for the tips and advice. I DID have a large bio-load in the tank at one time but they all died off (except for 2) ! I had: 1 Killifish 2 Oto's 6 Cory Cats I'm down to 1 cory and the Killifish (which I love!). I guess I'll up the water changes to 50% and get an oto. I'll...

I have 10g, non-planted tank with an Aquaclear Mini, 2 sponges and some Fluval Bio-Rings in-between. I do weekly water changes and I always rinse the bottom-most sponge pretty good in tank water that I've removed into a bucket. I then swap the bottom sponge for the top, keeping the bio-rings...

Hi QTOFFER - Thanks for the quick reply! I am curious as to when you bought your Oceanic 58g tank? Was it in the last year or two? Thanks again

I would be so grateful if somebody with a "Medium Oak" colored tank/stand/canopy (whichever of the 3 you have) made by Oceanic could post some pictures (distance and close-up) in a reply to this thread?? I'm debating on buying a canopy for my 55g but it's an older Oceanic "Nature's View" line...

Ok - I think I've decided to go with a JBJ nano-cube (6g). It was 3wpg. Thanks!

I've been looking to start up with plants again - I had a 29g and 45g planted about 5-6 years ago but had bad luck and left the hobby! Anyways, I like the stylish, sleek look of the Eclipse 6g as I want to start small and have a dwarf puffer or two :). I'm curious if the light over the Eclipse...

Just curious if feeding corys (6 pandas, 1 pygmy) brine shrimp alone is a problem (nutritional value) ? I can't feed them flake food because it just sits on the surface. I've tried the sinking wafers but they ignore them! ?

Do Oto's need driftwood in the tank for their diet? I just bought one and I know pleco's need it but do Oto's?

Stats: All-Glass 10G Aquarium 15W Aqua-Glo Bulb (Flourescent) Aquaclear Mini with 3 spongs - 2 inside, 1 covering the intake 50W Ebo-Jager Heater Lights on a digital timer, 8 hours per day Fish: 6 Panda Corys 2 Pygmy Corys (might be 1 now) 1 Oto Considering: If the other Pygmy dies, I'm...

Bump - anyone?

Hi All - Nitrates: 10mg/l Lighting is a flourescent "Aqua-Glo" 12,000K bulb for fish color - 15W 20-25% weekly water changes Temp=76F The tank has been setup since Oct 2004 with 4 Pygmy Cories. I added 6 Panda Cories to max out the tank on Friday afternoon (last week). I then changed the...

Mod please delete this. I'll just reply to my original post in the plants forum. Sorry! Thanks.

Hi All - I have a 10g tank with an algae problem. I've had the problem for awhile and it goes away when I leave the lights off ALL the time but then I can't enjoy it! Nitrates: 10mg/l The tank has been setup since Oct 2004 with 4 Pygmy Cories. I added 6 Panda Cories to max out the tank on...

Am I required to plan Anacharis or will it work floating? Has anyone tried Moneywort? I think Anacharis is really ugly and would prefer a floating, surface plant that looks like Moneywort...

I have a NON-planted 10g tank that I'd like to keep that way except for the algae growth that accumulates on the decorations. It takes about a week (I do weekly water changes) for the algae to get grow enough to get on my nerves. I have a simple "bring out the fish colors" aquarium bulb...

Does weekly rinsing for one of the 2 sponges cause a mini-cycle? I just want to make sure I don't kill my fish by doing this...

I have a tiny 10g tank with an AC Mini on it. It has 5 pygmy corys in it and has been cycled for a month now (tank has been up for 2 months). I have 2 AC Mini sponges in the actual filter and 1 cut/custom-fit onto the filter intake. I rinse the one on the filter intake once per week, when...

When I do a water change, should I remove the water, add the new water and then add dechlorinator? Or should I remove the water, add dechlorinator to the water currently in the tank and THEN add new water? And I assume I need to turn the heater off during this time (Ebo-Jager)? Thanks!

The tank just finished cycling. I'm adding the fish, one specie every couple weeks. I was going to do 5 Cardinals, 4 Pygmy Cories and 3 Khuli Loaches .. how are hatchets a bigger bio-load than Khuli loaches!?

This is my final change to my stocking list for my 10g: 4 Hatchets 6 Cardinal Tetras 4 Pygmy Cories or 4 Hatchets 6 Cardinal Tetras 3 Albino Cories I LOVE Albino cories, their pink color and extremely playful nature. Granted all cories are playful but I've had albino's before and they've...

I setup my 10g tank about a month ago next week and was away on vacation for 2 weeks, getting back on election day. I put a shrimp into the tank the day before I left (one week prior I did the "ammonia" method with household ammonia). I now have 20 or 40ppm Nitrates in the tank, even after a...

I bought a master test kit from Big Al's and the bottles have a number on the upper-right of the label such as "0504" which I assume means May 04. I saw some at the LFS yesterday and they said "1003"! How old is TOO old for a liquid test kit, specifically those by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals?

I went to Home Depot tonight and picked up a back of the Quikrete commercial grade sand (medium). I thought it would be white but it was the standard, neutral color. It's also not fine grained like true sand, since I bought medium. It's more like tiny gravel. Will this work like sand as far...