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What's up with my fish? Here's the info: 10 gallon tetra tank with three neons and three red phantom tetras. All peaceful, fat and happy. Some live plants (crypts). Eclipse system. Strong maintenance program with 20% water changes ever two weeks and filter changes every 30 days. Water paramaters...

I am looking for an algea eating or preferably omnivorous fish that will do well by itself (eliminates a lot of corys) in a 10 gallon tank that has a only three red phantom tetras as tank mates. I may not add anything at all, but am curious about the possibilities. Maybe ghost shrimp instead of...

I was so pleased with how good my new 10 gallon glow-light tetra tank looks that by comparison the four red phantom tetras and single blue tetra seemed cramped in my 5 gallon. I got a second 10 gallon and successfully transferred them over with all tank material and filter material...

Okay folks, wrapping up day 25 here and the nitrites took a precipitous plunge today. A morning test hinted at the drop and an after work test 14 hours later shows a drop from 3-4 ppm to .5 ppm. So my nitrite spike lasted six days: started to rise on the 12th, falling off on the 18th. I am...

I am on day 24 of the cycle, day 4 of the nitrite spike. I've fed with a few drops of ammonia daily since its spike ended. My nitrite reading is about 3 ppm. How long before should I expect to see the nitrites drop? This is a 10 gallon. I'm running the temp at 79.

I spend some quality time today gathering some really interesting looking driftwood and stones from the lake shore today. Gave the lot a rinse bath. The driftwood has such buoyancy that even by tying on small stones doesn't keep them down. I did, however, get a really cool effect with one piece...

I have been using the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit and have made the following observations. One, the color chart can be very hard to gauge against test (tube) color, particularly I find with the darker reds on the Nitrate chart. Two, test color in the tubes can look...

Hi all, I am at the end of week two in a fishless cycle for a 10 Gallon Eclipse system. Maintaining a steady temp of 80. Started with about two tablespoons of shrimp pellets, which deteriorated and have disappeared. Added gravel and and some fossilized bone from an established tank. I added a...

I have an established 5 gal with 3 Red Phantom Tetras and 1 Blue Tetra (I may move the Blue out to a 10 community tank that is now in the middle of a fishless cycle). I learned through experience that the tetras were happier with lower light levels. For nearly a year they thrived with only...

Aquarium Adventure in Cleveland gave me a price quote on the following gear and I would like to know if this sounds reasonable to you all. $423.00 for a 40 gal breeder, stand, hood and coralife lights. I like the idea of new equipment vs. piecemeal used. If I am going to save a hundered bucks...

There is a chance my wife and I will relocate in the fall of 2005. Is this good reason for me to put off starting a FOWLR tank? I am leaning toward a 30 or 40 gal. It seems like moving a tank would be terribly impractical and has the potential result of many casualties or complete system...

Yes, a newbie here, another on info overload. I'm doing lots of research before I take the plunge trying to decide what's right for me. Back to my question. As I understand it, the FOWLR can/does mean live sand, too, if there is a DSB. Is this correct? And it also means fish and inverts, right...