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since my gravel change to sand 3-26-06. I took notice this morning that I am going through my cycle again. My parameters read as follows: NA-20 (but ny nitrates never were low)(there is nitrates in our tap water) NI-.25 PH-7.2 A-0 Could my NI go much higher or do you think I may just go...

We did it. Changed from the gravel to pool filter sand. Took us a good bit of the day yesterday and thank god my hubby was there to help me. Of course he made me do most of the work but he was there to back me up. I really like it with the filter sand. It looks alot better. And the gravel...

Hi. Have 2 questions. I got a catalog yesterday for our LFS. As I was paging through it I found a new gravel that I would like to have. Its called Torpedo Beach Sand. It says its recommended for freshwater aquariums with external filtration. I can get 50lbs for $21.99. Now here is one of...

I haven't been on here in awhile and guess what it's confession time. Not a good confession a bad confession. Of course many of you know that I have a 55 gallon F/W tank and since it has been up, I have been doing very well with the water changes and so on. :o :cry: Here comes the confession...

I recently bought 3 yoyo loaches to take care of my snails. And they did a really great job (should have bought them long before now) and anyway, since I had bought them a week and a day ago one has died. Poor thing. The other two were doing great until last night. They both had beautiful...

Ok this question has probably been asked many of times but I have to ask. I have a major snail problem (pond snails) which is better of the fish to eat them I have been reading YoYo loaches and Clown loaches are best. I haven't updated my signature in awhile so this is what I have Platys Neons...

I was at one of my lfs this morning and seen they had a freshwater baby whale there. How big do they get? And does anyone know what they eat. The lfs told me that they dont get to big, I would have liked to have brought it home, but don't know enough about it. And it wasn't even that all...

I started out with 3 snails I dont even know what kind of snails they are. and guess what I have been pulling little ones out left and right i gave my sister about 30 the other day and yesterday I pulled out 58 and I have gotten out another 30 today. I think they mate worse than rabbits. Is...

I got my hands on a 55 gallon aquarium set up, I needed the tank but not the stand, so anyone out there, I got a 55 gallon aquarium stand that I would like to sell. I would like to have $40.00 for it but I would take a resonable offer. I have pictures of it from different angles, and I added...

I did a water change on Sunday like I normally do and then tested my parameters everything looks good except my PH. My PH tested 7.6 or higher. My test kit stops at 7.6. My fish are dying and that could be a good reason why. What is the easiest way to bring my PH back down to where it is...

Whelp since I have gotten my tank up a couple weeks ago, my tank is cycled but for some reason I'm losing my fish. I have lost 3 in the last 3 days. I have taken notice that my nitrates are up though, and I have been doing major water changes but my nitrate level isn't coming down. I have no...

I got my 55 gallon up and running. I no longer have the 20 gallon up anymore. Everything is now in the 55 gallon. Here is a list of what stock I have 1 baby dalmatian mollie 2 baby sunburst platy 2 sunburst platy 2 mickey mouse platy 1 redwag platy 1 redwag sunburst platy 2 balloon mollies 4...

Whelp I got my brand new 29 gallon FW tank set up on Saturday July 16th I had bought the Bio Spira and a couple fish. It looked great and guess what. I went to the mall on Sunday to a phone call from my husband, :cry: :cry: the bottom of the tank cracked and water gushed everywhere. All 29...

Check this out. My sister in law called me last night and asked me if I wanted a 55 gallon aquarium with the stand, brand new hoods, filters, ornaments(which those I wouldn't take) and a couple other things for a price of $45.00. The stand looks nice and all but its that glued saw dust stuff...

Hi I was down at my tank this morning and took notice that the top of my tubes for my UGF I have some brown algea started, and I have one little spot on my heater, at least it looks like brown algea. How can I clean them up. I do not have any algea eaters, I had 2 otto cats and 2 days after I...

I got gutsy the other week and bought 2 amazon sword plants (small) but they look big, and I have a water lily and I think its an onion plant in my tank now (the onion and waterlily came from petco), I never had live plants before and I want to keep them looking really nice, what do I need. The...

I was at the pet store yesterday and seen they had gotten some dwarf puffers in. Can I add one or two of these to my tank. I have 5 platy and 5 zebra danios and one dalmatian mollies. If I can add them is there anything special that they eat? Thanks a bunch

:lol: Whelp I learned something I think yesterday. I was down at my tank last week and found that there were some new fry in my tank, so I scooped out 12 of them, I thought they were zebra danio fry, but I didn't know that zebra danio's were egg layers till later, and I knew they weren't platy...

Ok I have just found out at least one of my platy's has an internal parasite so I went and bought some medicine today and it says to take the filter/carbon out. I don't want to dry out my filter so if I take my bucket and add some aquarium water in it and sit my 2 filters in my bucket will they...

I went into my local PETCO store the other week and bought one of them cheap pouches that has the 4 plant bulbs in (not knowing if they would really grow or not) well 2 of the plants are growing pretty well now, so I have a question here, with now having live plants in my tank do I need to put...

Hi Im new to this site, and in another post I will tell you all about my 20 gallon tank I promis but I have a problem. I was just down at my aquarium looking at my fish and I happen to take notice that the poop on my one platy is clear they look like connected bubbles, i know this is going to...