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    german ram white spot on head

    One of my rams got a white spot on his head recently. I moved him to a quarantine tank that i set up with water and media from the main tank so I could watch him and the next day he also got ich also. Poor guy does not look happy. Any help on what the white spot on his head is and possible...
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    multicolored slate tile?

    I know another slate post. I did search and search and search so more and everyone seems to agree slate is safe in an aquarium bit the only slate I can seem to find anywhere is multicolored. Ive gone to like 6 diffrent places, homedepot, lowes, tile stores none have had just grey slate. I also...
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    first live plants. any advice?

    This is my first attempt with live plants. The 1st pic shows the only live plants around the statue. There are supposed to be cryptocoryne wendtii. They look like they are in rough shape right now. They looked better 3 days ago when I first got them. I've read that they tend to "melt" when...
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    is hydor the only inline heater option?

    I was looking at getting a heater for my tank since it is going to start cooling down outside soon and was thinking of an inline heater. After a google search all I could find was hydor inline heaters. Are they really the only ones making them? Or am I blind and missed something? They seem to...
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    can I add cichlids?

    So now the wife wants cichlids in our tank. I'm still new to all this and not sure if cichlids would work out with my current setup or stock. The tank 140g tank 4' long 30" deep 18" wide. Ive got 2 canister filters, a fluval 306 and a cascade 1500. One has a spraybar and the other the duckbill...
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    splitting canister filter intake?

    Has anyone split the intake on there canister filter? Just to clarify 1 canister filter and 1 intake line to the tank but then splitting it and having 2 intake strainers in opposite corners of the tank. If you have tried it how did it work? And how did you do it? I've beenlookong at doing it...
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    filtration rate vs turnover rate question

    Ive searched and haven't found a very clear answer yet becuase most seem to be lumping filtration and turnover/circulation rates together. I understand water should be turned over roughly 10x per hour, maybe more maybe less depending on the setup and stock in tank. My question is how much of...
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    is this ich?

    It looks more like little cotton balls, the few white spots almost look like sand from the tank also and everything I've been reading says ich looks like grains of salt. So just wondering if I need to pull out the quarantine tank
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    my first tank. any advice welcomed

    [/IMG] Tank is 60" L x 18" D x 30" tall. So roughly 140 gallons. A cascade 1500 canister filter. A Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED light and a small 12" LED/bubble bar or whatever itscalled. I Did some reasearch before filling it up and did fishless cycle and just recently added the first...
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