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Some of my rainbows are displaying some ragged tail fins - I think they've been nibbling on each other a bit and I wanted to add Melafix and Pimafix to the tank to help them heal. I know that certain meds aren't good for certain fish (i.e. cories) and I want to make sure that all my other fish...

Agreed that it is a false julii, scientific name is Corydoras trilineatus. See this page regarding information: http://planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=508 We have 7 in our tank and they are GREAT! They love to school and seem to play with each other. They were definitely...

On the big tank, we do 50% pwc's weekly. On the QT, we do 75% pwc weekly. I'm not sure a 5g hex has a spot to put activated carbon in it... but I'll take a look when I get home.

Three of my Serpae Tetras (the first batch of fish to be added to my tank 1 1/2 years ago) have developed fin rot. As soon as we noticed, we put them in a 5g quarantine tank. We first did a full dose of Maracyn. There was a bit of improvement, but not much. So, once that was done, we did TWO...

Could I do a betta with a few shrimp?

I have a 5 gallon Hex that I was thinking of bringing in to my work to put on my desk (so I can enjoy my fish at work, too!!)... I need something that wouldn't require care over weekends and was thinking of bringing in some of my baby/young guppies. If they start multiplying, I can bring some...

No plants... I've heard that plants in a brackish tank are tough to keep, so I'm going with silk... I was going with this light, but do you think it's too much? http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18360/si1379085/cl0/coralifefwt5aqualightdoublestriplight30

When looking at lighting for my upgraded puffer tank, I noticed that they sell a lot of lamps as either FW or SW. Which do you choose for brackish?

Do you mind letting us know what the new camera is? These are great shots!!!!

I hope it goes away! I've had the 10 gallon running for around 6 months, and it seems to only get worse... how long does it take?

I read that it is a lack of light or an excess of silicates. If you don't think it's the light, how do you get rid of silicates?

I am upgrading my figure 8 puffer from a 10 gallon to a 20 gallon tank. In his 10 gallon with regular factory light/hood, there is a terrible brown algae problem. It can easily be wiped off the glass and rocks during weekly water changes, but it's pretty unsightly by the time that comes around...

I've never had to do it, but I heard if you put a leaf of lettuce in the bottom of the tank for a while, the snails will all climb on... then you just pull it out! That way, you don't have to buy a fish to take care of it for you.

I have a wet/dry and I co2 inject. I try to keep the water levels high enough so that there is less agitation at the top. I think that canister may be better, but mine is doing great. My plants are doing really well and co2 levels are fine.[/i]

The biowheel should never have to be replaced... mine looks pretty gross and doesn't turn as well as it used to, but that's supposedly normal. I buy my cartridges from www.bigalsonline.com where I've found they are less than 1/2 the price as they are at my lfs!

I have an aquaclear on one tank and a marineland emperor on another and I like both... i lean a little towards the emperor, but both are great!

A coworker of mine had to move out of state. His kids had a tank of guppies at home, but they couldn't make the trip, so he gave 11 of them to another coworker (who has never had fish before). The 11 guppies arrived at work in a vase (no heater, filter, gravel, etc; just water) the other day...

It's an eclipse system... so it has a filter built into the tank. The light is the regular cheapo light that comes with it too.

Several months ago, I went to a wedding where I won the centerpiece... a bowl with a betta in it. I wasn't comfortable putting him in my larger tank, so I bought him a 5 gallon hex. He never really looked that well from the very beginning, but he did last about 4-5 months and just mysteriously...

Ok, I need some serious help with my plants. It’s now at the point where we are going to rip them all out and buying plastic ones unless I can figure out what is going wrong. The tank is a 46 gallon which has been set up for almost exactly one year (see fish list in signature). It is not in...

I just bought three Boesemani rainbow fish two days ago. We've tried sexing them to no avail. Two are smaller than the third, but other than that, the coloring is exactly the same. They are all young, around 1 1/2 inches long. As soon as they were in the tank, they seemed to get along fine...

Last night, I did a complete cleaning of my filter (Marineland Emperor 400) and besides finding lots of baby snails (which I sort of expected), I also found a couple of small dark colored worms. They were tiny and looked flat and sort of pointed at each end (though hard to tell b/c they were so...

One of the reasons why I was concerned about it is that they were bought 5 days ago and were fine when I introduced them to the tank. So, I was worried that my Serpae tetras were terrorizing them (only the red eyes seem to be effected) or that they are getting sick. I probably should have...

I'm new to this and keep trying to fiddle to get things right with the plants... Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5 (should this be higher?) pH: 7.0 KH: 3.4 GH: 4.5 CO2: 10 Fe: 0 (dosed after test) PO4: off charts (did 30% water change after test; most likely from water change not being...

I do... not sure if it helps but it said to on the bottle, so I figured it can't hurt!