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There ain't but so many fish out there, until they start harvesting fish from Saturn African Cichlids will be a basic as well as Central and South American breeds Not sure what's in style, for that you need to ask your Facebook friends what will make you cool. Sharks and piranha are popular...

I was in Houston today and they had albino sharks on sale for $3.99 Good looking fish, I almost bought one despite the fact that I have NO aquarium he/she would fit in. Love the red fins.

I've started diversifying my food in all my tanks. Depending on the type of fish, I may alternate between bloodworms and flakes (guppies, neons etc.) and the cichlids get NLS some nights, flakes, peas and live earthworms other nights. I also started buying different flakes to add diversity...

After doing some more research I now have a direction and that's internal bacterial. I've used a lot of treatments that were parasite based but I had NO external indications of what the problem was except 'not eating' and 'white stringy poo'...could have been anything. The popeyes are not a...

The following post explains what has been going on. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f17/time-to-go-back-in-main-tank-331740.html I ignored the fish for a few days including lights out in order to lower stress, but today I checked on him and saw this I still want to save this fish...

6" Green Terror in 150g mixed planted cichlid tank (African and Central Americans). Fish looks healthy, very active but won't eat and has white stringy poo. 8 fish in 150 and they've been together 8 months No tank changes other than standard conflict with same size Dempsey Started pooing white...

Thanks, that's a nice site and it looks like the next cure all is Paracide-D. At the rate I'm going I'll have tried every medication out there. I just wish that so many of these medications didn't instruct you to add to food when the symptom is fish not eating.

6" Green Terror in 150g mixed planted cichlid tank (African and Central Americans). Fish looks healthy, very active but won't eat and has white stringy poo. 8 fish in 150 and they've been together 8 months No tank changes other than standard conflict with same size Dempsey Started pooing...

I think you're right, as long as I follow the proper flow rate as to not make the current difficult for the fish then a one way flow should be very effective towards a clean tank. The entire end of the tank on the outflow side will be a smooth rock bottom for ease of vacuuming. I'll also keep...

I have a desperate need for verification before i do what I'm going to do anyway Does that make any sense :lol:

Nobody's done this?

One way directional filter flow freshwater 210 I'm designing a planted discus freshwater 210. Since clean water is especially important with discus I'm thinking of running three canister filters with all intakes on one end of the tank and all outflows on the opposite end. I would like to put a...

I had a pump failure and the pump was a part of the heating system for my 150 Ran over to Wally World and bought a $15 ceramic heater and stuck it under the cabinet pointing at a large canister. Between warming the canister water and adding heat to the bottom of the aquarium within one hour my...

GE Silicone I works, do not use GE Silicone II because of anti mildew additives Is it fixed yet?

The sad part is that by the time experience teaches you how to work smart the Grim Reeper tells you it's checkout time.

Check Craigslist, you can usually find a 120-150 gallon for $200 and most times the people throw in $300 of goodies.

Thick glass can get expensive but you already have a layer so just have local hardware store cut an 1/8" piece ($10) 1/8" smaller than tank, lightly sand edges with sanding block (doesn't crack as easy) buy two tubes of silicone ($12) Clean bottom of tank first with water and cleaner then...

I had an advantage because I owned a commercial cabinet company installing cabinets in high rises, schools and hospitals. Because of the weight and size of these plastic laminate cabinets I built custom made 4wheel (pneumatic tired) dollies I added a wood box to the top of one of the dollies...

Very good links and I am an avid reader. However I've got bacteria that are diminishing as we speak so I came to this forum for the short version. That said, I've done everything I could to save this media. I've filled the sump with the proper salt water, I've cycled the media using an extra...

I started a post a few days back asking about using the Gulf to help with my cycling However when I unloaded the sumps I noticed that there was an easy 5 gallons of media in one of the sumps, it had been out of water for a few days but was still damp. I mixed up 10 gallons of water with 2 lbs...

I think it's worth trying. I believe that some bad bacteria is a fact of life. in younger days i climbed the Himalayas and before every trip I consumed some vials of nastys to build my immunities before going 'in-country' In the wild fish have built up against bad bacteria while in captivity...

Moved it by my self, took some prep work but very little physical exertion. Yes I took pictures This 210 has a new home It's mine :D

I'm giving this tank to my granddaughter for Christmas, if she decides to go salt water which I think she will because our water's ph is too high for a Discus tank and we already have a planted cichlid 150. Then I'll definitely try using bacteria and water from the Gulf. That would be the...

I'm well versed on fresh water cycling but I'm reading that a well balanced reef does best with a larger variety of bacteria which can be brought in by various sources (most of them involving expensive rock) Can I put my rock in crab traps and lower it in the gulf/bay for a month? Can I use...

I've owned a construction company for 40+ years, defining strong isn't an art form :lol: It's just hard to get guys on a Sunday morning and that's my time window. I'll try to ask at least four and hope three make it which would make four with myself. I was hoping someone would post...sure...