Recent content by Annaliesa

My previous experiences with cycling fish tanks were limited to taking established media + fish + shiny new tank = fish home. I've been successful at that. However, my established fish tank had a massive amount of algae I did not want remotely near my new tank (do not break open moss balls...

A clown fish statue to pacify your child when you say you can't get a "Nemo" because you are too scared and too inexperienced to do a saltwater tank.

You need atleast a 20 gallon for mollies. A 20 gallon long is nice. Mollies don't school, but they are more active when other fish are around. Females are quite peaceful. Males aren't too bad. In a 20 gallon, they won't attack another male usually - but if they are sailfins they'll flare...

My LFS is pretty terrible. The staff are incredibly and consistently rude, and their tanks are ridiculously over-stocked. Pet stores generaly over-stock their tanks, as the tanks are meant to be temporary quarters. Which I get. But when one has twelve full-size African Cichlids in a 50 gallon...

Does it appear to be living, or is it one of those things in a package? I've seen those packaged things at Petsmart. The texture looks like a rock. No clue if they work. Seems like a waste of money when there are other algae solutions that are either entertaining or free. I have two of those...

Hi. I'm not normally the type to do introductions on forums, but I saw the PM requesting an introduction. *shakes hand* My dad and I kept pastel guppies (from a breeder), which we later bred and sold. We also kept Golden Albino Sailfin Mollies for fun. It started off as a 20 gallon tank, then...