Recent content by bwaymusgal

In my experience, yes keep the tank up. I actually keep my tanks up in the 82-84 range as per a suggestion on another forum, and since I started doing that, I've never had ich come back again. My sister does the same thing and hasn't had any ich either. Doesn't seem to hurt the fish at all...

I know this is asked all the time, and I have been reading some other threads, but I just thought I'd throw my stocking question out there. I recently redid my 50 gal after a major die off (lost all but 4 fish). I thought it was because of a BGA outbreak, but when I was cleaning out the tank I...

Good advice from all the others above. I would just like to second the suggestion for otos. I have four in my 50 gal tank and they do a great job of eating algae. I haven't seen a speck of it since I put them in there (they cleaned up the algae I did have in there overnight the first night I...

When I was buying my lights I asked on another forum I frequent and heard horror stories of people's Jebo/Odessya li fixtures randomly catching on fire... that was enough to keep me away. Granted, it doesn't happen often, but I talked to three people who had theirs catch on fire. That's way...

I have seven in my 50 gal and if anything they seem to just stay to themselves. When the other fish (2 GBR and gouramis) are around they school a bit more, but nothing in the way of nipping to either each other or the other fish.

I have a betta in a 29g. Before we had him in a breeder container thing, but since moving him to the bigger tank he seems much happier and more colorful (btw vthokie, go hokies!)

I have four otos in with my pictus, serpae tetras, gouramis, and GBR for a month or so now and I've never had a problem. I put them in to take care of some algae... and they did it overnight! It was crazy. They are usually the broad leaves of the plants or on the driftwood, while the pictus...

good to hear... I was just checking to make sure :0)

In my 50 gal tank, my three gouramis, two GBR, and two black mollies now ALL have thick stringy poop. The serpae tetras and pictus catfish do not. It seems like no matter what I feed them or in what frequency... it is still there. The color varies depending on what I feed them. At first I...

:0) Just checking... I've seen way too many people just go to ponds and pick up sliders or find box turtles only to release them later because they got too big or sick or they were moving or something. Not only is that generally against the law, but also really unsafe for natural populations...

I feel your pain... I can't find my GBR anywhere today. Hope you find your fish!!

An update... This morning when I woke up, saw all three GBR swimming around, left for class. Just checked the tank now and the one that was sick is gone. I've moved around everything and taken things out and looked around... no fish. I have no idea where it went, but I can only assume it is...

When you say get more turtles... where are you planning to get them from?

Thanks for all the responses and link! The GBR is still alive. When I got home earlier it was out and swimming around looking normal, but now is back to the corner towards the surface. I bought another ammonia test kit and tested... still at 0. I'm going to keep with the extra bubbler...

Hi, I got my tank used with two canister filters. The one is self priming and works great. The second however, is a Via Aqua 650, is not self priming and my boyfriend and I can't get it to prime to save our lives. The guy we bought it from had it working right before we picked it up. I...