Recent content by Chikadee

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Hi everyone! I just returned to the aquarium hobby after a few years hiatus. We set up a peaceful 10gal community tank. It's been cycled and the water parameters are all normal. We recently got an upside down catfish that was happy and healthy except after water changes. The first time, he...

Ok I fixed it. :) But thanks!!

I ordered a new emporer 400 from big al's about a month ago, i set it up and everything was fine. Today, when I was changing the water, I unplugged the filter so when the sand stirred up it wouldn't get into the impeller. Afterwards, when I plugged it back in, I primed it and it makes this...

1. I have 2 tattoos (both of stars), one I got when I was 15 in New Zealand 2. I was born in China and lived there until I was 5, I have gone back every year since I was 15, except for last year because of SARS. 3. I am bringing my "foreigner" (caucasian) boyfriend with me to China this...

Puffers live for a long time too. Figure 8's are known to live for 18+ years when kept as a singleton. But puffers in general live 10+ years, except for the dwarfs, which only live for about 2-3 years as far as anyone really knows, they're still pretty new to the hobby.

Thanks for everyone's concerns. That was removed and I am all better. :mrgreen:

I am subletting a studio apartment this summer. Unfortunately my current lease ends on the day that my new lease begins, and I can store all my stuff somewhere for a day but not my fishtanks. I arranged to move them in a few days early, and last night my boyfriend and I spent hours packing...

I boiled mine for about 15 minutes and that seemed to do the trick

My boyfriend made me a stand for Christmas last year. I think it cost him around $70 for the wood and parts for the stand and another $15 for the hood parts (bulbs and such, very unique and creative, using those 5 of those 14watt PC twirly bulbs that people put in place of incandescents to save...

I completely understand that certain situations (such as being a college student who loves her pets dearly) takes precedence over feng shui, which is why I didn't listen to her advice and get rid of my tanks. But I was curious as to how many other people believe in it. I really don't care much...

This is a somewhat silly question, but I was wondering if any of you guys out there believe in Feng Shui which is the chinese art of furniture placement in order to have the ultimate flow of positive energy within a room. For example, it is bad feng shui to put a mirror directly in front of the...

snail eggs?

I keep my dwarfs with otos and a pleco with no problems at all. My dwarfs also had problems figuring out that snails were food at first, so I had to squish them in the water, which led to a feeding frenzy! mine also ignore freeze-dried anything, but they love frozen food.