Recent content by chriznat20@msn.

Let me just say this, i have a 55 gallon. And in this 55 gallon FW tank ive had for a year, there are : 1 - 8" pleco, 1 - loach of some type, 2 -blue gouramis, 1 - tiger barb, 9 - rainbow tetras YES i said 9!, 5 - danios, 1 - striped rafael, 1 - orange gourami, 1 - neon tetra, 1 - "silver...

Do the other kinds have the bio-wheel setup and the vacuum attachement? Thats what really sold me to the HOT magnum system....

Since ive had my 55 gallon FW set up for about a year now, I wanted to switch to a more premium filter (right now i have 2 whisper 30's) I have been eyeing the Magnum HOT Pro System on E-Bay... is it any good? I went out on the internet and it seems everybody has a different opinion that...

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OH and you would be proud !! I bought a "marineland" computerized reminder. You set it for x amount of days and it beeps when its time to perform certain maintenances on your aquarium. I think there are 6 different items - filter maintenace, water change, change filter cartridge, clean gravel...

I have my own test kits (the same kind you have) and just in case I was doing something wrong, occasionally I get it tested at the LFS when something seems out of whack on my test kit. I have been doing daily (15%) water changes for a couple of days now. I already vacuumed the gravel, cleaned...

As far as i know, the only thing that happened was a fish died, but I immediately took it out and I was sure that happened because of the nitrate spike. Now I do plead the 5th by admitting that it had been 2 weeks past due for my monthly water change. But Ive heard of people not doing a...

My 55 gallon freshwater, which has been in perfect parameters since it cycled in March, recently has had a nitrate spike way past 80ppm. One of my swordtails died for no apparent reason so I immediately had the water tested by my LFS, after my results were too shocking to be true.. but they...

Ok I see a lot of good publicity out there for feeding fish vegetables (cucumber, zucchini, whatever). What i dont understand, and Im no magic chef, what is parboiled mean? So you are telling me to buy a cucumber, or romaine lettuce, boil it, and then drop it in my tank and my fish will go...

When I dropped into my LFS today, they informed me that I shouldnt worry about the brown algae, it means my tank is cycled and it healthy. They said my 3 snails, pleco, or loach will take care of it for me. The good thing that came out of it is I plan on going back this weekend and buying some...

I vacuumed my gravel and performed a 30% water change today, as preventative maintenance and noticed a good amount of brownish algae on my tank glass (inside the tank, of course! :wink: ) and on my plastic plants. My light are on maybe 6 hours a day, and the tank isnt in direct sunlight. I...

My best advice to you, and believe me - ive been there..... buy a "water softener pillow" and put it in your filter. At first, when the kid at the LFS suggested it to lower my nitrites (i was having the SAME exact problem!) I was very skeptical. Anyways, after using it for exactly 48 hours, my...

I have a 5 gallon f/w that I cycled without fish 2 months ago. 3 weeks ago I added 5 baby mollies (about 1 month old). The water got cloudy, so i tested for ammonia/nitrites - the results were absolute zero. The temp is about 76-78...I installed a whisper power filter (for 5-15 gallon tanks) a...

I know this topic is a couple of weeks old, but I just wanted to say that you are incorrect about the water softener pillow!!! My Nitrites were 5.0ppm+ for weeks. I added the pillow and in 48 hours it was completely gone. Has been for 2 months now. I am extremely grateful that the kid at the LFS...

First off, I couldnt have done it without all of you guys (and gals!) I moved the fish tank today. I went and bought a new 33 gallon garbage can, a huge 25 gallon bucket (with rope handles) and three 5 gallon buckets. I filled the 3 five gallon buckets with aquarium water and put about 5 fish...