Recent content by egironda

The dalmatian molly in the hospital tank has passed away, however I'm happy to report that the male cherry barb has been chasing the 3 female cherry barbs all over the 90 gallon tank, since this morning. They seem to enjoy having all of that room to themselves, since all of them (nose to tail)...

Well, the week of treatment has ended, unfortunately the dalmatian is still in the hospital tank. I did a 60% water change to the main tank this morning, during which I removed all the plants & decorations, vac'd the entire gravel area, and regraded the gravel. I put in the new ChemiPure...

A new twist to the story. I just went to do the water change and final dose of the current medicine, and the remaining dalmatian molly was just kinda flopping on the bottom of the tank. when I went to capture him with the net, he started swimming in his normal (goofy) way, which is kinda all...

Something Allivymar asked just struck me. The fish aren't darting around the hospital tank like they did the night I put them in there. The cherry barbs began cowering under the lone plastic plant in that tank about day #2, pretty much the same as they did in the main tank. The dalmation...

The fish began acting wierd about 2 days after we tried to swith their food from TetraColor tropical flakes to ColorBits, which they didn't like and then we tried freeze dired plankton (they didn't care for them either so we scooped the flakes out), just a few of each. I did add a penguin mini...

In August, right before finding this website, I set up a 90 gallon FW tank. It has a Fluval 404, underwater heater (set @ 80 deg F), and 2 airstones & a bubble wall. We treated with BioSpira (thanks to this group) and started with 1 male and 2 female gold barbs and also 1 male and 2 female...

This is a rather indepth series of questions, but remember it's not for me...It's for the kids. :lol: We have a 90 gal freshwater tank, Fluval 404, and 2-1/2 inches of gravel. Peacefully living here are 4 mollys and 5 gold barbs, and 6 cherry barbs. The tank has been setup since Aug 5th. We...

A new update. We now have 2 black dalmations, 2 white dalmations, 6 gold barbs, and 6 cherry barbs. Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it, as do my kids.

An update, thanks to the 2 replys, and a visit to the chat room. I ditched the UGF and bought a fluval 404. (It's so much quieter) We have some plastic plants, and a plastic "cave" for hiding spots. The 3 cherry barbs and the gold barbs seem to like their new home. The future additions will...

I just picked up a used 90 gal tank, and installed a new UGF. Currently, there is about 2 inches of gravel and 85 gal water. I have an air pump working in 4 tubes to the UGF, and plan on getting 2 powerheads before I put fish in. The powerheads I've been recommended are : AquaClear 420 and...