Recent content by fishfanatic

Again thank you Autumnsky and King Fisher! I have some good news last night and early this morning under close observation I am starting to see a small line of clear fin forming around the damaged areas, I believe this is new growth. I'm going to keep a really close eye on this to make sure it...

Welcome! There are a lot of really great people on here with loads of information!

Okay so I have never used aquarium salt in any of my tanks the only reason I have API aquarium salt is I use it to hatch brine shrimp to feed fish. I was just about to add the salt to the tank when I started researching it a little bit I had no idea how contriversal a topic using aquarium salt...

Thank you Autumnsky and King Fisher! Yesterday I was able to get a hold of some substrate from a friends established tank, I added this to the filter media in the filter to hopefully help the cycle out a little bit. To answer some of your questions and comments: King Fisher, I have been using...

King Fisher thank you for the reply, I wasn't sure the kind of time frame it would take for something like this to develop. It sounds like he was already sick a month ago but I'm just now seeing the results of the fins being tattered and ripped and the additional stress of a new tank probably...

What light is that on the tank?

That's a nice looking tank! What light do you have on there?

long version: Here we go I'll start from the top. I have kept several aquariums in the past but have taken a five or so year break from the hobby. My wife decided last month for my birthday to surprise me by encouraging me to set up one of my previous tanks. I set the tank up and began the...

That is a great idea, but the tank is already put away. I will give it a shot when I break it out next time :) thanks for the suggestion

I couldn't find the chemical mentioned above, but I did try a Mr clean magic eraser and it worked wonders on the algae and some hard water spots! It didn't get the hazy stuff off the glass but I am now convinced that it is not coming off. I tried KABOOM, Mr clean magic eraser (bathroom)...

I am in the process of taking down a tank, cleaning it up and putting it storage. This tank has had this strange build up for a few months it is only around the top 6 inches of the tank, I was unable to clean it without the aid of chemicals. Now that there are no fish I have tried vinegar and a...

I had a couple dozen freshwater clams, they only lived for a few months I don't think they had enough water circulation to be fed properly. You need to he extremely careful with freshwater clams! They are illegal in most states because they are very invasive to lakes and rivers. Here in Utah we...

Welcome! Its a great hobby!

Just dropped off the fish to my favorite fish store... lucky store I just donated +50$ worth of fish

Not quite as good/sad as the betta story. I have a simes algae eater it is about 6 inches long, while trying to net him he got spooked (these fish are extremely spookable) and jumped a good 4 feet across my room and landed right in a paper towel roll. After some screaming and such I finally got...