Recent content by JulieB

If your unsure, can't find a catagory, or there is more than one species in the pic...put it here.

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Congrats on the new kitty! She's a cutie :)

So when I got home last night, the angels looked fine. They were a little ragged around the mouths, but no worse that yesterday morning. They stayed away from each other, but didn't fight any more last night. I guess they left each other alone during the day. So I didn't separate them...

I'd be worried about using soap. I'd go with the bleach. After rinsing a ton with regular water, you can add some dechlorinating treatment to the rinse-water to get rid of any trace amounts of bleach.

That makes sense. I've got an 18 gallon tank in the garage that I can set up tonight. Thanks for your advice!

Eek! My angles are fighting! 8O 8O 8O Back story: I've got two angles, one male, one female. I've had the female for about 2 years, the male for about 1 year. After the initial figuring out who's boss period (consisting of the female chasing the male away) they've been friends swimming around...

You could be going through a mini-cycle. It sounds like you had a bacteria bloom before you got the new filter. Now with the new filter, the bloom is bigger. While ugly, they're not harmful to the fish. I had one a while ago and it took about 2 months to clear up.

I'm with Rupret on the algae chemicals. I used Algae Destroyer once. All the algae was gone (not in the water, but on the plants/glass/etc., but I think it totally messed up my chemistry because I had a bacteria bloom for about 2 months after using it!

Loaches eat snails. I've heard that clown loaches are great for snail problems. I've got some yoyos. They do alright. I've still got tons of snails, but my oldest yoyo is huge. I think he's just doing the best he can!. I've got a bunch of neons in my tank and they do just fine with the yoyos...

Haha! That's cute :)

Cool! Thanks :) Time to buy some fish. Hooray! :)

Hi everyone! I'm doing my first fishless cycle and am not sure if I have arrived. It's a 3 gallon bowl with an undergravel filter (frequent water changes are not a problem.) I seeded the tank with filter media from my established 56 gallon tank. I started my cycle about one week ago. Two...

The question is why? Why would you want to do that to a fish?