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Laurali Marzuki <lauriezuki@gmail.com> 3:25 PM (2 hours ago) to Aquarium I don't really recall timewise how long it took, but if they are male they should start to color up after a couple of months, as they get to full size. Some color up faster than others. (Wish we had known you wanted...

Yes they do fine without the 'girls'. Of course they chase each other trying to mate...futile. LOL. In the same 40 gal. tank we have an albino cory, a false julii cory cat (who just mated. We have eggs !), three black skirt tetras and about 6 small otocinclus cats.(They hide and we don't see...

We went the guppy route about 3 years ago...Had so many fry that our 40 gal, 30 gal, and 20 gal were overpopulated. We started giving them away. Eventually I separated the males and females to separate tanks. Finally they started to die off, one or two at a time. No evident sickness. We figured...

I make my own with fine netting. cut material and hand or machine sew into a sleeve shape, and slide over the intake tube. Cheap and easy.

We have a female albino cory catfish, and a male false cory catfish. The female is laying eggs on the glass. Can these two varieties breed successfully, or will the eggs just not be fertile ?

Took most of last evening to change water, clean filters and scrape glass in the 30 gal. Looks gorgeous this morning. But then, so do the other 2 tanks which haven't been attended to for a week. The water is staying crystal clear, even with the massive overstocking we are enduring. If anyone...

My husband said "she makes ME tired" !We only have 3 tanks, 40,30,20 and I hate to see the weekend come because of the pwc's and filter cleanups. Our guppies are doing TOO well. We may lose one every couple weeks, but the females, which have been separated from the males for a couple months...

This may be a stupid question, BUT....are cory catfish considered 'scaleless' fish ? The ick medication says certain 'scaleless' fish may be unable to tolerate a full dose of meds. And to use half dose. I don't want to kill off our cory cats. Help ?

A few of our guppies have Ick. We treated with API Super Ick Cure, and raised the water temperature to 82. One cycle of the Cure. 3 days worth. Most of the spots have disappeared, but a couple of the fish still have a spot or two. I am wondering if it is safe to keep dosing with the meds for...

Earhtmother, The ottos are new, which is why I mentioned them.There are other fish in the 38 gal tank too. 4 black skirt tetras, 2 danios, one sunrise tetra,and 2 albino corys. And lots and lots of guppies. plus the big plecostomus (named Pete) (If you'd like some guppies, we have plenty to donate.)

We have a 38 gal bowfront with two hob filters (Aquaclear110, TetraWhisper20) 20 gal with two hob filters (PenguinBiowheel200, Aquatech5-15) 29 gal with two hob filters (Aquaclear110, PenguinBioWheel200) gravel base in all. (There is a mix of live plants (few) and plastic plants in all...

Wish I lived in Mesa !

Earthmother, Thank you for your response. AND for clearing up my confusion on the rinsing of the filters. I think you are right about the constant re-cycling. That's exactly what it looks like to us. We just couldn't figure out WHY . The back wall was left cruddy to feed the plecostamus...

It seems we can't keep the water clear in our 3 tanks. All the maintenance we do to them, partial water changes, cleaning the glass (but leaving the back walls cruddy for the bacteria content) , skimming the gravel,etc. and the water continues to get cloudy. **When cleaning the filters some say...

Am i correct in assuming that you must add the conditioners ('prime' etc.) every time you add water or do partial water changes ?