Recent content by Luanne

I have 1 corie and 4 angels; two of the angels keep mating (5th time, most recently). Everyone gets along but as Oscarr19 pointed out, when they do mate, they're aggressive to all their other tank mates, not just the corie.

My two angel fish have spawned for the third time. The first two times, the eggs were on the H2O in-take tube; far enough down the tube, so there was no danger of having the eggs exposed to air when doing a PWC. However, with this third spawning, the eggs are on the out-take tube; if I do a...

I agree with AquaOne.....snails are good for keeping glass clean but having experienced an infestation, I'd recommend you be on top of their own breeding.....it can get nasty! Luanne

In my Fluval 205, I have the ceramic rings, 4 sponges and I use filter floss. Besides doing PWC's at least once per week, I also rinse the filter media every 6 to 8 weeks, using the tank water. Following this regimen, my tank water is crystal clear and I've had few fish problems. I expect I...

Hi, Missie. I have a 25 gal tank and do PWC twice a week (each change, I remove about 6 gal). I also vacuum the gravel during these changes; I do one half of the substrate on one day, then do the other half on the next water change. From an early post I wrote, I said I felt routine was very...

I agree with Pete. When I set up my tank in September 09, after a couple of months, I thought it would be nice to get real plants. Around November, I noticed the tiniest of snails on the glass. Well, this one snail turned into many, within a couple of months. Over the start of 2010, I posted...

For me, simplest was best and most important, routine. I use a gravel vac and two 16 L pails. Twice a week (normally), I change the water, filling both pails to about 14 L. Each water change, I vacuum one half of the gravel, taking turns on each half of the tank. As my tank gets natural...

It appears my two Angel fish have been struck with hemorraghic septicemia (pectoral fins, at their body, are blood red....red streaks along their spine...the larger Angel fish also seems to have it behind its mouth). Either I introduced the bacterial infection with two new smaller angel fish...

I agree with dkpate; Seachem Prime and regular PWC's are the way to go. Luanne

I agree with Durvish; I do pwc's twice a week. During each change, I vacuum one half of the tank and the other half during the other pwc. This seems to not disturb the established bacteria.

I started my tank in September 09, got real plants in November 09 and thought it was cute to see a baby snail, shortly thereafter. A year and some months later, even after giving away three major batches of them thru Kijiji and doing a complete water and substrate change (very unhappy fish...

Welcome to AA! Just to add to all of the good advice; frequent partial water changes, along with gravel vacuuming and not over-feeding will help you get to clear water. I also agree with BigJim and Daileene; Seachem Prime is the way to go...no salt and also no carbon....filter floss works...

I wonder if that's too much salt? I'm thinking the high temp will help, as will frequent PWC. Luanne

In my own experience, my tank has gone cloudy when I've done too many "drastic" changes...i.e. changed (outright) any of the media in the filter, changed (outright) the substrate, removed and cleaned (using tap water!) the tank decorations (silk plants, rocks, etc.), to name a few. I've...

I've had my share of cloudy (milky) water; success only came when I realized I placed the ceramic rings in the wrong basket. Once I corrected this, my tank has been very clear. (if you can, see my response to Mark Hewitt's query about filter media) Luanne