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thank you for your replies, that gives me some great ideas. I will o some more looking around and see what I can find on the Asian themes. thanks

I have one rosy bard and 2 green barbs and one large tiger barb, no gouramis, just lots of platies and lots of guppies

I have had my tank going for about a year now (90 Gallon and a 20 Gallon), the 20 has over 20 platies in it and is doing very well, however the 90 started out with Gouramis in it and they have slowly been dieing off so I am starting over again, I still am going to keep the platies but will move...

is it best to leave her in ther or is the big toilet bowl in the sky time????

I came home from work today to find my oldest platy (1 1/2) years old, completely bloated up, she doesn't even fit in her scales anymore, I have tracked what she has down to anaerobic bacteria, but can not find anywhere on how to fix it, she is in a 20 gallon community aquarium with approx 12...

Thanks for the reply, but I don't think that is what they are. They are now wear near my filter and seem to be stuck to the HEater and the heater bracket. were it is warm... They don't seem to be moving they may even be dead already. I am going to take a sample to my lfs today and see if they...

I was cleaning my tank out today and noticed some white pod like things alover my heater and heater bracets. They are hard and white and very small, almost the size of a sewing pin head. They are fairly hard but have liquid inside of them. I do have some tiger or zebra snails in my tank but...

I purchased a set of glass hinges from my lfs and had 2 pieces of glass cut all for around 25-30$, it looks pro and is still completely see through, as well as with the glass hinges still opens for feedings and cleanings. The other option that I had before the glass was acrylic, however it...

I have had three batches of Little platies now but had one of the females die, I think it was becasue I put her in the breeding tank too soon... Is there a sure fire way to tell when she is going to drop, or is there something I can do so she is not so stressed out when she does go in to the...

I am still alilttle new to this aqaurium keeping, and keep hearing lots about power heads and protein skimmers... However I am still a little square to what they are and what they do. and really why there used... Can some one fill me in on the low down of these and let me know if its benaficial...

I am using the ehiem media, and the noodles under the course pad, I also have some other type of media in the top bucket. The pick up tube is about 2-3 inches off the bottom, and I am runnign sand. I am going to switch to rocks after x-mas. I just did a filter maintenance this past weekend and...

I have an Eheim 2226 filter, that seems to get plugged up really quickly, i was wondering if I am doing something wrong or if this is maybe a flaw the the ehiem product. Would a fluval 404 be better. I have a 90 gallon tank with 9 platies, 5 gouramis, 3 corys, 1 red tip black shark, 1 african...

So I should be fine with a std shop light 40 watt set of bulbs??? Do you think that will slow down the growth of the algae, or maybe even stop it?