Recent content by nbirdsong

... you /bump this post just to ensure that it lives on

... you go to walmart and buy every Beta to free them from their small prison. ... You quit your job to work at the lfs DESPITE the fact that they pay half what you make now.

... You have not left your house on the weekend for over a year without visting the lfs ... Whenver you find yourself bored, you go to a lfs ... You have more fish than friends (prolly true for most people with an aquarium as my 10 gallon has 9 fish in it) ... you name every single fish in...

I have a 10 gallon tank with 6 Zebra Danios, 1 Beta, 1 Striped Raphael Catfish, and two Otos. Three of my 6 Zebras are looking bloated much like the op described. I will try the peas. Do any of the fish on my list have an aversion to salt that would prevent me from using epsom salt? I do a 40%...

Yeah that pretty much sucked. For everyone who doesn't already know; otos have small spikes along their body and their fins can act as barbs as well. If a hungry fish decides to try to eat one he will not be able to spit it out if it proves too big.

very cool. How long did it take them to set that up?

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I have a Beta in a 10 gallon with 3 Zebra Danios, 2 Ottos, and 3 Ghost shrimp. They all seem to get along fine, mostly ignoring each other. The Beta just eats whatever I drop in. I don't have Beta-specific food, I just drop in regular flakes for everyone. Has anyone ever had experience with...

I had something similar happen in my new tank recently. I pretty much chalked it up to an algae bloom, did a 70% or so water change, and it has been fine ever since this was about 2 weeks ago.

Hey all, I just move to Colorado and am living with my brother. He has been into aquariums for quite a while (he has a 55g now) and has convinced me to get involved. I started a 10 gallon a little over 3 weeks ok and it seems to be doing pretty well. I had some plant problems but it was AA to...

Thanks for the tips all. I will keep working on it. I am enjoying the tank so far and the cycle is almost done so I can add a couple more fish!

Ok, so my very first tank has been running for 3 weeks now. I did a water change this morning which was preceded by a water test. The test showed no ammonia, .25 ppm of nitrites and 1.0 ppm of nitrates. This is a 10 gallon aquarium. I have 2 15w incandescent lights that are far brighter than...

Did a water change today (about 40%). I refilled the tank and did a water test about 2 hours later. The results seemed pretty good: Ammonia was 0.40 ppm (down from 1.0), Nitrites were about 0.50 ppm, and nitrates about 7.0. I was out visiting some lfs today with my brother and made some changes...

ok, so what I was tyring to say. I would like to try a water change this weekend. I will do another water test after that. Any ideas on how many fish i can put in this tank? I know that the size of the fish matters but assume that none will be bigger than the Beta I am thinking of naming my...

yeah, He is my brother and my roommate, and the one to get me into aquariums... I chose the Zebras and the Beta because they are supposed to be very hearty fish. I am hoping they will be ok during the cycle. Have you ever done a fishless cycle and what was the process? Also I did a water test...