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After a few months (about 9) of using a few of these stuck on the glass under the overflow of a standard HOB filter in my Goldfish holding tank (they winter over indoors) I find they serve very well as bio filters. The water in the 30 gal tank that my 3 big fantails spend the winter in has...

How does a 12 inch goldie even turn around in a 55?

if you have a pair, separate them or you will be ankle deep in the little buggers

where is your thermometer? High in the tank you get a false reading. the warm water floats. the gravel and low water MAY not be warm enough. and the parasite lives in the gravel too. cure this with a powerhead and make some strong steady current in the tank to mix the water and prevent the...

Well when you have 50 half grown ones, and a few big fantail goldfish, you might find as I did, they will attack in mass and chew their fins to rags pretty quick. Ok they are just picking for food but they will wreck a fancy GF's fins.

I found that for black mollies at least, if you sex them early and put all the males in a separate tank, they don't chase each other. They are actually pretty peaceful. In the main tank, I left all the females since they get bigger than the males and if there is no men around are also peaceful...

I used to have a tank with one of those. they do work pretty well. I used the type where the whole end of the tank has the pad, not the corner. What will happen in time, is the foam gets clogged, and the mat will be drawn to the end of the tank and after a while sucked tight up against it as...

why are plants hard? you just need the right plants. mine grow fine, I just plant em and ignore them. some of em need pruned back but hey those are cuttings! more plants for free!

I put 2 little otos in a tank whos glass was plastered wwith algae on 2 sides, I was stunned that these little guys after a week have the tank glass nearly licked clean.

The ammonia will burn his gills, and he might seem fine for a while then just croak on ya.

oh good idea... a stock tank. much more pond like than a water barrel! I might have to put one in and toss the water drums. lol

true, to me once I got the tank looking nice and the fish happy, I leave it as it is and just watch the fish live and interact. If you breed or have a large school or are adding/removing fish all the time, I can see where water changes would be needed. I'd plumb the tank with a drain and an...

if you put the last fish you have in a bowl, you can turn the heat up in the tank, and put a powerhead in there to get the water currents going strong, both of which will promote the bacteria growth quite a lot.

Buy a UV sterilizer

I have like, 50 baby mollies in my tank and I admit, I'm looking for a fish to put in another tank that likes the taste of black molly. I like the 2 I originally bought, they have personality. but the 100's they produce, I'm not real fond of. I cant give them away, fish shops don't want them. I...