Recent content by sarah5775

I used to be active on this forum about 12-13 years ago. Back then, I had 11 fish tanks, ranging in size from 5-55 gallons. I had freshwater- everything from goldfish to cichlids to lots of tetras and livebearers- almost everything you could put in a freshwater tank and buy at the local pet...

I don't know if anyone remembers me. I was really active on this forum about 8 years ago. I loved it here and had a ton of fish tanks. At most, I had 11 fish tanks (all freshwater) 1 55 gallon, 2 29 gallons, 2 20 gallons, and the rest 10 gallons. I had everything from fancy goldfish to live...

I am wondering if it could be the heat. I had a bunch of fish tanks but when I developed rheumatoid arthritis in my hands I couldn't take care of them anymore (too painful to carry those buckets, and I couldn't get the python to fit on my faucet) so I downsized to one ten gallon. I had 4 black...

Well, I have a 55 gallon tank with black skirt tetras, guppies, mollies, gold barbs, rasboras, bloodfin tetras, cories and a gourami. I also have a betta. I was warned all over the place that he isn't compatible with the other fish, but I had to get rid of the 5 gallon he was in. I had him in a...

The tank divider I'm thinking of getting is 11 3/8"x 17 1/2". Will it fit a 55 gallon tank? That is the biggest they make so if it doesn't,. I am going to have to make one. Or do something else. Thanks.

What is PVC?

I'm going to get some marbles. In addition, this is what I'm trying. I have a little one gallon betta tank, which I put in the big tank and propped up on a rock (its a 55 gallon tank, but on the rock the one gallon container fits with the top just above the surface, had to drop the level a...

Unfortunately, Crepe, I won't know how big the holes are until I order the thing. My lfs doesn't carry dividers- well they do but they are flimsy little things and impossible to use as you have to cut them and they are brittle and break- completely useless. I am wondering if anyone has used...

Well, my molly gave birth last night, and this morning I could not find a single baby molly in the tank :| It is as I feared- they have been eaten, probably by my barbs, black skirts and/or gourami. I am hoping that there may be one or two survivors hiding but I'm not getting my hopes up. I...

I won't add more right away. I went ahead and ordered that hose extension online so i will start using it as soon as it comes. I have to figure out how it works, I hope its not too complicated. Down the road I want to add more, but not for a while. I think its best just to maintain the tank as...

Thanks. That's VERY helpful. I would have gone by ammonia, so this has got me straight. Test kit should come within four days or so, so I'll keep you posted.

When I started the first tank a few years ago I used filter media from a friend's tank and tested ammonia regularly after adding a few fish, and since then I've just run the filters in one of the other tanks for a month before setting up a new one, so I knew you had to cycle tanks, and knew the...

As soon as the test kit gets here, I will post my levels on AA because I'm not sure what the levels are supposed to be (I know Ammonia is supposed to be 0) but I dont' know about nitrates and nitrites (in fact, I don't know what the difference is) so in a few days I'll post more info. In...

I just ordered the test kit. I really don't have any idea, because the current stocking of the tank is new. I had goldfish in this tank up until three days ago. I brought them to the lfs because everyone said they would outgrow the tank. Then I combined the fish from my smaller tanks into this...

Wow, that would be cool if I could get some baby cories! I am hoping for some baby guppies and mollies. People on other forums have said that its likely none will survive withoutout being eaten though. My tank is full of rocks and caves, but I have a lot of fish, so I don't know.