Recent content by smithw14

Thanks for your replies and advice - sorry I am just now responding. Yes, I did try just the newer heater and it did the same thing. It seems to stick on one of the dialed temperature readings and just doesn't shut off. It seems that I can either keep my tank at 74*F, or then turning the dial...

Help with Visi-Therm HELP! I am getting to my breaking point dealing with Visi-Therm heaters for my 20g long community tank. The very serious issue is dealing with the heaters over-heating the tank. I have been troubleshooting and dealing with this problem for upwards of 4 months. In my 20g...

sorry for the confusion, that treatment for the bleeding heart was being done seperately in my hospital tank. He got worse as the night progressed and was euthanized. Tank is a 20g long. No bloating at all on the tetras. I thought about constipation and thats why i added salt to the hospital...

Hey all - Had a school of 6 neon tetras in my community tank - bought them about 2 weeks ago. 1 tetra died soon after purchase, didnt see it coming he just dissapeared then I found him dead in some clumps of plants. 2nd neon died, or rather was on his way and was euthanized about 5 days ago...

Apple Snails for sale!!! Pomacea bridgesii (Black Mystery) Apple Snails -------- -4 young snails (approx 1cm) shipped priority mail anywhere in the US: $15 (2-3 day travel time depending on location). -Snails will be shipped from Alabama on Monday’s, double bagged and packed carefully! I...

No flashing or rubbing. I was using salt mixed with the water in the tank in the recommended dose. Thanks for your reply. I am sad to report that he passed away just 5 minutes ago. I went in to check on him and he was on the bottom of the tank on his side. He would occasionally struggle to...

Getting Worse Okay everybody - finally got those pictures today (click on them for full size). Seems like things are getting worse again. I don't understand this. This is day three with no meds and it seems to be getting worse. More scales are gone and it is getting a reddish blood color in...

Both. Well, I finished the second round of med's yesterday and filtered the meds out with carbon and did a water change today. The wound still has not covered over at all. I am still just clueless as to what this may be. There is no more bleeding, just white flesh. I honestly cannot tell...

mine gets freaked out so easily. Sometimes when he is eating at the top he will I suppose hear or see or think he hears or sees something and just take off around the tank, tossing up substrate and everything - which in turn freaks out the other fish in my tank- lol!

Ahhhhh - very good point! I can see that being the case. So next time it happens, just to boost the poor guys ego a bit, I'll let him fight himself for a minute, then turn on the light, making his opponent "disappear". That'll make him feel special. :)

Okay, so - I have noticed that sometimes my very skittish blue gourami will change colors at night. Not a big deal, his mood is changing. I always think that he gets darker when he is stressed or angry or scared, but I guess it could be for other reasons (maybe hes REALLY REALLY HAPPY!!) So...

Okay, well - I have been dosing with some mela and pimafix since my last post and after a few days I noticed it getting worse again, so I continued with a second treatment of Furan-2. Last dose of Furan-2 was today, still have 2 more days of mela and pimafix. It is not really healing up...

Thanks for the input. Even though I agree with you about tanks being an investment, I am broke as it is paying for college and definitely cannot afford anything else - so 10g will have to do :-( Thanks Engima – reduced feeding, good idea – I will do that. Yeah, I had thought about that –...

Good idea - I think I'm going to throw in some bio stars from my filstar running on my large tank.

Yeah, I am fighting a hord right now in my community tank - trying to rid them before a batch of apple snails hatch. I hate them with a passion - they are hard to rid, and multiply fast.