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I always kept at least 6 tiger barbs in my tank as well.

I just place a small piece in a bowl of water and when thawed, dump worms and water into tank. I'd have to say be careful... I was amazed at how many bloodworms there were in such a small chunk off the main block!

I actually got my first tank in early December of 2005 from a friend of mine's dad who was just going to throw it away. He was using it for frogs of some sort but he hadn't had any in it for quite some time and he just wanted it gone. I offered to take it since I figured it would be a great...

MTS breed quickly?

That's exactly what I was thinking... after only 48 hours? So that's normal then for the female to be faded in color and stressed from the possible gyrating mating dance? The male was brightly colored and not faded at all. I've never seen them, or any other fish for that matter, mate but it...

Ok, how do they do this? I see one Tiger Barb I have that is stressed out and color faded while another one constantly chases and nudges it. When the chaser (male I assume?) nudges next to the other one, they both kinda vibrate quite rapidly as the chaser seems to attempt to "curl" around the...

No, I don't want a big whack of snails. I'd be happy if these didn't reproduce at all. I just always hear that if you get over run with snails... get some loaches. I want some loaches anyway because I like how they look. If they don't eat MTS and Mystery snails... what kind do they eat?

Actually I was just thinking. I have a slot all the way across my tank in the lid from my XP3 hoses coming in/out. Will the snails escape? What should I put over it to prevent this if yes? Any suggestions?

The question now is... where to get MTS from? I just got home a bit ago from Petsmart and a LFS and neither place said they get MTS. I really want some of them but now not sure how/where to get them from. I came home today anyway with 2 of each mystery snail they had for sale at Petsmart...

So, if they do need both sexes to reproduce... that would mean the death of them if I only got a couple and then purchased some loaches (clown and yo yo is what I want). Once again, not sure how they eat the snails but if that's part of their diet I don't see why they wouldn't become a meal...

I would like to get some snails for my tank but I have a question or two about it. I really like the MTS so I'll probably try and get some of those. Is there any snails that anyone recommends staying away from? I don't have any live plants inside the tank right now. I may get some later on...

No seashells or coral in the tank and the vinegar did nothing to the rocks but wet them. I tried 3 different ones. My other fish are being acclimated right now and I'll check params again over the next few days and see if there's any changes.

I don't have my rings in a bag either... just poured them right into the media basket.

Actually, no I didn't. I thought if they were being sold as rocks for ponds and such, they would be just fine. Just put vinegar on it and see if it fizzes for the "vinegar method", correct? I did manage to move 2 tetras, 2 rainbow sharks and my CAE over to the new 75 gal tank last night. I...

I don't have any driftwood at all in the 29 gal tank. I don't have rocks in that one either. Everything that is in that tank is artificial with a gravel substrate. The new tank is a 75 gal and has one piece of driftwood, PFS substrate and artificial plants, for now. I'll check the level in...