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Hello Fellow pond owners, I posted a question in the freshwater section and it was suggested to check in here for some help..... Not being a newbie to cycling, I have cycled quite a few "normal" sized tanks in my life. Now I am trying to cycle my 600 gallon indoor pond. I was going to take...

Thanks for the tips. I have considered moving the fish and the canister filter from the cycled 125 to the pond. I just worry about ammonia and nitrite poisoning as well as the massive amount of waste this guy produces and the fear of having to do 200 gallon water changes every other day!!! I...

Hello AA members, Not being a newbie to cycling, I have cycled quite a few "normal" sized tanks in my life. Now I am trying to cycle my 600 gallon indoor pond. I was going to take a shot a cycling with pure ammonia but just could not find any! So I went with fish food and raw shrimp, a method...

Interested if you still have it. Paypal? unless you happen to drive up to North Jersey (Clifton) often?

Hello everyone, I'm currently doing battle with what I think is old tank syndrome. Looking for some advice about what I have been doing to remedy the problem. My tank is about 3 years old. I do pwc 25-30% every week with a gravel vac. Clean the filter about once a month. When I clean the...

any opinions on diatom filters and UV sterillizers? A co-worker who left the hobby gave them to me a few months ago but I forgot all about them. Never used either before. Seems like a good idea from what I have been reading.

Thanks for all the advice everyone. It's now day 3 since I discovered the ICH. I checked the temp in all 4 corners, lower, mid and upper water levels. The tank is 87.5-88 degrees. Water level is just below the spraybar, turned the airstone flow to max, and have vaccumed the tank every day. How...

I can't get great pictures but if you look at the fins you can see the white dots.

Hi everyone, I just noticed what looks like a bad outbreak of ich in my tank. My plecos and clowns have no spots(from what I can see), but my danios are covered, my pink gourami is covered, my blue and gold gouramis have a few spots. Whats the best way to treat this variety of fish? I just...

Well it was the barbs, just figured it out. I seen them trying to nip the gold nugget so I took him out and put him in the 90gal. During his capture I found some barbels floating at the top of the water. I doubt they just fell off :( Anyone in northern NJ want 10 tiger barbs before they go back...

I just picked up the pictus cats Sunday. I don't know how old they were, but they were about 1.5 inches. I did not QT them, but I know the store I get all my fish from QT all their fish. I have 27 fish from that same store, purchased over 2 years, never did a QT at home. I'm not saying that it...

Hi everyone, So I started my second tank a few weeks ago. 46 gal. with 10 small tiger barbs. Water is good, as I used media from my 90gal, and test the water regularly. Anyway, on Sunday I bought 2 pictus cats and a gold nugget pleco. Last night I found one of the cats swimming close to...

Curently I have 2 gold, 1 blue, and a pink gourami in my 46 gal. with a pleco and 5 clown loaches. I just picked up a 90 gal. for my pleco and clowns since they have outgrown the current tank. I'm looking for opinions on good mid-top level fish to add to the 90 gal. and also what can be added...

Hi everyone, Due to my fish growing at a rapid rate, I just picked up a used 90 gallon to add to my collection. To speed up the cycle I was going to use some water from my current 47gal, and take some of the bioballs and a filter sponge from my established canister and use it in the new...

I am getting the urge to add some little guys to the tank if possible. Heres what I have... 47gal bowfront with XP3 canister. 1 L001 Peco(10"), 4 gourami(2-3"), 4 clown loches (3-4") What, if any, "little guys" can I throw into this mix? TIA