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How does everyone add calcium for crustacens

I know lots of fish need some veggies in the diet. I have some dryed veggie rounds that i use occasionally but would like to know.... what kind of real veggies do you feed and how do you deliver them and recover uneaten portions.

I have a 27 gal tank with one angelfish and a couple of cory cats. I am looking for some tankmates to add a little color but don't want anything that will nip fins on anglefish. curious what you other angelfish owners keep with them

:dance:while doing a water change I decided to move a couple of things around in my community tank and i discovered 3 baby pandas. cute little buggers about .5 inches long. first egg layers i have ever had reproduce:dance:

think i may have ich in one of my tanks. have been reading about salt treatment. I have read the salt should be used for 2 weeks at 2-3 ppm. anyone translate that to how much salt per gallon? also i have 3 corys in the tank. will they tolerate the salt??

I have a platy who is suddenly after everything that moves. It is in a heavily planted tank and I want to move him but cant catch him.Anyone have any clever ideas about trapping this bad boy :hide:

I have a 26 gal bowfront with 4 corys 6 harlequin rasboras and 5 seriph tetras. Want to add bolivan ram but dont want overload in tank. Do they do well as a single speciman or should i get two and if two, same or separate sexes. appreciate insight from anyone with experience here

Just got a new fluval c4 and am wondering what everyone who doesn't want charcoal uses in that compartment? Right now i have the reminants of my old filter pad but in a couple of weeks i will want to replace it with something more permanent and am curious what everyone does with this compartment.

I currently have a filter with a square pad the water runs thru. I have ordered a fluval c4 and want to switch over so I can just change the sponge part when it needs it and leave the rest alone. Any ideas on how to do this without crashing tank??:thanks:

i am thinking about getting a snail to help control algae in my 36 gal tank. However I have heard they multiply like rabbits. How do you control the extras. I assume you have to pick them out one by one? Is this more work than its worth? Someone with experience here let me know what you think.

I had a fishtank 40 years ago. Decided to buy an aquarium again. Got a 37 gal and in line with my previous experience, installed an undergravel filter when I set it up. I am curently running the undergravel with a powerhead and an aqueon50 hob. The tank has finished cycling (fish-in) with 5...

I have a community tank containing tetras,rasboras,platys and dwarf goramies. I have been feeding twice a day, frozen brine shrimp or bloodworms in the morning and flake food in the evening. Problem is the tetras and rasboras are such eager eaters that they hoover up most of the food before the...

I have a 26 gal with harlequin rasbora and guppy occupants. I am looking for some specimen fish that is a little larger but won't be nipping the guppy finns. only have room for one or two so it can't be a schooling fish. looking at dwarf gourmai or peacock goby or humpbacked limia. any of you...

I have a 26gal bowfront with aqueon quiet flow 30 filter. I am wondering if i can improve bio-load by placing a nylon pot scrubber behind the filter pad that comes with the filter or will this slow down water flow too much??

I am cycling a tank with fish. I have been at this for almost a month and with diligent water changes all is still well. Have finally gotten ammonia down and now the nitrites are going up. I have two questions. (1) should i wash my filter pad in tank water now or will this interrupt the cycling...

I have a tank that is cycling with fish. It is aqueon bowfront with aqueon 50 hob fIilter. is there any maintenance I should do other than wash the filter cartridge in tank water to get rid of gunk???:confused:

I am doing an in-fish cycle and having to change water daily. If I buy a water changer how do i handle the chlorine? do I empty out all the old water, then add conditioner or fill back up before using the conditioner? and how much water is safe to do at one time this way?

i am cycling a new tank with fish (my first newby mistake) and it is not going too rapidly. I have seen pouches of marineland bacteria for sale and wondered who has tried this and does it help??

I have a 10 day old tank cycling with fish (didnt read enough first) and I have a whitesh film forming on some of my decor. suspect overfeeding may have helped start this. 37 gal tank. 6 cardinal tetras, 6 glofish tetras 2 corys. starting from scratch I had no old gravel or filter to use so I...

I just purchased a new 25 gal tank. it looked big until i started reading about minimum tank requirements and minimum nr of fish for schooling fish. So far i am leaning toward a school of harlequin rasbora and a pair of bumblebee cats (south american-not asian) to sweep the bottom. interested...

I have an under gravel filter powered by an airstone. not much flow. what power head would be suitable (36 GAL FRESHWATER also has filter hanging on back) to give appopriate water flow

Just set up a new tank with an outside filter and an underground filter powered by an airstone. I am getting plenty of air and a lot of bubbles up the airstone but not much water movement. Can I get a power head that will existing lift tube?? Also I saw a power head advertized that came with...