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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

I am making the switch from a penguin 400 to a XP3 in my 47gal. The tank is about a year old. I have them both running now. How long should I wait before I can ditch the biowheel system? TIA......

Hello everyone, I'm in need of help. I can't figure out what is going on here.... I have a 50 gal tank with a pengiun 400 HOB. 1 pleco(6"), 4 clown loaches(3"), and 3 gourami(2-3"). My water is allways slightly cloudy(white), and there are all theese tiny white "fuzzballs" in the water. I...

Hi everyone, I have 5 clown loaches, 4 gourami, and a royal pleco in my tank. The clowns only make an appearace at feeding times. They hang out for about 10 min, then go back into their hollow tree stump "hiding place". When they are out, I see no aggression against them by the other...

Hello Everyone, Well it has been about 2 months since my old tank sprung a leak and I had to transfer all my fish to a new tank. For the past 2 weeks I have been dealing with "cloudy water syndrome" and I need to know what I can do, and if this condition is harmful to my fish. 55gal tank...

To make a long story as short as possible...... Thanks to everyone here I got my 150gal. cycled and runing great. Well this tank was used, and free. 2 weeks ago a seam split on the bottom and I was dealing with a mojor leak. I drained the tank, threw all the fish in buckets, and checked my...

Decided to make a little video of my fish. I need to set up a web cam next!!! First link: low qual 4MB Second link: hi qual 23MB Either way my server is usually fast making for a quick download "right click-save as" http://www.turbovr6.net/fish/fishvid1.wmv...

Hello All, So my 150gal tank did not cycle though I thought it did. Now it is going through a mini cycle with 4 gourami in there. I was advised by my LFS and people here NOT to vac my sand as I need the ammonia to cycle. Well it has been 2 weeks since I stopped the vac treatment. Now I have...

Hello, I'm a bit upset tonight as I lost my first fish. I have 5 gouramis. Sometime between 7am and 7pm it apparently swam inside a hollow tree stump type decoration in my tank. I'm assuming he somehow got stuck trying to squeeze into the smaller part to grab some food or something? I'm not...

I had a problem a week after I put 5 gourami in my cycled 150gal tank. The ammonia level started to rise, stupidly I put in ammo lock. After that I did 3 50% water change and the ammona kept rising. I did one more water change(about 70%), added biospira and stress coat(I have prime, but I read...

I just came back from the LFS with biospira and prime(since most people here swear by it) to try and fix my ammonia problems. After I do a 50% water change can I add both, or do I have to wait to add the biospira? Thanks

God this is getting stressful..... 150gal tank appeared to cycle well. Added 5 gourami. 1 week after ammonia started to rise. did some 25% water changes ammonia levels were still around 1ppm. Last night I did a 50-60% water change and added dechlor... tested ammonia it was about .25ppm. Just...

To make a long story short,,I cycled my new 150gal for 6 weeks using shrimp. I seemed to have all my spikes and everything leved off. I put in 5 gouramis 1 week ago. Now for the past week my ammonia has risen to 2ppm,nitrites stayed at 0ppm, and nitrates stayed steady around 4ppm. I have done...

I think I may be making a noob mistake even though I am trying not to. I just added 4 gouramis and a kissing fish to my newly cycled 150gal. I've been feeding them a "pinch" of flake food 3 times a day.I have had the fish 1 week. There is never any food left. they devour it. What I do see is...

Hello all, First I want to say thanks to everyone on this site that helped me get to this point. I have a 150 gal. tank that just completed it's cycle. Went to the lfs(very good rep.,knowledgeable staff). I came home with 2 blue gorami, 2 gold gorami, and 1 kissing fish. So far so good, they...

So my road to this point has been quite a rough one. 1. Fill my new tank, starts to leak.....fix that 2. One of my pumps is noisy as hell....fix that 3. Plug in heaters, one is defective, sparks and stuff....heaters sent to manufacturer, get replacements and tons of freebies..... Now on to the...

SO for the past few weeks I've been trying to get my 150gal running. Disaster 1:Build a stand, fill up tank....small leak... drain, repair, fill.. Disaster 2:turn on my pumps, 1 is noisy as hell. order new impeller. Disaster 3: Today I check water temp, close to room temp so I say "hey let...

Hello all, I need to seal a leak in my tank, I posted this a few posts previous,,,,, Anyway, my tank has an internal filterbox siliconed to the sides and bottom. I need to get this out to re-seal the leaky seam. What is the best way to get the silicone to release without breaking the glass...