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I figured the subject line would grab some attention, but seriously, here's the deal . . . Just got new living room furniture, couch, chair, loveseat, the whole bit, and we chose to Scotch Guard it ourselves rather than pay the extra billion dollars for "Stain Guard". Question is this: This...

Whats it mean when my Angel fish is sideways? He seems strong and when he feels motivated to, he can straighten up and swim correctly, but lately he's been . . . .well, sideways. He's not tall and skinny anymore, he's flat and wide. Am I looking at something I need to cure here?

Ok, This group has been living together in this tank for the last 3 months, at a minimum . . . .can someone look at my stock list and tell me who the most likely candidate is for suddenly eating all 3 of my cardinal tetras? The two with the biggest mouths are the Pictus Cat and the Goby Dragon...

I want to build my own stone caves and stacks of rock using various sized pieces of flat slate. Our specialty LFS here in town carries it, but they want outrageous amounts of $$ for it (like $3 a pound or something rediculous like that). Can I not get this same slate at Lowe's/Home...

I've always had really good vision, and have never been diagnosed with any kind of color blindness, but I'm starting to question it. Am I the only one that sees almost no color difference on the Nitrate card on the AP Master Test kit between 20, 40 and 80 ppm? I see a difference in the 160...

I am thinking about trying out some of the simpler live plants in my tank just to give it a go without going into too much depth (read: expense) of extra equipment. Looking through here, it seems that Java moss, Java ferns and Anubias is the way to go for this first trial. Anyone care to look...

I have a single Black Lace Angel that I've had for about 3 months now. I bought him(?) with two other Angels so that I had a set of 3 in case a couple of them wanted to pair up. Well, after two weeks, two of them died from a water quality issue brought about from my own lack of experience, and...

As I said I might . . . here is a fun little video clip of my fish gettin' some blood worms . . . Of course its not nearly as exciting as usual because my fish don't seem to perform on camera . . . Feeding Time! 17MB

So this loach is eating anything and everything that goes in this tank. Went with two cubes of frozen Blood Worms last night, everybody got some, but thats why I put two in there . . . the Pictus Cat and the Clown Loach shredded and devoured one while everyone else ate off of the other one. He...

Was having an issue today with my rainbow shark. He's been in there a couple of weeks and pretty much just seemed to chill out, eat off the plants and the bottom and stuff and never seemed to bother anyone. But today he was just MEAN! Was REALLY terrorizing the Bala . . .I mean big time, and...

Anybody in here got one of these? I'm thinking about getting one, but I'm having a hard time finding one in my area. I want one of the ones that look blue in normal light . . . .most of the ones I see online are black or brown, but I've also seen some really cool blue ones. I understand they...

While scouring google images of Zebra Pleco's for my wife to drool over . . . .we came across this ad Zebra Pleco $45. This cannot possibly be the same Zebra Pleco advertised here: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1136 Cross breed? Gauranteed to die within 30 days...

This is more of a statement, I guess, than a question since I've solved the problem, but here ya go. I've got this cool little cave structure. . . . Now, like many decorations, it has access holes on it to put in an airstone, as the one in the picture has, unfortunately this also leaves a...

My sharks are odd little creatures. The Bala (about 3") is pretty chilled out, nobody bothers him and he doesn't bother anyone else, usually just cruises around the middle of the tank pecking at the plants and occasionally going to the bottom to see what he can scrounge up. The Rainbow (about...

In keeping with the rules of the sick fish forum . . . I'll do a bit of copy/paste . . . 1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.). It's my male betta. Last couple of days he...

So lets say I just washed my hands with antibacterial soap . . . . how long before its safe for me to put my hands in the fishtank? Something I can rinse with maybe? I know it will kill the fish, but washing ones hands is a fact of life . . . what are the stats here?

LOL . . . . so here's the wife and our tank . . . .

I asked in another thread somewhere, where I could get black sand for substrate. Someone suggested I look for Black Beauty Sand that I could probably pick up at Lowe's or Home Depot. So, being the kinda guy that spends money he doesn't have :lol: I went looking online to see where I could...

Been trying to capture some pics of each of our fish individually . . .I've caught most of them but the danios, so I'll introduce . . . This is Shadow: . . .and Frank (Frankenloach), . . .and Dreyfuss (The Bala) with Fat Sally (Platy) . . .don't forget Boss Hogg . . .Pete the...

Kinda had this idea from another post in another section . . .we've got all these great pics of everyones tanks and fish . . .how many Photoshop guru's do we have out there? I started off just poking a little fun at this picture: It was a discussion about whether the fish was cute or ugly . ...

I've got a 5" Pleco and he's the biggest fish in the tank thus far. Of course he hides all day. I put an algae tablet or two in the tank at night before I go to bed and in the morning they are gone, but I also know that my Clown Loach and my Pictus Cat are particularly fond of the algae...

My fish were being particularly entertaining today, specifically my Clown Loach and my Pictus Cat playing together in the bubbles from an air stone . . . it motivated me to throw together a little video of my tank and its inhabitants. (WARNING! 10MB file . . . not recommended for dial up)...

I picked up a Pictus Cat tonight . . . .beautiful fish, brutally devoured a tubifex cube . . .it was a real riot to watch. My question is this . . .is it my imagination, or did I hear it make angry noises at me when I was transferring it from the bag to the tank? First time I have ever heard a...

The wife and I went to PetSmart tonight just for giggles and we were commenting on the tanks there . . . probably one of the better maintained PetSmarts we've ever been in . . .tanks are very clean and clear, not a dead fish to be seen, the employees seem to be fairly knowledgeable (though I...

Ok, so lets say I've gotten tired of how my 55 gal tank looks . . . .and I want to completely redo it . . . . I want to change from gravel to sand . . .all new deco . . . Can it be done without a completely new cycle . . . .will the fish deal with it and how do I go about it? Here is the...