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My poor Spot has dropsy. He's been my special kitchen buddy for 2 years - he's too young to go ! But its happening :cry: I'm keeping him comfortable right now. He's in a 2.5G planted tank with a handmade ceramic hidey hole to duck into. As I understand it, dropsy can be caused by many...

I just bought a 37G to replace the 20Long that wasn't even set up yet (serious MTS ! I'm upgrading before I even get the original tank established LOL). I'm definitely without a doubt going to have angels in that tank and to avoid long term rehousing issues I'm going with two (no intention of...

I bought some frozen krill cubes today and I feel like a dope LOL - the cube defrosted but it still stayed in a cube and for the life of me I couldn't stir it apart. I even tried breaking it up with my eyedropper which helped a little but mostly just made a few big chunks out of the cube. How...

I STILL have those two 20G longs sitting there waiting to be filled ! (since September !!). Then I realized that the 29G and 37G have the same footprint - and I'll be honest with you - I've been absolutely dreading removing the silicone and resealing the 2 20s (they housed hamsters and...

At the risk of jinxing it, I think my battle with BGA in the 10G tank is coming to an end - but I have NO idea why !!! Over the past three weeks I've spent less time manually removing the BGA (we were hoping to be able to save my dog from a brain tumor - I was heartbroken - she passed away)...

I haven't treated the DP tank yet for the BGA - just doing lots of water changes and manual removal while I wait for the little one to get a bit bigger before a blackout (and if that fails I'm doing the Maracyn !). I have 3 red rubin swords and 2 ocelot swords in the tank. The "plan" was to...

I think all my juvi dwarf puffers are "fat" and healthy enough to survive three days without food (but I'll be throwing a bunch of small snails in the tank just in case) so I'm ready to do a blackout to hopefully knock out this BGA thats been driving me NUTS. I also just ordered an Aquaclear 20...

The 2" tube that comes with the python is pretty useless for me for gravel vaccing - its too wide. So I end up using a regular gravel vac into a bucket while the No-Spill is drawing out water. I want a 1" diameter tube so I can finally eliminate even that last bucket. I tried buying a 1"...

I really hate seeing all those bubbles - its just a forewarning of BGA removal work to come. But what are those bubbles ? is it O2, like any plant that pearls ? Or is it something as obnoxious as the BGA itself ?

My red rubin sword is by far my favorite plant - the color is AMAZING. Obviously it likes my tank. The wisteria on the other hand is PATHETIC - it just won't grow !! I keep reading how everyone else has a hard time keeping it in check - ha, not me. Specs: 35G with 42W of T5 lighting; dosing...

I didn't know which forum to put this in so I'm trying General Discussion - mods, feel free to move as you feel fit. I've been using the GelTek PX treatment (for internal parasites) on the DP tank for three weeks (I have a 'hold out' that sometimes eats and she's the one that needs the...

I need some encouragement about the possibility of surviving BGA. I'm dosing NO3 to 20 - 30 ppm, the current in the tank is "good" (but not great / strong) and I'm manually removing as much as possible. I can't do a blackout right now because the tank has 3 juvie Dwarf Puffers, one of which I...

I have to say, these guys are gorgeous and add alot of activity and color to the tank. I think their color has really taken off since I started feeding thawed frozen bloodworms OMG - too funny - just took a look and one of them is swimning around with a sinking pellet that I just put in for...

Let's hear your thouights ! Here's my contribution: You can spread the "urge to feed the fish" around - there's always a hungry mouth to feed LOL

I do NOT believe this. the BGA in the 10G tank is BACK !!! I really hope I'm just having a nightmare and that I'll wake up from it !!! This was a divided tank for 4 bettas. Its been through a 3 day blackout, a 5 day blackout, and 8 day blackout and total tank breakdown - new substrate...

What exactly are mysis shrimp ? are they freshwater or saltwater ? I've heard they are better as food compared to brine shrimp - is that true ? is it only because of the extra vitamins they add into the frozen mysis shrimp packets ?

Betta #3 expired in the 3G Eclipse (the female platy they were with is fine). I'm breaking down the tank and starting from scratch but I'm thinking maybe I'll get an ADF instead of a betta (since I already have 2 males and want to set one of the upcoming 20 Longs up as a female betta tank)...

I keep losing my Panda Cories and I'm getting quite depressed. I do love them, but I feel like I'm sentencing them to death by putting them in my tank. I'd love to know which cories stay small (2" or so) and that I could do a group of at least 5 of in my tank. Tank info: Tank size: 36" x...

I honestly think that diatoms are a test of committment to aquarium keeping - if we can make it through this ugly stage we can probably make it through anything. When I tore down the 10G betta tank to make the DP tank I hoped against hope that I wouldn't suffer a diatom outbreak as any free...

About 2 wks ago I started up my new Eclipse 3 and put in my Crowntail betta with one of my female platies (2 months old) and three ghost shrimp. I had an ecocomplete substrate with some wisteria, an anubia and a baby red rubin sword that I was going to transplant to the 29G when it got...

I'm still trying to figure out what to stock in the 2 20G Long tanks I'll be setting up. One will definitely be a female betta tank (assuming I can find females !). I'm thinking of yoyo loaches and harlequin rasboras for the other. How many of each would work ? And what type of decor /...

I'm trying to breed the small ramshorn and pond snails to feed to my dwarf puffers. I put a few (somewhere between 5 and 10) of each type into a 2.5G with some live plants. So far so good, they've laid eggs. However, the water STINKS ... like a dead mystery snail .... so I know there are...

well, I did it again ! I bought fish without really researching them in detail first. I didn't intend for it to be this way. I went to the LFS intending to get a Florida Flag Fish (to help keep the hair algae in check) and six dwarf neon rainbows. The Florida Flagfish were awfully small and...

If I use stump killer (KNO3) to dose nitrates, does the potassium also become usable to the plants ? Does potassium need to be in some sort of ratio to any other fert to avoid algae ?

I have a SERIOUS hair algae problem in the 29G. I'm not one for buying a fish to solve a problem, but I was at the LFS today intending to get a Florida Flag Fish (why not, I'm from Florida, fly a flag, and have fish ! LOL). I've always skipped over the entire barb section of any LFS - was...