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I used to be active on this forum about 12-13 years ago. Back then, I had 11 fish tanks, ranging in size from 5-55 gallons. I had freshwater- everything from goldfish to cichlids to lots of tetras and livebearers- almost everything you could put in a freshwater tank and buy at the local pet...

I don't know if anyone remembers me. I was really active on this forum about 8 years ago. I loved it here and had a ton of fish tanks. At most, I had 11 fish tanks (all freshwater) 1 55 gallon, 2 29 gallons, 2 20 gallons, and the rest 10 gallons. I had everything from fancy goldfish to live...

I am wondering if it could be the heat. I had a bunch of fish tanks but when I developed rheumatoid arthritis in my hands I couldn't take care of them anymore (too painful to carry those buckets, and I couldn't get the python to fit on my faucet) so I downsized to one ten gallon. I had 4 black...

Well, I have a 55 gallon tank with black skirt tetras, guppies, mollies, gold barbs, rasboras, bloodfin tetras, cories and a gourami. I also have a betta. I was warned all over the place that he isn't compatible with the other fish, but I had to get rid of the 5 gallon he was in. I had him in a...

The tank divider I'm thinking of getting is 11 3/8"x 17 1/2". Will it fit a 55 gallon tank? That is the biggest they make so if it doesn't,. I am going to have to make one. Or do something else. Thanks.

Well, my molly gave birth last night, and this morning I could not find a single baby molly in the tank :| It is as I feared- they have been eaten, probably by my barbs, black skirts and/or gourami. I am hoping that there may be one or two survivors hiding but I'm not getting my hopes up. I...

Or am I already overstocked? In case you missed my other posts, I have a 55 gallon fully cycled aquarium with: 3 mollies 1 platy 5 bloodfin tetras 3 guppies 6 black skirts 1 rubber lipped pleco 2 gold barbs 4 harlequin rasboras I think (I put in six yesterday but can only count four- I think...

I heard you should do 20% water changes weekly. I have a 55 gallon and my python won't reach it :-( I have to get an extension hose, but that means a trip to the lfs and since my car broke down, it might be a while (I don't want to get it online because it may not fit the hose I have unless I...

Well, I was looking at my 55 gallon aquarium and the upper two or three inches of the tank is so covered with hard water stains that I cannot see through the glass at all. It is just a whitish cloudy stain that you can't see through. It looks really terrible. Is there anything that can be done...

Last Friday I went to the lfs and bought some fish. (2 mollies one platy). I was in a hurry, and after acclimating the fish for about 20 minutes I let them into the tank and tossed the bag into the garbage. Then I went away for Memorial Day, and was gone until Tuesday. Sometimes on...

Well, I have an opaline gourami. I want to add a dwarf gourami or two. . (55 gallon tank with quite a bit of room left, other residents tetras and livebearers) A few people have told me that this is a bad idea. They say the gouramis may fight. Others have said its ok to add. My question is- in...

Ok. I have a 55 gallon tank with a lot of hiding places, caves, plants, etc. I have 4 bloodfin tetras, 3 black skirts, 2 gold barbs, 1 gourami- And 2 female mollies, 1 female platy (all these were from tanks with males so they may eventually have babies) and 3 female and one male guppy. How...

Well....My landlord insisted I get rid of all my tanks but one due to an accidental leak that damaged the floor (see Classifieds) I decided to keep my one 55 gallon, got rid of my goldfish (tank was overcrowded anyway) and moved all my other fish from the other tanks into it. This is what I...

Ok..... I have a wrought iron 10 gallon stand (holds two ten gallon tanks), ten gallon tank, filter (several to choose from) stick on thermometer on tank, canopy, and heater - $20 Wrought iron 5 gallon stand (holds two five and half gallon tanks) filter (again, several to choose from) heater...

The most horrible thing happened. I just moved my goldfish into a bigger tank and had a tank free, so I moved a bunch of my tetras and a few rasboras into the tank. I cleaned the tank, put a heater in it, made sure the temperature was ok, and moved in the fish. Well, I just went to feed them...

I have a question. I have a fifty-five gallon tank with about eighteen African Cichlids, all under two inches. They are half red zebras and yellow labs with about three or four different kinds of gray striped ones. I got them all for 20 dollars, the whole tank of them, when a pet store was...

I went to the lfs and picked up a bunch of feeder minnows for my frog. I thought maybe I should vary his diet a little. So I fed him the brown ones over the course of a week, and then I was looking at the cute little pinkish white ones, and thought, hey, they are kind of cute. Maybe I should...

A few days ago I posted about the new tanks and things I was getting because the lfs are going out of business. Well...ok... Now I have a bunch of filters, fish and tanks and I don't know what combination to put them in. This is kind of long and involved and, well, its asking a lot to ask you...

How long can a cycled tank run without fish and remain cycled?

Ok. The fun part. I set up this ten gallon about six month ago, to hold feeder fish for my frog. I rescued three goldfish that the owner was going to flush, and since they were small and I had nowhere else to put them, they've been living in the ten gallon for about five months. Now, I finally...

Hey. I posted a while back about the new tanks I was getting. Well, the dude's wife was there, and she wouldn't let him give me them for free> She wanted 50 dollars a tank, but I managed to get three for 75 dollars (2 filter, 2 heaters, gravel, etc.) All I need is the stand and one more filter...

Hey. I posted on another thread that I got a free 55 gallon tank with a bunch of African Cichlids from a pet store that was going out of business. The guy gave me 3 filters off of tanks that were running for a while. He said this would cycle the tanks. I have about 20 cichlids, and I've been...

Well, the other day a friend called and said he was getting rid of his 55 gallon fish tank and stand. I begged to buy it from him, as he said he was putting it in a dumpster. Then he said the sweetest words a fish fanatic can hear- "hey, I'll give it to you for free!" So he brings over this...

I have a five gallon tank with some tetras that I am moving to my bigger tank, and I recently bought a ten gallon tank. I plan to transfer all the gravel and tank ornaments, as well as the filter to the ten gallon (I'll be running two filters in the new ten gallon) and the lfs said this would...

I have a stand for a 29 gallon tank that can hold another tank on the bottom. Can someone tell me if the dimensions (length and width) of a 20 long are the same as a 29 gallon? I can always measure it at the pet store, but its easier if I go knowing what i need, because which pet store I go to...