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I lost some fish to ich recently :( Right now my current stocking is: 1 Black Ghost Knife 1 Pictus Cat 2 Bleeding Heart Tetras 10 Hatchetfish 1 L199 Pleco 1 Angelfish 2 Peppered Cories I would like to add a couple more pictus cats as well as a couple of SA cichlids that will get between 6-8...

When I got my two pictus cats, one got caught in the net. I had to cut around the net to get him out and he had a small piece of net on his left spike that I couldn't get off. Now, its been about a week and its starting to get like this foam look around both of his spikes. He is swimming around...

The hair algae has gotten so bad in both my 10 gallon and 75 gallon that it is literally floating in the water. I'm trying to do a black out now to see if it goes away... but how do I keep it from coming back? Nik

Will they go well with each other? Nik

Heres my stocking: 1 BGK 1 L199 Pleco (won't get more than 4") 5 Peppered Corys 8 Bleeding Heart Tetras 10 Silver Hatchets 1 Angelfish Problems: None except the angelfish who seems to be getting picked on at night. I never see any problems during the day but every morning he has a few more of...

I want to get a few pieces that are actual wood that looks like the bottom of a tree with all the roots and things. I've seen them in pictures in peoples aquariums here and I'd like to get a few pieces for mine... Nik

I would like a single bottom dwelling catfish that will get between 4-8" without turning anything in my tank into a meal and that won't hide all day. My corys don't really hide, there is just a patch of amazon swords that they only leave a few times a day to feed and Scooter, my pleco, stays...

I got 3 Angelfish from Petsmart. The next day, two died. Water Params were fine... 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5 nitrate. So I get 5 more from the LFS. Each day, one has died. Now I'm down to the 1 from Petsmart and 1 from my LFS. I've came to the conclusion that it has to be the 1 from petsmart...

I was considering getting an automatic feeder... but I don't want it to over feed my fish. How much food does it put in the tank and will it be enough/not enough for my fish? Nik

In my bottom tray, I have the used filter media I used to seed my tank. The second tray has the black foam pads and the third tray has a white foam pad and the biochem zorb. What does this biochem zorb bag do? And what other media should I have in my XP3? Nik

I'm looking for another fish that will go in my 75 gallon amazon biotope. My oringinal plan was: Mated pair of angels School of Hatchets School of Bleeding Heart Tetras School of Corys 1 Pleco 1 BGK Well, a little over a week into the tank, BGK nips the corys and I noticed some fin damage so he...

The 75 gallon: The 10 gallon Puffer tank: The Betta: Nik

When you stock new fish, how fast does the bacteria catch up to its new fish. From what I understand, the bacteria doubles every 8 hours. That means in 24 hours, there could potentially be 8 times as much bacteria as there was the day before. So on a fully cycled tank, you could add several fish...

I would like to order some hatchet fish since no where around here seems to sell them. I tried Liveaquaria.com but they have a minimum $30 fish order and I don't want that many... Any other good places to order from? Nik

I'm heading to petsmart tomorrow to get a bulb for my new 75 gallon aquarium I set up today. It has a 48" light strip. The bulb that came with it was only 45 watts 8O and I already managed to break it :oops: Suggestions? I don't want to have to use co2 and the tank will be lightly planted with...

What the topic says... Nik

Stocking will most likely include: BGK 4-6 Angels (will only be keeping a mated pair though) Small school of: Bleeding Heart Tetras Corys Hatchetfish And I've been considering a single Bristlenose. I'd like to add the angels first so they could pair off quicker... will they get territorial...

I'm picking up my 75 gallon from petsmart in a week! I'm really excited since this is my first tank over 20 gallons. Right now I'm deciding on which filter for the aquarium. I'm torn between the Emperor 400 and the Penguin 350. There is a $25 price differance and I'm wondering if its worth the...

I have two mystery snails in my 5gal guppy tank and they have barely moved since they got in there. Whats the facination with these guys? Nik

I went shopping today for my 55 gallon and there are 75 gallons that look to be in my price range. I'm considering doing a biotope... I've done some research for a south america river... my stocking thoughts look like: 2 Mated Pairs of angels (is 75 gallon big enough for 2 pairs?) 1 Black Ghost...

I'm starting up a 5 gallon guppy tank. 1. Should it be planted? 2. How many males/females can I have in a 5 gallon? 3. Possible tank mates? 4. Temperature? Any other advice? Nik

I have a pretty standard camera... not a digital. What are some tips and tricks? It has differant lighting settings like outside, inside, sunlight, red eye, etc... Nik

I bought the standard heater from superpetz for my 10g and it never worked right. It would come on and off at random times and now my tank is at 90 degrees... thank goodness the fish are still alive. Whats a good brand of heater that will actually keep the tank at a stable temp? Nik

I have a dwarf puffer 10g and a community 10g with danios and cories. I put a piece of zuccini in each tank. I only saw one oto eat of the zuccini... what happens... one oto dies. Same day, 2 of my cories mysteriously die. Ammonia and nitrite at 0... all the other puffers, otos, danios and...

I've read on here to keep a slice of zuccini in the aquarium for the otos... its a dwarf puffer tank. The zuccini seems to be very messy and slings clear "meat" everywhere and the otos don't touch it. Should I take it out and try something else for them to eat or should I have cooked it first? Nik