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My 55gl had 2 clown loaches that started signs of ich, because of previous issues with clown loaches I moved them into a 10gl tank (they are like 2in) and treated them and my 55gl tank. With heat only at this point. My heat is to 85F having problems getting it up there with two heaters. Trying...

I had a tank crash that started with ich and something else (bacterial maybe) a few months back. I lost 4 spotted pictus, 5 clown loaches and several tetra. My tank recovered with what I had left. I tried the heat/salt method and had horrible results. I tried ich meds for scaleless fish and had...

Need some betta advice. Two different betta's and two different issues. We bought a betta two weeks ago or so (Kaz), I have one already in a 10gl tank with only a tiny bullhead as a tank mate. The Betta in the 10gl tank is Bubbles. Bubbles fins are starting to look ratty. This all started...

edit: The moonlights are not as bright as the picture makes them seem to be. It is a long exposure with no flash, plus the entire back of my tank is a bubble curtains so the lit up bubbles moving up the back in the long exposure increased the light a lot. The light is actually very dim and soft...

I havent posted for sometime, I have been pretty busy. I went to the LFS the other day and did some shopping. 1 LG Rainbow shark, 2 Clown Loaches (trying this again) and a mystery catfish. It was in with a shipment of Ghost Shrimp. They had no idea what it was. Through the help of...

I am having my apartment sprayed for bugs. I have ants every year which brings in other bugs. ewww. Any thing I should do for my tanks? Cover them or just not worry about it?

I am a FW person 100%. SW intrigues me though and I am giving it some thought. I am getting 2 free 30GL tanks (hit the jackpot) and 1 is going to be a dwarf puffer tank and the other I am thinking maybe, just maybe sticking my tip toes into the SW world. Nothing big as for fish. I would of...

I was at Petsmart picking up some supplies and of course strolled by the fish. They had two dwarf puffers and said the max size is 1.5" inches. These two were TINY and well I think they are just cute! Now I am curious about them. I know some on here own this fish. What is the best way to keep...

James Bond the L007 that I rescued is healing nice and being quite the boss in the tank. He is aggressive towards my common pleco which stays clear of James Bond. James is now picking on my white and spotted pims. They are bigger and could really do some damage to James for bossing them around...

My sister has two red fin sharks they are getting to big so she wants to give them up. A co-worker is taking one and I want to take the other. I will take the 6 1/2inch one. They are starting to be aggressive to each other and defending the small territory they have. lol I want to see opinions...

It has been 10 days since he came home. I know I should of gave him another week or so in QT but he has been going only uphill and this weekend I will be working so much I won't have as much time to check on his water, feed him etc so I figure this was the time to get him over the last hump and...

Update on my L007 I rescued. Still have to name him. We have been calling him Suck-A-Lux Jr. since our other plec is Suck-A-Lux heh. He is still alive so far. His eye is clouding over some what compared to before. I realize the eye may not heal and he may lose an eye. I will have 2 one eyed...

I was at my LFS last night getting my water tested and to follow up from my ammonia spike and out of whack cycle last week. The biospira worked and my 55gl is cycled again and everything is good. Decided to prowl around the tanks of course and look since I am planning a restock. I have been...

Question here... I have a female white skirt I believe based on the fact 1) the males from what I have read are smaller, I have a few of those and the females are larger 2) the anal fin She is plumping up! I read they lay eggs, when they lay eggs do their tummies get big? This isnt the first...

I had to get my big fourlines out of the 10gl, it was just not big enough. My 55gl with the PWC and biospira has me down to ZERO ammonia and nitrItes. It was the best thing to do, to put them back "home". No signs of illness right now and whatever it was before it didnt seem to get to them...

At least my fish stopped passing away but this ammonia is pretty bad right now. My bioload is all out of whack. I pretty much have to recycle with fish :( Both my tanks are messed up. I did a 40% PWC this morning on 55gl and did a gravel vac.... this evening tested my water the ammonia is up...

My 55gl is on the up swing. No deaths since last Friday. With that said between the crash and the meds my bioload is all out of whack. My ammonia was around .5 I did a PWC. Everyone is doing well even my last sick Serpae cleared up over night YAY!!!! My pleco AKA poop machine always has some...

I think my tank was infested with velvet and not ich. That is why as much as I treated ich my fish died. I always read that velvet was hard to see and when you did it was yellow/gold in color. However, more reading it all makes sense now. It is more of a dust and can be white in color as well...

Sorry this is so long but I rather you have all the information in order to properly help me. I just got done with a massive fish die off. I thought it was just ich but it had to been something else. I lost a lot of fish, over half my stock and I am still clueless as to what else was in my...

After my wipe out in my tank, in order to keep my sanity I want to start to plan stocking. No dead fish in over 24hrs so I may be on the uphill now. FINALLY! It will be about a month before I get any new fish. I want to get everything healthy and back to good order. I was going to get a 75gl...

I am completely heart broken. I am this thread in this area because it is beyond "help me" it is more of just telling my story. If someone does have a suggestion by all means let me know. Sorry so long but it has been a LONG week! My 55gl has been running since Oct 2006 with out a problem...

When it rains it pours. I know this is long but its an update on all I have done this weekend. I noticed Friday a clown loach rubbing himself on the gravel. I saw a speck or two on a bleeding heart tetra so I thought maybe it was ich. I did a 50% pwc and a massive gravel vac to prepare for the...

I am getting ready to buy a xp3 I plan to run it on my 55gl for a bit before I get my 75gl I intend to use it on. Reading the instructions ahead of time online to get use to how it works. I hear many say they use the spray bar. Anyone use the power jet nozzle? Pros and cons on this? Trying to...

Okay. I have heard of clown loaches turning gray. This morning I finally got to see it at feeding time. All I can say is "wow". It is amazing to see really. I am really starting to like the CL! Neat fish.

I bought 3 of them a few months ago and they have outgrown all my other tetra in the tank and look like porkchops! I figure since they look just like a serpae they would be the size of a serpae. WRONG! LOL Their growth rate is amazing. They were the size of my serpae when I bought them and in...