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You can use anything that produces 'poo' or organical waste to cycle the tank. We often do it just by 'feeding' the empty tank, ie put some flakes into it 2x a week or so. just the tip of a knife, not even half a teaspoon. fishless cycling is much, much less stress...... and, yes, any...

hi liquid, I know the feeling of FINALLY getting fish you've been looking for. at the moment, I do the same with dario dario, calling the lfs once or twice a week and trying every darn contact I have to get them... since the first bunch I got turned out to be all males! but hey, actually I've...

Hi, as for the gravel color, there's help, depending of what fish you want to keep. A good option if the fish like soft water is dry oak leaves. collected from a spot preferably without pollution, of course, and as dry as it gets. you put them into the tank, and after a while they will sink...

Hi guys, I'm still quite sceptical about it. But anyways, don't forget to put in enough live plants (around all the decoration....) and then, there's the topic of bottles: water gets virtually stuck in there and won't circulate any more. If anything goes into the bottle except water (like fish...

hi ishmael, I'm afraid, when asked in a general manner like that, a general answer would be - no. cichlids need hard water, discus are well in very soft water... or are there exceptions? I'd like to learn about that, too. kind regards, silvia

hi mr. fish, I don't think the angels will feel well in a 40gal-tank when they get bigger... remember, they can get as high as 10" _if_you_let_them_. they need some space to move up and down, and normally in a 40gal, height is not sufficient (at least not with the standard measures I think of)...

hi mr. fish, I don't think the angels will feel well in a 40gal-tank when they get bigger... remember, they can get as high as 10" _if_you_let_them_. they need some space to move up and down, and normally in a 40gal, height is not sufficient (at least not with the standard measures I think of)...

hi fwg, well, two snails are not going to breed fast enough and have enough little snails for your 6 puffers.... rather try to get any snail alive from all of your friends' aquariums, put them in the separate tank, feed flakes, and hope for a population explosion.... the snails have to grow a...

hi all, I totally go with Allivimar. I've heard of many people buying single clown loaches for reasons like *snail invasion* or *look so nice*, but they were never happy with them. it's always come down to *never see it, can't believe they need space, mine doesn't move, it's apathic and anyways...

hello all, I'm keeping three of the little guys in a separate tank (the last addition to my tank collection....), as they don't get enough food if you keep them in a normal society aquarium. Mine might be even worse cause it's a guppy aquarium. nonetheless - I've never heard of frogs eating...

hello sinuhe, you know what? the guru in the german forum I read said that you should just.............. do nothing!! he explains that water from the tap is often overly saturated with o2 because water works don't like co2 in the tubes too much (makes water acid -> more corrosion), and the...

hi sinuhe, well, your water is even worse than ours - I didn't think it possible! I live close to the alps in Germany, and consequently the water is hard and slightly alkaline: ~13KH and probably ~15GH; 7.5-8pH. I stopped wanting to change it since I don't have any possibility to store treated...

hi guys, this is what we'd call fish soup. the best to do is, take out the water with a pipette, add some spices and slowly heat it up! can't anyone imagine a river or something? do you think in nature there are like 10 different species in one place? and only 2 or 3 each time? from dwarf...

hi guys, could somebody tell me the latin name for those "white cloud minnows"? I'd love to research them here. I have heard a lot of people recommend heterandria formosa (don't know the english name) for those tank sizes, although they are hard to get. platys also need quite a lot of space to...

hi guys, sorry to disappoint you, but this is surely not an endler... it's a wild guppy or some crossbred. endlers can be told from the tail form: real endlers have REAL dublesword-tails. something transparent in between the swords make it a wild guppy or a cross-bred endler. I looked at...

hi guys, sorry to disappoint you, but this is surely not an endler... it's a wild guppy or some crossbred. endlers can be told from the tail form: real endlers have REAL dublesword-tails. something transparent in between the swords make it a wild guppy or a cross-bred endler. I looked at...

uuups - i forgot kh and gh. these two values measure the hardness of your water. they're also important for washing clothes, more hardness needs more soap :idea: hardness means the concentration of salts and minerals that are in the water. for example, calcium-rich water leaves a lot of...

hello corsa, pheew.... where to start.... i don't know what fish you have, so recommendations are difficult. the measures are important for your fish as every fish has certain ph/gh/kh levels where it feels ok. the bad news is that the test you have (a small stripe you hold into the water...

hi guys, hhmmm... you find me a bit confused. does anybody care for water hardness when selecting fish for tanks? also, if you say 20g, is there a standard size to these tanks in inches? Asking because I know about a different rule for stocking. avoids to put in fish that get too big: tank...

hi guys, about the sand: not every sand will harden up your water. you can test the sand with any acid you have (if you have), or, less hazardous, with vinegar essence (i.e. concentrated vinegar - should be more than 20% vinegar acid). just take out a bit, put substance on it and look whether...

@terry, thanks. I have to find the calculations and write them down some time. it's so confusing! @justDIY: anything that affects KH also affects GH. KH is a part of the GH measurement. it's in fact the first variable to react to peat and driftwood. however, at a KH as yhbae mentions (300)...

hi antiasg, do you have any live plant in there? they might as well help to lower ammonium, and offer more substrate for bacteria. I think as long as you medicate, you'll probably have to keep adding bio-spira as antibiotics kill the present population. I think fin rot has its causes more in...

hello, I don't actually know lots about bettas, but from what I've learnt in other discussions, there are some points that might help you or rather your fish with the fin rot... - do you keep them as a pair only? is it the female getting fin rot? might be a sign of stress maybe... since one...

I also like the *unhoused filter* as you call it (cool name) because it is so mega-stable. you never have to replace the mat, and there's no maintenance. AT ALL. one backdraw is that it might appear big, but on the other hand that's the advantage as well - bacteria have lots and lots of substrate.