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Just wondering if anyone here just stirs up the gravel without vacuuming to let the pump get rid of some of the nastiness?? Sorry, have been gone for a while, was somewhat pre-occupied with a new motorcycle, which was stolen the night before new years eve, waiting on insurance to get me...

A good friend of mine's wife just had a baby!!! Well, Todd gave me his 15 gal Eclipse tank that he's had running for roughly 5 years. The bio-wheel is very well cultured so I don't even have to cycle!!! He also gave me an aquarium pharmeceuticals water filter, I know it deionizes, dunno if...

Hey all, I was wondering, if I put a new bio-wheel in a cultured tank (just let it float around in the water) would the bacteria still attach to it?? How long would I have to leave it in there before I could start another tank with it?? I didn't know if water had to be flowing over it for it...

I think mine has either Velvet or Ich, heck maybe even a combo of the two, I got maracide, coppersafe, maracyn, and maracyn-two, which should I give him, poor things breathing REALLY hard, so I'm afraid it's gotten to his gills, he keeps hiding, and is losing color, PLEASE HELP!!!

Got home today, lil white specks on Kirby!!!! Grrrr, poor feller, he seems spry as usual, though I have noticed recently his coloring has gotten a bit lighter, I will go get him some meds tomorrow on the way in from work. I'm thinking he's got either Velvet or Ich. Any recomendations??

I put this stuff in wayy before I took the plunge, then once after I added fish. My Nitrites have stayed at 0, Nitrates no more than 5.0ppm, but my ammonia seems to pick up .25 to .50 ppm per day. I've been changing water every other day (for the most part) and am keeping a log of water...

I know I probably shouldn't have, but I changed the cartridge in my penguin, the water kept overflowing in the spill way where the inlet tube was coming out. I've had the Bio-wheel running the whole time, sooo, I'm hoping that's got enough budding beneficial bacteria on it to work right. It...

Help Alli, Sweets, my new fish haven't eaten anything in two days. Feeding them Tetra min flakes, the pl*co gets Hikari algae wafers. I've been killing the lights at night, I turned one of the 10-watt flourescent bulbs off (the kind that screw in place of incadescent). It seems the tetras...

. . . well, I didn't, but my new fish did!! I got three Diamond Tetras, and a Bristlenose Pl*co to start out with. I'll probably get some turqoise rainbows in the next few weeks. I wanna see how the water balances out. I put the Bio-Spira in yesterday, and added fish today. So far so...

Was trying to find a pl*co I'd like in my tank, the Zebra Pl*co, is a gorgeous creature that I'd love to have, and fits the bill perfectly except that they don't eat algae, and have to be deliberately fed (according to: http://www.mongabay.com/fish/loricariidae.htm#Hypostomus%20plecostomus )...

I did a test on an aquarium I'm currently cycling (new aquarium) I have two Aquarium Pharmeceuticals test kits. My ammonia test kit has two sets of drops you put in, that kid is reading 0ppm after the required 5minute wait. The ammonia test in my master test kit, which has one solution for...

To make a long story short, I ended up with an aquarium that was already established. Haven't had one in years. The gravel wasn't maintained properly (when I vaccumed the poo never quit). I tried to keep the levels in check, but could never complete the cycle anyway. I bought a new bio wheel...