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I moved about a year ago, and since being in the new house, my tank deteriorated. The family room is just too darn sunny and the algae took over my tank, my platys and corys all died, and now my poor tank has been sitting empty for 4 months, and has a forest of algae. I want to get things...

My father-in-law collects rocks, and he would like to give me some for my tank. They are quartz and polished agate. How can I be sure they won't mess up my water?

Is it just me, or does anybody else here have a problem with green algae-ish stuff growing on the tank light? The water doesn't touch it, but I guess just the evaporation is enough to get something growing on this. On mine it grows like a green slimey sheet and if I don't get at it regularly...

I've decided to stick to one kind of livebearer, so I'm keeping my mollies and have found a good home for my platies and their fry (via craigslist.com). I have one male molly and one female (the other one died a long time ago), and will get a couple more females to keep the ratio healthy. I...

Just installed it and it runs great. A couple of questions: 1. The instruction manual advises changing the sponge filter monthly, the carbon bag every 2 months, and the BioMax bag every 3 months. What do you think of this recommendation? Seems costly! But I also don't want to compromise...

My TopFin just conked out today. I followed all the directions on troubleshooting but still can't get it to work again. That thing is only 7 months old :? So what to get for my 20 gallon? Are the bio-wheel filter types really that much better (read: worth the price) than the HOB types...

Saw these today at the LFS. It was a plastic bag with about 5 brown, 1" diameter, woody looking little bulbs. It said it must be dropped into an established FW tank, and once the plant growth begins, you just stick the bulbs deeper into the substrate and it will root. Has anyone used these...

This is pretty cool and about as close as I'd want to get. The "Shark Pass" is the best one. http://kids.msn.com/kidz/feature.aspx?id=/kidz/content/getsmart/discovery/sharkswim

I really want a female betta, maybe even two, and I cannot get another tank just yet. Do you think I can add one or two to my community tank (see my Signature for contents)? I keep my tank temp at 78.

A friend was asking me about fish-keeping, because her 4 yr old daughter went to a birthday party where the gift bags for the dozen or so children contained--you guessed it--a goldfish. She was irritated because she knows nothing about this hobby, and had no intention of getting into it, and...

I was replying to another post and trying to add two photo attachments. They were 99K and 113K, 640x480. I would do Choose File and then Add Attachment, and everything seemed to go fine. But as soon as I hit Submit, nothing would happen and I'd lose my cursor. It's like my browser froze or...

:cry: I hadn't seen her since yesterday, and I thought maybe she was hiding out somewhere and laying her eggs. Well I found her today behind a plant wayyy in the back of my tank. :cry: She looked like she'd been nibbled on a bit at the tail and head, but the rest of her was pretty...

This is a great piece on how fishkeeping is great for physical as well as mental and emotional health: http://www.vetcentric.com/magazine/magazineArticle.cfm?ARTICLEID=1045 This one gives great ideas on how to better incorporate aquariums into your home: http://www.diveintofish.com/031601a.htm

I have been checking out tanks from 40G to 55G, and I don't know whether acrylic or glass is better. The PetSmart guy isn't exactly knowledgable on this :? Just wondering what your opinions, experiences, etc. are with either one that would help my decision-making. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone's photo tips and friendly reminders (Brian!) that I needed to put pix in there! Hopefully I'll have more up one of these days, especially one of my big, fat, pregnant oto :-)

I have about a dozen fry, from what I believe to be a cross breed between my female black molly and one of my male red wag platies. The fry are all bright, deep orange, with black tails and fins. They are yours for FREE! I can meet you somewhere in the greater Seattle area. Send me a PM if...

I am down to one male and one female black molly, since the other black female molly passed away a few weeks ago :-( I thought for sure I would need to run to the LFS and get another couple of females so the male wouldn't harass the one left to death (literally). When there were two females...

One of my four ottos is really crazy looking now, and I'm guessing/hoping she is pregnant and not sick or overeating. She is really fat right in the middle, and when she is on the tank glass her white belly is really circular and wide. From the side her belly is so big that her tail sticks out...

I'm finally back home and was so happy to see all my little guys and gals are looking totally fine and happy. The Seattle suburbs had a massive windstorm yesterday, and we lost power at 4am Friday. I bundled up the wee ones and went to my parents' house, where they had power. By the time we...

I have this plastic back scratcher that has a little "hand" on one end. I've totally washed it down and disinfected it. I use it when I want to move things around in the tank but don't want to have to stick my whole arm in, like if I'm just moving some gravel around or something. It really...

How long does it take for the otos to start hanging out on the driftwood? I got that piece and treated it just for those little guys, and they could care less! The ones who seem interested in it are the molly fry, go figure.

I have no clue what happened. My fishies were perfectly fine this morning, all looking and eating well. We came home this afternoon and my daughter tells me that one of the mollies is floating at the top of the tank. Ack. And she was right, the molly who is the mother of all my little fry...

I have been going crazy trying to take some nice pix of my tank to put in my gallery. I have a Canon Powershot G2, which has a pretty good macro feature, but I can't seem to get it to focus fast enough. My fish swim away before it can focus and my pic ends up being a blur. Any advice or...

I have a TopFin 20 I got with my 20G kit three months ago. I haven't changed the bag yet, but I've changed the charcoal once. I'm worried if I chuck the bag and put in a totally new one, something weird will happen with my tank and the good bacteria. 1. Should I change the bag? Or just wash...

Just wondering what everyone else does, 'coz it's probably better than what I'm doing now, which is bundling it up haphazardly and sticking it into a big bucket. Gives me flashbacks of winding up the Christmas lights... There's got to be a better way, right?