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Thanks, everyone, for your comments. I truly don't think that my neon has ich anymore... absolutely no other fish have any symptoms whatsoever. It's now been 1.5 months, and he is still swimming around and eating well. He's even chasing the other fish periodically in "fishy tag" (they do this...

OK, well, he's still around, eating, swimming, active, but he still have very little red. No other fish have become colourless. I would turn the temperature up on the tank in case it's the beginning of Ich, but the Kuhli loaches would likely have a hard time with that, and my other tank isn't...

There I was, impatient, and then my computer died… Virus attack… Found a great place near my house, though, who’ve fixed it right up, reinstalled operating system, and all that jazz. Now it’s good as new! Anyway, my neon is still lively and eating, just lost his red except in his tail. I...

No one wants to help my poor fish?

I have a tropical community tank (below) that has been untouched for about 3-4 months. In it I have 6 neon tetras. I noticed just the other day that one of the tetras is looking a little “scruffy” and his red stripe is rather dull. All the other fish look healthy, and when I feed them...

plus, I'm in Canada... I'll try to find someone around here...

Excellent!!!!

Thanks! Pleco has been munching happily! Water changes on this tank are eazy peazy so they happen more frequently and larger than necessary - so I think everyone will be happy. As long as I don't completely over-fertilize again, I think the algae should be OK. There is quite a bit of light...

I don't currently have enough filtration to get away with a BN in my 10g, and I think the tank is a little small for a full grown one. *But I hope to get a bigger filter soon - and a bigger tank! Dream on, dream on!

Thanks for the response! I'm keeping track of this actually. White cloud minnows are low biomass-type species and using the little calculator at aqadvisor (not the 1"/gallon rule), it suggests that my stocking level would only be at 79% with 9 white cloud minnows. I realize it's not a hard...

Hi, I’m establishing a 10g, and it now has 9 white cloud minnows in it (got six more yesterday). I’ve been keeping the tank slightly warm for the white cloud minnows (74ish), because I’d like to put a school of something else in there (red phantom tetras?). It also has a couple small...

I suggest putting in your set-up at www.aqadvisor.com and finding out what it suggests as the amount of water you should change weekly. Take this as a ballpark number, and see how it works for you (how fast waste and nitrates build up). Then go according to what works. I end up changing...

I agree completely with the established media – ideally that’s what we would all do if we had the option! And I would hope that they did keep the correct temperature range for the fish. However, I don’t like empty tanks, and I’m not past doing a ton of testing and water changes to keep them...

Have you cycled your tank at all? It’s a 5-6 week process generally. I know most people would recommend against it, but, unless you have really soft heart and can’t bear to lose a fish, get a cheap hardy fish (white cloud minnow?), and cycle with that so that you have a constant input of...

This thread has veered from it’s original topic… but I must say I was impressed when I went to get my first fish (post initial accident) at the LFS and the first thing the employee said was “how long has your tank been established. Is it cycled?” How’s the cycling going?

I had to do daily water changes of about 60-80% with my neons. Sometimes I even had to do it2-3 times daily! I had a 20g tank. Do your water changes and if you do a test before and after, you can get a much better idea of what the levels actually are in your tank. Sometimes, my...

OK, I think I've come up with a plan... I think I'm going to add some serpae tetra (about 5), and get another 3 white clouds... Since my aquarium has been kept at 74, and the white clouds are doing fine, I think it should work fine. Then I'm going to plant it. I'll have to wait for the snow to...

That's what happens when I type in a dark room! I fixed them after a good laugh too! Is there such thing as a miniature goldfish? DH likes them a lot, and they do great in our outdoor pond, but I would hate to keep them in a small aquatium for 8mo out of the year! Oh, I think a lareg school of...

tYeah.... So here are some options I came up with: 1) plant the tank and make it a larger school of white clouds 2) get a fancy goldfish or two - but I'd have to get a bigger tank soon. 3) figure out some cold water compatible fish 4) (my original plan that I thought DH would follow) get a...

HMMMM.... the few links that I've seen say that Harlequins should get to be about 4-5cm - 1.5-2"... I guess everything I looked at is a little goofy. That's OK. They're nice fish and more colourful than I expected.

I made a tragic mistake last week. What with all the family visiting, chasing the kids, Christmas, new years, and traveling all over, I was distracted and forgot to add the water conditioner when I changed the water on my goldfish tank… all three died, both Ryukin and the feeder. I am most...

My, My... I guess I'll just have to wait and see how big they get!!! LOL!

Thanks! Darn LFS (and me not knowing any better).

Here's a try but I am having a hard time focussing.

They have a black mark from "waist" down - and they are quite orange.