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Hello all you fishy people! I haven't been on here in a while as I've been messing with other projects around the house. The few fish I have are doing well, but I haven't added anything new for a couple months. I've wrapped up a few things and it's now time to get going again with the fish...

I'm still trying to find a solution to reduce the high pH in my tank. I stopped by the lfs again spoke to the guy working there. Fish guy suggested adding salt. Fish guy showed me what they do - they take a small container and put a hole in the top (small so fish can't get in) and then they...

At this time I have a freshwater tank and the water available to me is on the alkaline side of the chart. After several fish deaths it's time to give in and start up with some brackish fish. I haven't seen too many brackish fish available so I'd like to know what you have! I DO NOT want...

I did some reading today in hope to solve my existing pH problem in my tank. I read on http://www.drhelm.com/aquarium/chemistry.html that aeration helps to raise kH and pH. I have a 72 gallon tank with a bubble screen that runs nearly completely all the way accross the 3 foot wide tank. I'm...

General consensus in these forums seems to be not to use any chemicals in the tanks other than the chlorine remover for new change water. Well, I am at a loss. I keep loosing fish for unknown reasons. Until yesterday I was testing for ammonia and nitrites only and everything was A-OK. I went...

I have a large glass tank and it sits in front of an off-white wall. My eyes are drawn to the power cords and hob filter as they are black in color. I would like to add something to the back of the tank so I won't be able to see the wall anymore. I am hoping there is some sort of product that...

I had purchased 5 green barbs a couple weeks ago and they all died from a bacteria outbreak in my tank. They took 2 catfish and a 1-1/2" tiger barb before I could actually see the cotton-like bacteria growing on the larger fish. I treated the tank and all the other fish survived. The green...

How long does this last for? I put in a large (maybe 24" long) log of african driftwood that I bought from drsfostersmith recenty. I soaked in in treated water for about 4 days and moved it to the tank. It floated for about 4 more days and only turned the water light red- nothing special...

This past Sunhday (5 days ago) I went to the lfs (Petco) and picked up 5 green barbs. They were really small so I worried if they would make it in the tank. My tank is fairly new - completely cycled about 1 month ago - so I didn't know what to expect. I figured I might loose one so I bought 5...

Anyone have any green barbs? I was looking for info on them and all I can find is that they are basically the same (besides color) as a tiger barb, but a little more aggressive. Apparently they like to nip fins. Anyway, they are supposed to be schooling fish so I picked up 5 of them. I...

Here's my new tank! It just finished cycling about 1 week ago so now I'm getting ready to finish up the decorations for it. I am looking for some TALL (2 ~ 3 foot long) artificial plants to run up the back of the tank. I would like to cover up the heater and HOB filter's intake tube somehow...

I have a penguin 330 biowheel. It has a few settings for flow and I am trying to determine what the best flow is. I read the manual for it and I gathered that the flow should be set to maximum while the tank cycles. However, it does not state what it should be set to after the cycle is...

Well, the tank seems to have finished up cycling and I celebrated with the addition of 2 new catfish. I started with 4 tiger barbs, 2 rainbow fish, 2 red tail sharks, 1 catfish, and a blue lobster. By the end of the cycle I was left with 2 barbs, the rainbows, and one shark. Anyway, the shark...

Hello! i'm new to this fish thing, but I thought I had done all the research I needed to get the tank up and running. Now I'm having problems and I'm out of ideas. Please help! My set up - tall (about 3 feet tall) 75 gallon tank. Penguin 330 biowheel filter heater set to 78~80 F Rocks and...