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Hey all. Here's the history of my girlfriend's first experience with a tank.. Week 1 "That's nice honey. It's really pretty." Week 5 "What was that? You say there's algae on the plants? I think it's cool. It looks autumnal." Week 7 "OK, yeah. Now I can see the algae." Week 9...

I'm looking at setting up my 15 high with fish and fiddler crabs. The tank will only be about 2/3 full with water. I want to install a fogger, but from what I've seen before, the best results (producing a low-lying fog) come from having an air-tight tank with a fan blowing down. Any one else...

Here's the deal folks. Gees I'm excited. Might be for nothing though. That's where you guys come in. Can a discus successfully fertilize angelfish eggs? Angel's been in the tank for about a year and a half now, with no other angels in the tank. Well, for about the last six weeks, she's...

OK, bear with me here. On my 55, I had the stock All-Glass light for quite some time. They've got that slight purple tint to them, and I wanted something better. So I picked up the Life-Glo 2 bulb from Hagen that's rated at I think 6700K. It's really nice, much whiter, but my fish look a...

A while back, someone posted a link to bigalsonline.com showing the different (somewhat universal) media cages to use on penguins instead of using the "rite-size" ones. I've looked here as well as on big als. I can't find those buggers at all. Anyone remember this? Where are they at? TIA

All right. I've got a couple small tanks that once had ich in them. For these, and all my filters that were also affected, here's the ??. I know Ich can't live for more than 2 weeks in 86+ degree water. But how hot can Ich survive? There's nothing in these tanks. If I fill them with 100...

Hello everyone. Been off for awhile. And doing some major reconstruction of my tanks since. My signature is not current right now, but it will be soon. Waiting til everything is set. I've got 3 rams, an angelfish, corys, a rainbow shark and a rubberlip in my 29. I want to add something to...

As some of you know, I just got rid of my UGF on my 55. So, to make use of my canister filter, I bought this add-on. http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=22313&category_id=1729&pcid1=2885 I put it on Friday. Coming from it, and staying at the top of the water (and...

I'm looking into subscribing to an aquarium magazine. I just read a post about FAMA. I want to get one that has a wide variety of product reviews, articles, tips, and all that interesting jazz. I only have FW, and of course want at least 50% of my info to be about that, but I have no problem...

Tomorrow is the big day. I'll be doing some re-vamping. My 55 will be completely torn down. I will be getting rid of the UGF. The gravel will be rinsed (it really needs it!) and I picked up a bio-wheel attachment to still make use of my canister filter. During the day when this is going on...

I'm thinking about putting this in my new tank that I'll be getting, and maybe in my 7gal too. I know about vacuuming just above the sand's surface. I also know about aerating it. My questions are this: How often to aerate? Are there any fish that aren't compatible with this sand? Does it...

I'm considering getting another tank, and the lfs has some good deals on some of the bow-fronts. I may also go with a standard 29 gal. On my 7 gal bow-front (I've heard other people mention this too) visibility is fine. But when I get a couple inches from the glass to really look at...

Well, with all the talks lately, I have been convinced to lose the UGF in my 55G. I've already got a HOB supplementing currently, but I want to make use of my Magnum 350 cannister. So I'm getting the Marineland Bio-wheel 60 attachment to work off my cannister. I've never used a Bio-wheel...

I've got 2 African Glass Cats that like to do the shimmy together. I've read that this act (looks like swimming really fast, but not going anywhere) can be a sign of stress. That was specifically about guppies though. They were doing this at the lfs but I've noticed that times that I don't...

This is for those of you that have a QT tank consistently running. Do you have fish in there on a constant basis, to help keep the tank cycled? Or once it's cycled, do you not need fish? If so, what kind of fish would be good that won't get lonely? I'll be setting up a 10 gal.

Christmasfish's unfortunate outcome with Cookie got me thinking. This is going to sound really far-fetched, and time consuming, but I thought I'd mention it. This would really only work with fish that need special attention, and not someone's entire tank collection. If someone had a 10G QT...

A friend of mine has a 38 that has been up for 2-3 months. For the last two weeks he has been having a massive Ich issue. All he has left in the tank now that has survived is guppys, platys, and 1 or 2 peppered corys. The corys are still recovering, but everyone else is completely fine. He...

Well, I went out and picked up a Bristlenose and a Rubberlip for my 55, and their not doing a darn thing. They're just sitting in one spot under a rock for about 12 hours at a time and then they'll move about an inch. Anybody else have this? Do they also have a down time in a new tank, like...

I've had this current combination in my 15G high for about two weeks now, but all of a sudden last night, someone nailed all the fins on my betta. Who was it? I'm thinking maybe the dwarfs. I know they're slow but bettas are completely still when they sleep. Angel needs your help. Thanks.

I have artificial plants in my tank, and the leaves are just coated with algae. The rocks aren't too bad, and they are easy to scrub. But putting elbow grease in each and every leaf is quite time consuming and tiring. Does anyone have a good solution I can soak these in that will make...