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My friend finally brought over the SW tank she is selling us and we are eager to get it set up and cycling. Only problem is that we do not have a large enough container to mix the whole 65 gallons of water. We have four 5 gal buckets. So, how can we do this? I found vids on youtube that...

I am wondering, anyone else have fish that just hang out on one side of the tank? I have a 55g tank and all my fish hang out on the right side. Why would something like that happen?

so far, I have 5 mollies- 1m, 4f 4 platys- 2m, 2f 7 neons 3 black neons -had 6, but 3 died :( 2 corys 1 m betta 1f betta 3 zebra danios 1 red tail shark 1 rubber lip pelco 1 mystery snail 8 ghost shrimp 1 Red cherry shrimp -- had 3, 2 died. :( I think that is everyone. So what more could I...

We decided to make my new 55 gal tank a ommunity tank and move the fish from the 29 gal in since we are getting a SW tank and need he space where the 29 gal is now.... ANYWAY... I moved the last of the fish to the 55 gal today. At about 2:00, I let the fish out of the bags and put the bags in...

We are getting a SW set up from a friend. Hubby made a trade for it! It comes with everything we need, just needs a good cleaning. The friend we are getting it from said she has corals in it right now...so, that is a reef tank? I don't even know enough to ask about set up and such....so I...

In my 29 gal, I have 4 female mollies and 1 male. Problem is that the male only shows interest in one female, and it is non stop. I have watched and he is always after her, ignoring the others. Why would he do that and should (what?) be done abot it? In my guppy tank, I have 3F1M ... at...

What kind of found decorations can you place in your tanks? I am trying to decorate my new 55 gal (still looking for something for the 29 gal, too) and the stuff at the stores is so expensive and don't fill space like I want. I would like a nice center piece that reaches through most of the...

Does it matter where in the tank you get the water for your testing?

My hubby got me a 55 gal tank for my birthday. We have it all set up and are working on getting it cycled/ decorated before adding fish. So here are some thoughts.... 1) Cichlid tank. never kept them before, but they are so pretty. I know they can be highly aggressive, though. My brother had...

Thursday, I vacuumed out my tank and did a regular water change. Tested the water and slightly high Ammonia, but everything else was at 0 Saturday, I set up my 10 gal and took some water from my 29 gal to fill it. I also took the plastic plants (3) out of the 29 gal and put them in the 10 gal...

I tied it to a glass bead, then burried the bead in the gravel to hold it down. I can not get the pic to attach, so here is the link. My whole tank:

Yesterday, I went to the pet store to get some food and spotted the frozen food section. Thinking my fishies would just LOVE this, I bought the brine shrimp (the previous food was freeze dried brine.) So, I eargerly took it home, poped a cube out, thawed it in a shot glass of tank water and...

We are thinking of getting a 55gal and trying to do a salt tank. How much does set up cost? What do you need for a salt water that you would not need for a fresh water? How is set up/ running of a salt different from a fresh? What is the difference between salt and reef? What other...

My other molly gave birth to about 6 fry (what I found so far.) Anyway, I was wondering what do you do with your fishie babies.....the ones that don't get raptured, that is. :lol:

I had five little molly babies in a breeder box. They were there yesterday when I cleaned the tank and totally gone today. I did a water change and stirred up the gravel, looked in the filter, no sign of any of them anywhere. They were too big to get through the slits of the box. What on...

Ammonia=0 Nitrite= 1.0 Nitrate= 5.0 I do water changes and get the nitrites down to 0, but they are back at 1.0 the next day. How much longer?

for my 10 gal. I think the internal filter splashed too much water on the one I have and shorted it out. :/ I took the internal filter out and put my old HOB filter on. So, I need a good 10 gal hood reccomendation. This is a standard 10 gal tank. I am wanting something that I can use the...

Feel free to link me if this is in another thread. I have never bothered with live plants before and was wondering what I can get to give it a whirl. I plan on getting a moss ball as I think they are pretty cool, but I was wanting some other plant as well for my 10g. My tank has gravel...

What is the current thought on this? I have always started off my tanks with a fish or two and rarely had a problem. I set up my tank the other day and let it go for about 24 hours or so, making sure I had a good temp, the tank didn't leak, filters and everything else was in working order...

Hi all, It has been a while since I had a fish tank. My last set up meet a sad end when my then one year old decided the 'ish' wanted 'illi' because they looked 'hngee' :eek: I decided to give up the aquariums till the kid was old enough not do things like that anymore. I had also recently...