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Anyone? Just as a quick follow-up, I'm also getting the ray with all intentions of upgrading my tank within the next couple of years to a size that will better suit him.

As a follow-up to my initial posting, I realize that a few of the fish in my tank are too small to keep with the ray (and the bichirs) once it gets larger but the cory cats will be moved in the 10g shortly and the swordtails are technically food for the larger bichir(5-6 inches) at this point...

When I originally set my 75 gallon tank up back in the beginning of March '04, it was with the intention of getting a freshwater stingray. Over the past few months, I decided that I was probably never going to get one for several reasons. I realize teacup stingrays aren't always as labeled and...

I tested the alkalinity and hardness of the water tonight and it came out as 40 KH and 150 GH(hard). That said, how does that tie in to my pH of 6 or below? I also bought a bottle of pH up in an attempt to try to slowly raise the pH (along with doing more frequent water changes). The store...

My tapwater's pH is 7.2

Ok. It's been several weeks since I've last tested my water parameters and I was surprised to find my pH at 6 (or below). I don't have anything to test the alkalinity of the water at the moment but I'm curious as to how I should attempt to add baking soda to help raise the pH (or if I should...

I've got a 10 gallon tank that I'm going to transfer 4 cory cats into and I'm trying to figure out what else I should get for it. I'll most likely be using play sand as the substrate and my interest is mainly in oddball fish. Are there any oddball fish that would be able to live comfortably in...

That's definitely good news... I'd actually very much like to make my tank a Polypterus tank. Initially, I became interested in them when I saw a baby ornatipinnis in the lfs. I found out afterwards that he would eventually become too large for my 75, so I ended up getting the senegalus...

This question is probably best posed to Fruitbat for his experience with Senegal Bichirs. Is there any chance of keeping a Rope Fish with my Senegal Bichir or will the two become agressive towards one another? If so, would my Pl*co be a potential hazard to the Rope Fish as I've been told he'd...

I had him for just a little over a month... I feed my fish a variety of things. Flake food, sinking pellets, fry bites, an algae wafer or two and every once in a while frozen bloodworms. Usually the cory cats just eat the sinking pellets or any flake food that might hit the sand. I'm still...

I woke up this morning to find one of my albino cory cats upside down on the bottom of the tank and I'm totally baffled as to why. All of my fish look and act perfectly healthy. It didn't have ich or any other illness that I could see from looking at him. My aquarium parameters are: Temp 82...

And so it has begun... I woke up this morning to one less swordtail fry and a slightly chubby bichir. Last night I picked up a 10g aquarium kit which I should have up and running on a fishless cycle by the weekend so the cory cats and banjo cat should have a safer home in no time...

The banjo cat will be transferred to the 10 gallon as well...

I plan on getting a 10 g tank to transfer the cory cats and several of the swordtails to. The danios have to be too fast for the bichir to be able to catch them and I almost wish I didn't separate the swordtail fry for a month because now they're at a size where they're not small enough to be...

I just bought a Senegal Bichir this afternoon and I absolutely love this fish! As of right now, I've got a fairly open aquarium and I'm wondering what I can add that would provide him with some needed shelter and/or hiding places(I've got a picture of my "tropical looking" aquarium in my...

Congratulations on your ray!!! They're awesome creatures! I've done a bit of research on them myself. From what I've read, you might have to try to feed him with really large tweasers for the time being to ensure he eats the food. As far as what to feed him at this stage, I'm not entirely sure.

I'm not sure if that last question was for me but I use Stress Coat as my dechlorinator.

Won't that keep splashing and make a mess? When I do a 25-30% water change, the water level is probably a good 4-6 inches from the water jet on my fluval and the water outputs on my pengiun biowheel 330. I'm glad that white stuff isn't anything bad. Since it's inside the hoses, I imagine...

Hi everyone. I was hoping someone could shed some light as to what I'm experiencing with my Fluval 304. I've done 2 water changes within the past week and each time I'm done and hook the filter back up and then turn it back on, it spits white filmy stuff into my tank which makes a mess of the...

Yeah, these little guys are awesome! I'm a little worried that my iridescent shark might have a hard time getting food with the way these guys jump on the sinking catfish pellets I feed it.

I've got 1 male and 2 female red velvet swordtails in my 75 gallon tank and in the 2 months that I've had the tank, they've already had babies twice. The first time I left the babies in the tank and within a day they were all eaten by the rest of the fish. Last week I found 12 babies and...

I picked up 2 more albino and 2 bronze cory cats today after work so the one now has a bunch of buddies to keep him/her company. They're perfect for my aquarium!

BTW, nice car! I'm not a car buff and wouldn't know the first thing about restoring one but I used to drive a '92 RS. Miss that car...

Welcome to AA, Cori! Out of curiousity, what are the details of your tank (i.e. what size, how long has it been up and running, what are the parameters, how many and what kind of fish do you currently have in there, etc)? Have you tried more frequent and/or larger water changes? What kind of...