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    Water changes

    u guys need to talk to my mom..ive tryd to seperate the fish, but my mom threw them right back in the tank
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    Water changes

    slightly white cloudy..ammonia is 0, same with nitrite..and yes, its been cycled for about a week, i was just wondering if the cloudiness and nitrAte spike was normal
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    Water changes

    ok, i did a water change 20-25% and my nitrates went up to 10ppm and the water is cloudy again...is this normal? or am i doing something wrong?..i have a 37gal eclipse tank...3 goldfish, 6 zebras, 2 red taild sharks, and a pleco..and plant buds
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    tank decorations

    3 goldfish (planning on selln 2) 6 zebra danios, 2 red-taild black sharks, and a pleco..natural colord gravel (orange, brown, black, that stuff) blue background
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    tank decorations

    i look at the photogallery here, and see all these beautiful tank decorations and how awesome and happy the fish look in the tank, and i was wondering..what all would i need to put in my tank..like..how many plants and peices of wood are in your guyses tanks?
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    sweaty feet and fish

    well i only feed the shrimp when there really nice..and sit when i ask them to..lol..nah, i juss put the shrimp in there when there really happy to see me, so i can givem a treat..about once a week
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    adding plants to the aquarium

    yeppers, it says for aquariums, and it was in the fish isle..so i hope so..im just gonna add a couple next water change, see how it turns out..thnx guys
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    adding plants to the aquarium

    according to the box they are dawrf lilly-hybrid ulvaceus and hardy aponogeton bulbs
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    sweaty feet and fish

    i use the gravel vac, and i feed every other day with one cube of tubiflex worms, and alil shrip pellets
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    adding plants to the aquarium

    i bought 2 packs of plants from wal-mart (they were cheap, and they have a garentee)..it says i just need light, what else would i need to have my plants survive and thrive?
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    sweaty feet and fish

    37 gallon..and im plannin on gettn ridda the goldies...so does this mean i cant add anymore fish even if i wanted to?
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    sweaty feet and fish

    how is 2 redtaild sharks, 6 zebras, and 1 pleco over crowded?..i can understand with the goldies..but itsnt it an inch a gallon?
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    sweaty feet and fish

    i have 3 goldfish, 2 redtaild black sharks, 1 pleco and 6 zebras..no plants and i think its almost near completion of cycling..my tank has been set up for about 3-4weeks now..i do water changes on sundays, im using a eclipse filter with carbon
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    sweaty feet and fish

    my water smells like sweaty stinky socks water perimeters are: PH 7.2 Ammonia 0ppm Nitrites .30ppm Nitrates 4ppm GH is high...higher then like..250ppm Kh is 200ppm
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    algea, nitrate, and my problems

    my mom wont let me get rid of the goldies (moms friend made her take them)..if it were up to me..the would b out of the house a good 40 miles away from me..haha..could i keep the light on for an extra 3 or so hours if i take one of the lights out?
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    algea, nitrate, and my problems

    never had a vac, moms bringin me home one tonight, and the lights are on from about 7am-11pm...not in direct sunlight, and 3 goldfish, 6 zebras, 2 red tail black sharks, and a pleco
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    algea, nitrate, and my problems

    ok, i have an algea build up (water is really green, you cant see from one side to the next) and my nitrates are 10ppm..and everythign else is really normal except KH and GH witch are like 200ppm-ish..is my nitrate problem also contributing to my algea problem? or is my nitrate level normal?...i...
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    Weekly mantainence

    ok..getting this straight..25% water changes weekly...then rinse off the filter pad? then monthly change filter (i dont have a refillible one)? since my fish are hardie i think rinsing the filter in tap water wont hurt is this right? 1/4 water change weekly, while thats happenin, clean my...
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    Weekly mantainence

    what do u mean cleaning the filter?..just wipe off all the crud on the pad? or actually replace the media?
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    Weekly mantainence

    OKAY!..reading on this board i found weekly water changes are a must..can anyone type out a weekly mantainence, or send me a site for mantainence?...im gonna print out the list and tape it to the side of my hood..its a 40gal eclipse, unplanted, with 12 fish and gravel substraight
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    I'm sick of changing water weekly

    wait..so you do a 10% water change weekly to keep healthy fish?
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    Adding wood

    couldnt i just do that with a normal peace of driftwood?...FINALLY! someone other then me lives in michigan!..haha
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    Adding wood

    OK, i recently added more plants to my tank, then i was lookn at pictures of members tanks..and i noticed the better lookn tanks were really planted and had driftwood in them..my question is..how would i add driftwood? just go to the beach, and pick up some good looking wood then wash it and...
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    everyones nightmare...algea blooms

    thnx aussie..i think ill take one of my lights out and feed small amounts...and what kind of plants are really hardie and can survive in mediocre conditions?
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    everyones nightmare...algea blooms

    well..my water is all normal Ph is 7, ammonia is 0, nitrite is normal, but my GH, KH is high..around 200ppm i think..37 gallon eclipse filter is my tank size, i did 1 25% water change to get rid of my cloudiness, no plants..although id like to get some
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