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I've been doing a lot of research on plants and lighting, but I'm still very confused about a couple things, so please help. I have a 75 gal freshwater tank which I'm restarting after my columnaris disaster (lost all 14 fish over 4 days, it was devastating). Anyway, I had fake plants before...

Hi, It's been several years since I've been on the forums. My tanks were going along fine, until this past Wednesday, when my fish started dying one by one in my 75 gallon. As of last night, 14 fish have died and the tank is now empty. I'm stunned and extremely sad and upset about this. It was...

What I thought were clown loach fry in my QT now look very much like rainbowfish. I moved the 7 rainbowfish out of QT into the 75 gal at the end of September. I first noticed the tiny fry when I moved the clown loaches out of QT into the 75 gal at the end of January. Do eggs take that long to...

I just read a post about an algae problem, and someone suggested Phos-X and said it was safe. Anybody else use this? I have a big algae problem in my 75 gal and was going to get a pleco, but I have 3 clown loach fry in my QT and can't put anything else in there until they're big enough to move...

Hi All. First I want to apologize for not participating lately. Things got pretty crazy right after Christmas. My stepdaughter's mother, who had been fighting cancer for several years, started a rapid downhill slide in November. She got worse and worse, and died on Jan. 7th, with the funeral the...

One of my neon rosy barbs has a lump behind his gill on the right side, and both of his eyes seem to be bulging a little bit. He's trying to eat but doesn't seem to be able to grab anything. He just doesn't look right at all. Any ideas what it could be? A tumor and/or popeye? What should I do...

The QT tank is sitting there empty, ready for more fishies. I'd love some suggestions for either tank, please. Current residents are up to date in my sig below. Thanks. :D

My betta made a bubble nest today, the first I've seen. Woohoo, he's happy, I'm happy. Also, I've seen a couple fry swimming around. I think they're baby otos because they're elongated, about 1/4 inch long right now. I was on vacation last week and before I left I did water changes in my...

...in the 10 gal. They're reproducing faster than jack rabbits. :evil: What should I do? I can't stand the thought of killing the little buggers, but I wouldn't mind them being part of the food chain. Is there something that will eat them, shell and all? Or do I have to do the dirty deed...

My 75 gal water parameters are fine: ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate about 15. The water has been cloudy for a couple weeks and I can't get it to clear up. I've been doing about 15% water changes every few days except for 5 days I was out of town recently. I think it might be an algae bloom...

From what I've read about bala sharks, they sound really cool. But I've read they like to be in groups and can get really big. Would my 75 gal be too small for maybe 3 bala sharks? Also, do you see any problems with compatibility? My sig below is up to date with the fish I have.

I was going to post this in the Lounge but thought everybody else might be sick of the subject of hurricanes. :wink: You might be a Floridian if: You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances, Ivan or Jeanne Your freezer never has more than...

I got 2 pictus catfish, 2 upside down catfish, and 7 Australian rainbowfish. They're in the QT tank and will eventually go into the 75 gal to keep the 1 pictus and 4 platies company. Yay. :multi:

What besides otos will eat the brown algae that's formed in my 75 gal on the artificial plants. I don't want to put otos in there, they'd be too hard to find and catch if I had to move them. Right now this tank only has 4 platys and 1 pictus catfish, so I'm not too limited on what I could get.

Nobody answered this yesterday, so I'll try rewording the question. :D I want to reduce the current in my 10 gal to make my betta happier, but I have 4 otos in there. The filter is an AquaClear 20 which pumps 100 gph max, and 33 gph min. I also have an airstone going. If I shut off the...

:( I wonder if it's because there's too much current in the 10 gal. I have an AquaClear mini filter which I can reduce the flow, and an airstone. I could keep the filter flow reduced and turn off the airstone, but I also have 4 otos in the tank. Would that be okay for the otos?

My 75 gal finished cycling and I moved my 5 platys and 1 pictus catfish into it today. They are sooooo happy. The QT tank they were in developed a very strong odor (like when you open a bag of potting soil, kind of a peat or fertilizer type smell) over the past couple of weeks and I can't...

I've got 5 platys and 1 pictus catfish in my QT tank, they've been there for two weeks and look healthy. I really would like to move them to the 75 gal, but I've got nitrites of 4-5 ppm in there. Ammonia is 0 and nitrates are 5-6, pH 7.6. The readings in the QT tank are ammonia 0, nitrite 0...

Here's a link to a few of the photos I took Saturday morning around our house. Trees blocking the street and debris everywhere was a common theme throughout the neighborhood. But as bad as it looked at the time, we got off easy compared to a whole lot of other people...

One of my platys has been hanging out at the top of the tank all day, very still. I don't know if it's because of the water quality that he had to endure during the hurricane, or what. I just got them (6 platys and 1 pictus catfish) on Wednesday, and they're in a 10 gal QT tank. We were without...

Don't you just wish whoever names hurricanes had thought of that? Especially since they're out there together. Everybody, please pray for us here in Florida, or send positive wishes that these hurricanes don't do too much damage. Special prayers for reefrunner and anybody else on the west...

My 10 gal QT finished cycling, so I ran out today and got 6 fancy platys (Xiphophorus maculatus) and 1 pictus catfish (Pimelodus pictus). The 75 gal has also cycled, so I'll have to keep feeding it ammonia while the new fish are quarantined. Is 2 weeks enough as long as no problems appear...

A friend just sent me this email. I thought it was really great and wanted to share it: A REVELATION by GEORGE CARLIN (His wife recently passed away.) The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend...

I set up a 10 gal QT tank and my 75 gal on 7/16. Doing fishless cycling on both, adding clear ammonia. The 75 is coming along fine, and the QT was doing great until yesterday, things started getting screwy. Here are the readings for the QT from the start: 7/19 ammonia 0.5-1.0, nitrite 0.5 7/21...

http://www.aquarank.com/in.php?id=fishfree Make sure you vote today. Let's get to #1. :onfire: