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i read the article on fishless cycling. i would assume you only use saltwater if you're running a saltwater tank, otherwise just fresh water. is this correct?

Hello, i have a 20 gal currently. Had it for about 3 years now and it is perfectly cycled and well balanced. I've only had community tropical fish all this time but am down to my last tetra. once he goes i would like to try some semi aggressive fish like tiger barbs, etc. I really want to...

currently have a cherry barb, neon tetra, glowlite tetra. tank is a 20g high, penguin HOB bio wheel, water currently 78 degrees, all water parameters are where they should be. I don't know what kind of cichlids, have not researched yet. any suggestions

it's been about 2 years since i posted on here. I've had my tank up and running ever since thanks to the help of this forum! Unfortunately I havn't kept up with the reading. Most of my freshwater tropicals have died off from age and i have not restocked them with the intentions of packing it...

what can of veggies can i put in for the fish to eat. I use pepso food once in awhile as a preventitive but the fish don't like it, they spit it back out. They're like a kid when you give them medicine.

ok, i'll try that. The rasbora died. Probly better off. I think it might have been bloat also. It had black in it's stomach. Also, i did a little research on freshwater diseases and have to wonder if it was tuberculosis. It did look like some sort of popeye that came from the inside out...

I've got a 20gal tank that is just about a year old. Same things in it as when i started decoration wise. I have fake plants with gravel substrate. The lighting is a 15watt tube that came with the hood. I've heard some say that an air pump will help keep algae down. I have one but i took it...

Hello all, I'm having a terrible time with brown algae. It just forms on my plants which are fake. I've tried phos x and it seems to help for about a week. I use carbon in my filters and do weekly changes. My pleco won't touch the plants, just the side of the glass and gravel. I had otto's...

I've got two glow tetra's, another rasbora, two cherry barbs, 1 red tetra(the other two got sick and died), and one betta. I've never seen anyone going after eachother except the tetra and the betta, they don't like eachother but they live with it! I've tried taking pics before and its pretty...

I noticed today that one of my rasbora's has a very swollen belly. As i looked closer I could see a pink spot as well. It looks as if somehow the fish cut itself or one of the other fish bit him, not sure. I think the pink spot is actually internal matter protruding out of the wound. I...

Can someone help me? I have a red minor tetra that has had this problem now for about a month. It started as this white cotton spot (cotton wool) right between her eyes and i got some AP plus anti fungus and treated her in quarantine and put her back in when it looked better. Now she has...

There is white fuzzy felt like looking stuff growing on the forehead area of my red minor tetra. Anyone know what this is and how i should treat for it? it covers very little area but is still there and noticeable. thanks

All the other fish are fine. Did a water change yesterday and other parameters are zero, ph still coming in at 7.6. I've got 3 rasbora's left, 3 red tetra's, 2 danio's, male betta, rubber lip pleco. What should i do with the carbon in the cartridge on my biowheel? Should i cut the back open...

yes, that fish place & pet place is right down the road from me. They are so expensive though! Well, the oto is dead now. He died the next morning. I just assumed you were ok with nitrates till you got to about 40 which is like the caution zone from what i've read. I'm just curious if there...

My parameters are great. I have no problems with Nitrates. In fact i can go a week or two with the nitrates holding steady at about 20. I found this hard to believe but it is true. that is why i was only doing water changes every two weeks but i was only doing 25%. I was just curious if i...

Its just as i thought. I came home tonight and now one of my 2 remaining oto's is dead and the other is on his way out as we speak. Something has got to be going around in this tank! Should i do a big water change or what?

The guaramis did have long stringy waste. But he was like that ever since i bought him about 4 months ago. It was like a string that never seemed to want to stop. I had no idea that was a sign of parasites. Can i treat the water with these meds you suggested even if the fish have no signs of...

sorry, i meant you CAN'T open the biowheel cartridges

I'm not sure whats going on here but im losing a fish every week now. Water parameters are fine. Everything is ok in the health of my aquarium. I lost my guaramis last night. Overnight he became skinny and thin with no visible signs of sickness. I hope there is nothing in my tank that would...

Well the beginning of the week i lost a danio and about 3 weeks ago i lost a danio as well. Now today i came home and turned the light on and now my guaramis looks terrible! He is all skinny and having a hard time staying level. There is nothing visibly wrong with him. He even ate some...

Just lately my biowheel has gone from spinning nicely to barely spinning at all. It does go around but it seems caught up and nothing is there to slow it down. I take it off and it spins freely on the axis, put it back in and it goes slow. The water flow is the same and the cartridge is not...

i have 3 red minor tetra's, 3 long finned danio's, 3 rasbora's, 2 oto's, 1 rubberlip pleco, 1 betta. I just thought the ph should be lower in the "ideal range" but i hardly seem to get it there.

Can carbon in your filter change the ph of the water? I'm thinking of taking the carbon out and replacing with pete. I've never used pete but i need to do something to get my ph down, i'm still at 7.6.

my fish won't even touch a cucumber. I put a nice wedged piece in there for them and they could have cared less! i didn't have it anchored down though, but i still think they would not have touched it. -3 red minor tetra's -3 rasbora's -3 long finned danio's -gouramis -betta -2 oto's...

Does anyone know the ideal ph level for otocinclus fish? I got three of them on sunday and couldn't believe the second i put them in my tank they were frantically looking for algae! And i had some for them too!! They have done an incredible job and it sure beats cleaning the plants off by...