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See and that was just it. We understood how nature should have worked and had the life cycle talk as they can get eaten for awhile until they get big enough to fit in. But every one we found survived with absolute no help from us. We feed them baby food of course and did a lot of yelling...

Lol. They are really not supposed to survive. Apparently they are 'good grub' for everyone in the tank. I must have gotten lucky with all the plants and stuff in my tank, they found lots of places to hide out and stay safe. Pretty cool experience though. My son thought it was the...

Thanks very helpful info!!! I kinda knew about the egg thing but wasn't sure about the proper terms so thanx again. I will keep an eye out as we have quite a few males. Started with just 4 barbs 1 male and 3 females about a year. A few weeks after I got them home I started freaking out...

I am not intentionally breeding my cherry barbs so this is more of an info question than any thing. I have a mama that has a huge tummy that she seems to have had for a super long time. Is there any way to know how long she is going to hang on to her eggs? Second, does it cause her...

Thanx to all!!! I will start to do bigger PWC. you have all eased my concerns about hurting my fish. Good to know I can make a bigger difference for them in a good way faster!!!

Thanx!! I will do bigger PWC's. I read somewhere online that big changes cause too big of a swing that could cause issues but I will do a 50% this weekend. Thanx again!! Oh on the feeding. My son has been doing that so I will pay more attention as to how much he is putting in for everyone!

Hi everyone!! I am hoping you guys can give me some advice on how to drop my nitrate levels in my tank & some possible causes of out of control levels Here are the details: 55g tank Been doing every other day 10% pwc changes due to the nitrate levels and every seven days a 30% pwc. ( not...

Hmm so it seems to have gotten smaller again? At a loss here.... Not sure is causing this to change back and forth.

Just looked that up on the Internet. Doesn't seem fit?? No other spots or damage. She is swimming fine and her gills and fins look normal. Eats well too

One of my oldest ((and biggest) female cherry barb has what I thought was a scab from an aggressive male nib. But it all of a sudden is slowly started to both get bigger and looks a bit furry? Any ideas out there? I have tetras; barbs and a Borneo Sucker. All in 55g tank. Most of the...

K will look around the Internet for the chlorine levels. Can't get to my lfs until this weekend as local is relative... But always worth the trip!! Will let you know.

Jlk publics water... No softener etc Just tested my tank (it has been 24 hrs since my last pwc 80%) current readings. Ph is gone again and the cycle is crashed no readings across the board. Even tried it twice with two different sets of API test kits Tap h2o reading Ph 7.4 with high ph test...

Monkey...no none are stuck at the bottom

They don't seem to show signs until they are fatal ones and rapid deaths. Have (left) 4 "checkered tailed tetras" 4 neons; a Borneo sucker and about 2 dozen cherry barbs ( they had babies and I can't count them accurately any more)

Very sad to say the "Haps" passed away. Two months ago we moved from a VERY drafty apt into a very NOT drafty house. While good for us I didn't realize how hard our 55g tank would take it. Got it all set back up and everyone moved in. Was very careful with the filters and substrate ti...

Hi to all!! My pleco is really lethargic and I dint think he is eating. Seemed until acouple days ago. Noticed him on the rocks the other night and just thought he was eating, nothing else was odd. This am he was was just standing in the water. I thought I had lost him but when I went...

Just moved. Got my 55g set back up.. Replaced the fish. We are day 5 at the new house and my ph has crashed completely!!! Tests were great after reset-up. Fine the day after.... Now the water is cloudy and no trace of PH. Other tests look good but the ph is gone. Help please I don't want...

Great!! Thanx...!!! How do I set it? It was fine for about 3 weeks. Than the light would come on for a bit; light turned off and than about 20 min later would blink. K figured it was a sensor but tried every adjustment I could to get it back on track. Same thing. Continue this cycle for...

This is it but it is longer and 200w

Don't have the model... Sorry. Here are a few pics... Hope it helps!!

Thanx! I now have atleast 9. I left 7 in there own tank plus I wanted to make sure there wasn't anymore hatching before I cleaned the tank out. I just found two more in my 55g.!!!!

Welcome!!!!!! Cherry barbs are fun but watch out for male/female ratio. I started with 3 (1 male and 2 female) just to give my neons some buddy's in my 20g. Now I have 9 barb babies ( all different ages) and they just keep showing up. I moved everyone into a 55g and left my babies in my...

Okay so I recently got my new 55g from a friend of mine and the Rena heater came with it. Problem is the instructions did not accompany!? Seems to smarter than I am so I am trying to find instructions about what it is trying to tell me. I purchased a back up heater and have them both set to...

Here they are. Well half of them. There is atleast 3 more still in the hiding stage