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Hi everyone. I'm normally a freshwater fish keeper but i've decided to go in for the "challenge" of keeping a saltwater FOWLR. Over the past few days, I've been doing some SW research to see what I need to do differently and what type of equipment I should buy for the big change. So far this is...

Im sooo excited. Today I decided to go into a LFS that I had driven by a few times about 45 mins from my house. I heard alot of great things but thought to myself "well how great could it REALLY be?!" Well I went in and the first thing I noticed were the 150+ gallon display tanks. One SW and one...

Okay well as some of you may know, I'm on my way to starting a 75 gallon African Mbuna tank. I was thinking alot about adding biospira to the tank with about 5 Yellow Labs and 4 or 5 other type of Mbuna for now but I'm just wondering if Biospira would be a waste of my money if I already have a...

Hello I will be building a 3D background for my 75 soon and I'm just gathering supplies. I was wondering if I need any special type of styrofoam. I know some are denser than others and are cheaper. Also, my local craft store,HD, and Lowes only have up to 2" thick. I need 3" for my ideas. Anyone...

I'm planning on getting some mbuna's in a 75 gallon tank but my water coming out of the tap is 7 and I need something to bring it up to about 8.2. I've been thinking about the Carib-Sea Eco-Complete African Cichlid sand (b/c I want sand) but I've been hearing that it's not too course. Im worried...

Well I went out and bought three gorgeous boesmans this evening. It appears that one is female and two are male. Gotta find some more females! Anyway, prior to these three coming in, it was only 6 zebra danios, 2 ottos, and a gorgeous lake tebera (yellow) rainbowfish. Well this yellow rainbow is...

One of my bigalsonline orders came in and with it came my 10sq ft of filter floss. Now just to make sure, I just cut out the size I need and place it in the filter right? No need to pre-soak it in dechlorinated water? When do I change it? When it becomes close to filthy? TIA -Dan

I've been wanting a Central American Midas (aka Red Devil) for quite some time now. I've been scoping out some 75 gallons on ebay and found one for a great price w/accessories. In it will be a male and female midas and possibly a pleco (if they allow it!) Anyone ever own a pair of Midas'...

Well I've been seriously considering a 150 gallon tank within the next 6 months or so to house (possibly) some lake malawi african cichlids. I've been looking on ebay and searching google but this is really the best I could get for an acrylic 150 gallon...

Dont laugh at meeeee :evil: This is probably going to make me look really stupid but hey whatever. My tank is in my bedroom. Lets say my bedroom is at 60 degrees F right now and my tank is at 78. If I turn the heat up in my room to 70-75 degrees w/out lowering the heater temp down on the...

This may be a good one for madasafish or webmoose to tackle... I was j/w if there were any cons of mixing different species of rainbowfish? I realize that they would be less willing to breed but I cant think of anything else, really. Assuming that the water parameters all mimic each others...

Okay well I decided to buy a Rena 300 Air Pump off of Ebay (the price was right; $30.29 new incl shipping..I got lucky) Okay well I'm new to aerating a tank so I have some questions. Although the Rena has one outlet, I plan on using it for my 55 Gallon and my 10 gallon QT (running one device...

I've been thinking about a digital thermometer for quite some time now. Even though the human hand can differentiate within 2 degrees I think it is, I'm sick of running back and forth between my tank and my faucet to make sure they are almost identical. Just wondering if anyone has any good...

Alright well about 15 minutes ago I was testing the parameters for my main tank and my fishless cycling QT tank. When it came time for pH, I figured I would try and see if the two tanks match... So I test both and the main tank comes up a straight 7.0 and the QT fishless cycle (w/ammonia) comes...

Alright well as some of you may know from my previous post, my rainbows have ich and pretty bad, too. It's been almost a week now and the water is currently 87-88F. I've been adding salt and still have not seen any results. It's actually worsened since the cysts have hatched. Now it's a bunch of...

Well my tank must've decided to hop on the ich-train with you guys and just got ich 3 days ago. I only noticed the spots on my yellow and threadfin rainbows but my gold nugget pleco was breathing very heavily. Other than his normal polka dots, he didn't have any ich spots on him thats why I dont...

Its about time, too! I've been putting it off for over a month and finally tonight after work I pushed myself to do it. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's alot of fun setting everything up and all, but I'm usually really tired when I get home after a long shift. So yeah its a 10 gallon All Glass...

Today I picked up a threadfin rainbowfish. Anyone who owns rainbows and doesn't own this, I highly recommend one! Especially a male, mine is so beautiful!! He's schooling with the danios right now. Dan

I DONT know what happened but today I checked my pH and it was at a whopping 7.6 I know it's not that bad as long as it's stable but for the last 3 months I've had my tank it's been very steady at 6.6-6.8. I know most freshwater fish would rather have acidic than alkaline water and this is why...

Well I went out today looking for a couple German Rams or a couple Boesemani Rainbows. Had no luck with either in the area. Then, the kid at the LFS told me to drive up to petsmart in Salem, NH (they have clean and healthy looking tanks) to get some beautiful rams that he bought up there earlier...

Yesterday at my LFS I saw some long finned german blue rams. My question is if there is any temperment, life span, or color differences between the reg. blue ram and long finned ones. I didn't even know that there were long finned ones until yesterday. Also, I've read that you can keep two...

too much of something isn't good? Well, I bought an AC500 Filter today to work with my Emperor 400 on my 55 Gallon and I was wondering if too much black carbon would be bad? It's in the AC500 and the Emperor right now. I dont see how it could be but with this hobby almost anything is possible...

Added a gold nugget today :) He's very VERY beautiful and I really don't think I've seen a gold nugget as vibrant as he is. A little shy but he needs some breaking in. He's already claimed his territory on the inside of the lava rock. Every once and a while he'll be caught grazing the gravel but...

Well, last night I couldn't take it any longer and I ended up buying $76 worth of stuff from big als online! Not bad for: AC500 filter "The Bag" by Seachem 250mL of Purigen by Seachem 36oz of Black Diamond Carbon Refill AP Ammonia Test Kit 4 Pack filter carts. For my Emperor 400 All for $76...

:oops: Ive noticed 3 of my 10 Danios are knocked up! Is it the time of year that could be causing this? Where do they usually lay their eggs? I know one of the danios has given birth already but I didn't see where she layed the eggs. Imma keep a lookout for these babies! BTW I could've sworn...