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last regular water change was a just over a week ago. I am about 2 days behind schedule right now

I have a 38 gallon tank with 4 keyhole cichlids, 4 panda cories, and a clown pleco. One of my keyholes seems very stressed lately. He spends all of his time in one corner of the tank behind plants, and is showing dark colors typical of a stressed/frightened keyhole. His fins are clamped as...

well, thanks for all the suggestions... but we decided to get rid of the tank. the trim was stuck tight, and the whole project was overwhelming me. BUT... i did some more trash picking today :) (i know, horrible...) my neighbors set out a metal tank stand with their trash. It will fit...

i guess i need to sleep on this one...

what about having a piece of glass cut to fit inside the tank, to sit on top of the cracked piece, and silicone that in? bad idea?

yeah, the tank does have that plastic trim around the bottom... i probably will just get rid of it. I would have used it in my classroom, and i don't think i'd be able to trust it not to leak, or break. oh well... i guess it's true that you can't get anything for free anymore

i'm not so much worried about the cost of repair as much as the skill required... i'm not sure that i trust my DIY skills enough for a project like this!

so i just picked up a tank from the side of the road... i know, sounds weird, but it appeared to be in really good shape (people in my neighborhood tend to leave things out by the curb when they want someone to take it off their hands). When i got it home i emptied out some leaves and other...

Thanks kimberly! i agree, it's great to keep living things in a classroom, whether it be animals or plants- unfortunatly, fish are just about the only animal that we're allowed to keep in the classroom (at least where i live) for different reasons. I also agree keeping population down by...

I just got 2 teaching job offers for september, one for kindergarten and one for preschool (yay!) I haven't decided which to take yet, but i have always known that i would keep a small tank in my classroom. My plan is for a small 10 gallon tank, as space and maintainance can often be issues...

in my experience, the smaller, non-chain stores will take fish off your hands, but usually not for store credit. If petsmart won't take them, see if you can find someone who will. Even if you don't get your money back, at least you won't have to worry about not being able to give the fish what...

kind of like the "backwash" feature on a pool filter :)

Remember that Wal-Mart is a very large corporation... Even if the CEO of wal-mart decided that wal-mart stores should hire more knowlegable staff for the fish dept, it would be hard for him to maintain that expectation throughout the thousands of wal-marts nationwide. It would be up to...

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, my goldfish was dead when I woke up this morning :( I guess I sought advice one day too late...

I posted a while back about my comet who was not eating. Well, since then he went through a period of time where he would go after the food, the spit it out. Now he's back to ignoring the food. I have tried goldfish flakes, goldfish floating pellets, and slow sinking pellets, as well as peas...

I just can't figure it all out!! Just came home from a small pet + garden store in town that has a great stock of fish. They had paradise fish, but they all looked very dull/muted colors- some more than others, but still not very showy. Will they become more colorful with age?? They also...

Well you said it's "really neat", so it's probably not this, but just in case: http://www.fishdeals.com/fish_diseases/anchor_worms/ this was the first thing that popped into my head when i read your post...

Thanks toirtis, i will keep my eyes open for those guys and consider them for my tank :) so are boesmanis a no-go?

wow, beautiful fish! how big do they get? I'd be worried tho, about those long fins. My rainbows and serpaes are all pretty zippy, and i can't guarantee they wouldn't be nippers if the opportunity were to arise... what is the temperament of paradise fish?

I'm looking for a new fish for my 35 gallon. all the fish i have are small, so i'm thinking it might be nice to have one larger fish as something of a centerpiece for the tank- I just can't figure out what! My tank is pretty harmonious right now, and i'd hate to change that... Right now I...

I bought a small comet goldfish from petco on sunday (yes, I know petco isn't the best, but they were the only place where i could find comets) Anyway, the fish seems to be doing well, swimming around and getting along well with his tankmate, the fantail. except he doesn't seem to be eating...

ok i have two... (maybe this one is obvious, but....) pleco= pleh-co? and how about boesmani? bose-mon-ee?

my rainbows LOVE peas... i just thaw a couple of the frozen ones for a treat. Just be careful to cut them into teensy pieces because they will put large pieces in their mouths and then they can't swallow!

well it's good to know i'm not the only one.... I just feel so guilty :( i'll be having fish nightmares tonight for sure!

So i just went through the process of moving my tank from one side of the room to the other... and i'm scarred for life :( I thought i did everything right... went out and bought a 10 gallon bucket to empty some of the water into, and to hold the fish in during the move. I had caught...