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I have had my tank up and running for 6 months and have added no fish, plants or anything to my tank, except of course regular water changes using my tap water treated with Prime and yesterday I pulled two snails off the tank wall. Where did they come from? How did they get in there??? :roll...

I just purchased a bottle of Prime. Instructions say add 1 capful (5 ml or 5ppm) to each 50 Gal of chlorinated or chloramine tap water. I knew it was concentrated but it is much more concentrated than I thought. Since I only add water using a 5 gal container, how many drops of Prime should I...

My 90 gal had perked along really good for two months. Then while doing a pwc with a new twp with ammonia locking the water became cloudy. I did more changes and used more of this product. The next morning most of the fish were acting strange. I tested the water for ammonia and it was high...

The power cord shorted and burned or melted away where it comes out of the filter. Has anyone ever removed the little door to the motor assy? It looks as if it is possible. I know that it says DO NOT DISASSEMBLE and for most people they should not. However, I am a retired electrician and...

I recently stocked my 90 gal with 9 Tiger Barbs, 5 Albino Pink Tinfoils, and 2 Female Paradise Fish. I had first thought they were males but after closer examination they are identical to pictures of the females. And they have divided the tank half into as far as each other is concerned and...

I had thought if you had hard water you would have a high pH and if you had soft water you would have a lower pH. My water measures a KH 2.5 and the pH is 8.0 on one test kit and the other is 7.6. So how do I bring the pH down without lowering the KH? My fish would love 7.0 and if it is...

I have a 90 gal with Tiger Barbs, Tinfoil Barbs and 2 Paradise Gouramis. I am at the present feeding OSI Tropical Fish Flakes. The Gouramis are gluttons and get all they want, the Tiger Barbs are fast and get all they need and more. However, the so called Tinfoil Barbs are not really Tinfoil...

Hi everyone, I have a zebra that became hump backed but he stayed with the others and eat well. Then one day he went to mid tank and stayed there and swim slowly mostly to maintain position. He did not seem to be eating at all. Then one day he was not there, no body laying or floating, just...

That is a good question - how much ammonia does it take to equal the amount of waste that your future full bioload will produce? I think that might be worthy of its own thread to get more responses. I'd love to see a discussion on it. --TG I posed a question in the beginners forum...

I bought "Clear Ammonia" containing soft water, ammonia, chelating agent. Is this OK to use? I am not sure what a chelating agent is. I am starting my qt which is a 10 gal. And how much ammonia should I use at the beginning. It has a bubble filter with two sponges that act as the...

I asked this question under freshwater planted aquariums, but since this is going into my 300 gal pond with its 21 gold fish, some large, some medium, some born earlier this year I thought it might better be posted here. If I should only post in one section please let me know. This plant is...

I did not find anything while searching. Anyone know anything about this plant? Marestail or hippurus vulgaris Ed

I have a very small pond, 300 gallons when brim full. It is loaded with way too many gold fish, at least 25 -- 2 or 3 right at 12 inches and the others in various sizes from 10 inches to babies. A couple or fancy goldfish and they have been in the pond since 1998 and stay out all winter...

Our city gets it tap water from the river. It is very soft. Coming from the faucet I measure D 2.5. The tank pH measures with my test kits below 7.0 usually around 6.7 to 6.8. I would like to bring up the hardness to at least D 5 or higher. What do you recommend? And the pH could come up also...

A friend closed down his Marine tank and gave me a bag of crushed coral to use as gravel in the bottom of my tank. My water is already too soft and the pH is below 7.0. Will the coral cause any problems. caudelfin

I am not sure how to word this but I will try. To me all of the power filters, canisters, UGF's operate only on the oxygen in the water, except the one with the bioconverter wheels (and they are another story), and there is not enough oxygen in the water to properly provide bio conversion. That...