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ok i work at a petco...i know, i know :( we have been open since october, and i clean the SW tanks every week, but i am only alowed to change 20% of the water. each coloum of tanks is connected to a sump w/ small skimmer and UV, along with mechanical and carbon filtration. we are developing a...

i have an amazon sword and a couple small red tiger lotus plants i am asking $5 in shipping, prefer pay pal... or trade if you have something i am looking for... FW shimp Malaysian trumpet snails medium.low light plants :D thanks!

have any of you purchased and/or used live rock from petco? what are your thoughts on it? is it quality, or a wast of $$?

Ok all... well do to loss of job, and moveing to return to college for a new career, my last attempt at SW a 10 gallon Nano was niped in the bud before fullying getting realized. i sold of the LR, fish, inverts and all instead of moveing it... so now i will try again, a a slightly large...

i rescued this Hitchhicker crab, from someone who brought it into petco. what did i get? good or bad? nothing else in the tank right now, i am realy only a week into cycling it.

as your can see from my sig i work at Petco :censor: now i consider myself fairly knowledgeable in the FW world, and i have treated ich effectivly in FW many times (chemicaly free) i am still a learner in the SW world... i have kept a 10 gallon nano, and am now starting on a 20L with the 10...

ok this will not be my first attempt at SW, i had a sucsessful 10 gallon nano, until i moved from Minnesota to south dakota here in september. i sold it all off, instead of trying to move it. the 75 with the oscar was hard enough:confused:! well it is time to start up a SW again... my current...

OK i have an anubis nana plant in my tank, i am not really that familiar with this plant, as it is the first time i have grown one. it is doing well though. is it safe to split the rhizome and make two plants? or will that hurt it?

i need some advice on getting a porcupine puffer Diodon holacanthus to eat. i have tried feeder fish, snails, bloodworms, brine shrimp, krill... but he just turns his nose at everything. i am afraid he will starve to death. i should mention that i am the "fish guy" at my petco, so i know he...

i picked up a female swordtail a few weeks ago, to be a mate for my male. the main goal is to provide "food" :devil: for my angels. well now the Female, who was a good 1.5 inches already, had a well rounded tailfin, not sign of a sword. well now she/he is growing a sword:eek2: does this...

i work in the fish dept of petco. i keep cleaning these fish out of the feeder minnow/golds tank, dead. i finaly caught one alive, and saved it (i payed the 12 cent feeder minnow price for it lol) but what is it???? i know the pic is poor, but it is the best i could get, it says near the...

If you could say one thing to a Petco/Petsmart associate what would it be?

i currently like my SE Minnesota, but i am planing to move soon to Rapid City, SD (going to the school of mines if they except me:D) so what is the low down where are the good LFS? are there any fish clubs in the area? so on and so forth! TIA

ok i still can not account for the loss of my peppermint shrimp and clown fish. i set a trap (glass with some shrimp waited down in the bottom) a couple nights and caught nothing but my snails. tonight however in noticed in one of the larger holes in my LR three white legs hanging down from...

this was sent to me as a email forward from a friend, i just had to share it with all of you!

ok although my tank is a nano i do not fell this is a "nano question" if you feel it is feel free to move this (just drop me a line to where you put it) i have a 10 gallon in it i have... 7 Hermite crabs (3 red legged and 4 blue legged) and 5 Nassarius Snails i had 2 peppermint shrimp...

quick stats... 10 gallons ~12 pounds LR Aqua clear "fug" with LR rubble tank has been running since November, started adding critters in January 7 hermit crabs 5 Nassarius snails 2 peppermint shrimp (i think i never see them :confused:) 1 Amphiprion ocellaris i think i finaly got a hold on...

is this normal? quick stats... 10 gallons ~12 pounds LR Aqua clear "fug" with LR rubble tank has been running since November, started adding critters in January 7 hermit crabs 5 Nassarius snails 2 peppermint shrimp (i think i never see them :confused:) 1 Amphiprion ocellaris i am getting a...

you may or may not know this but i have finally taken the leap from FW to SW. and of course like an idiot i go strait for a Nano tank.:twisted: although i will always love my cichlids and planted tanks... i find i am falling in love with inverts especially my hermit crabs here are some...

any suggestions on busting the cyno in my tank. my understanding is that (like diatoms in the FW tank) cyno is normal for a new tank. but it looks gross on the glass and on the sand. does anything eat it? i have uped the current by adding a powerhead. but the reddish pink film on the glass is...

if you do not feel this is the right place for this feel free to move it (just let me know where you put it :-? ) although my tank is a Nano, i do not feel the questions is Nano specific, but can go to anyone who might keep/know about hermit crabs. i have 3 Clibanarius digueti and...

i have a few small and a couple larger Java Ferns to pass on to loving homes.

ok i have adopted an 6" or so Oscar from a student, her mother was going to throw him out in a snow bank because he was killing the other Oscar in the tank. although i have never been interested in having an Oscar, i could not let him die like that! :confused: now "Diablo" as the girl had...

well some of you may have noticed that my current project is a Nano Reef, but that does not mean i have stooped maintaining my 75 gal planted tank. i unfortunately am noticing a problem a problem, so i come to my AA friend to get some advice/suggestions :cool: one of the x-mas presents we...

well one of my students was telling me about how her step mom was threatening to throw their oscar into a snow bank, as it was beating up their other fish. since i had an empty 45 laying around i agreed to give it a new home as a classroom pet. the thing is about 6 inches long, and shy as can...