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I don't mind a little more time working on smaller tanks. It would be offset by the smaller amount of water I have to lug around. (I don't plan to stock as heavily as the one in the video if I do attempt a small community. If not I'll just stick to bettas and other small air breathers for now.)

I have just found a series of videos on youtube that shows a fishbowl community that has been running for 2 years with no deaths. It just looks like a little 1 or 1.5 gallon bowl without filtration or airation, yet it appears have a guppy, a dwarf frog, 3 white cloud tetras, and a couple of...

SeaChems Purigen Product looks like a miracle substance. http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Purigen.html It removes ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, soluble and insoluble impurities. A liter of the stuff will clean 1000 gallons of water for six months. It can even be recharged for...

It's a tall tank. How many Banjos do you guys think I could get if I dropped the glass cats all together? I know what I want for the top. I know what I want for the bottom. Does anyone have any favorite Middle-dwelling unusual fish to take the place of the glass cats?

I can readily supply food for a butterfly fish, as I keep crickets for my other pets anyways. I have heard they can also be weaned to floating pellet food. The water in my city is very soft, and the ph stays around 7.0. What kind of "Dither fish" do you reccomend? Could I just have a small...

I have always been attracted to the exotic and unusual, and I have been considering setting my old 20 gallon back up. I quickly sketched out a tanks plan: -Sand bottom -bogwood/driftwood -a couple smooth rocks -lightly planted Then I decided on some fish that I have always longed to...

I don't think that is it. I think that the thing I'm talking about involves a blue filter media.

No, but he mentioned that a filter cartridge costs about 30 dollars. Do you have a link?

The guy said it was a fairly new thing. I'm not even sure if it has been released to the public yet...

I was thinking the filter media might have some way of doing that. I still have to find out what it is before I can make any assumptions about how well it works though. Anyone have any idea of what he was talking about?

I heard about a product from a employee at the local Petsmart. He said it was a kind of filter with a cartridge that could last two or three years without water changes. Has anyone here heard of this? Any links or info that could help me find out more?

Well, the sign at the petstore says they require salt. Could I use iodized salt from the department store? How much per gallon? How many water changes with one shrimp in a small betta container?

I didn't mean marine, I ment brackish.

I am wanting to keep a ghost shrimp or two (or six :wink: ) in a betta container I orgionally got for jumping spiders. I have heard they won't survive without salt in the water, and wont shed their skin properly without iodine. The Aqarium salt I have dosent seem to have iodine in it. Could I...

I think food safe plastics are safe, at least thats what i read.

Well, he died just now. I wasn't aware how sensitive they were. Oh well, live and learn huh? Just so you know, I read that freezing affects the blood vessles just below the skin and causes pain. It said the best way to kill it was to sever the spine just behind the head.

I just found my twig catfish this morning, he lying on the ground and hes got blood all over him. Could this be caused by the ich he recenty had? Or the alge bloom my tank has? Or did another fish beat him up? If hes not gonna make it, how do humanely put down a fish? thanks for any help you...

Ok, thanks. My bicher is kind of a messy eater, but im getting a snail to clean up soon.

But are they harmful for the time being? (sorry, cant get pics) They are Not anchour worms.

Their are worms living in my tank. And they aren't invited. They are very tiny, thin, and white. some are floating around in the currant, and a couple are crawling around on the glass. Are they harmful? Helpful? how do you get rid of them? This tank is giving me a lot of heartache. :(

no, there are just brown and black patches. Are any of these alges harmful? Do snails or fish eat them?

My tank has many unusual visitors. Ive got brown gunk, black gunk, green gunk, and puffy whiteish puffballs. Could anyone tell me what they might be? Are they good or harmful? Friend of foe? And do snails or certain fish eat them? (my tank has been unbalanced lately.) thanks -tyrel-

Ha! My senagal bichir was doing that. (thats how I found out the sinking tablets are too big. :wink: )

I already have some frozen bloodworms to supplement their diet, but their kinda messy, so it will only be an occasional treat. I just put in a clay pot drainage tray as a food dish for bottom feeders. How clever of me! :roll:

Ive finally got my new fish! :D After weeks of stress and disease ridden cycle, Ive gotten my four inch senegal bichir! Ive gotten him a sinking compelete pellet food to start out with, but i have to break the pellets very small. I know about varied diets and all that jazz, But are these...