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good advice worth the price I work at a LFS and have had to fix many Petco and Petsmart screw ups. They will sell a person gold fish and angels destined for the 10 gallon tank they are holding in a box-set. The prices at a LFS maybe a little higher ( we are comaprable and sometimes cheaper...

I would try feeding frozen foods like mysis shrimp. Even finicky eaters take to it plus much more nutritional than brine. Also I have read an article by Jack Watley (discus expert) in a magazine about feeding garlic to Discus with food. It's supposed to stimulate appetite and help with...

yea, thats thing with shoplights is hiding them. Thats why I like PC's especially the coralife with the aluminum casing. Very clean and small, A 55g is only 12" wide leaving little room for two sets of double tube lights. You would have to move a 4' light just to feed and clean and such...

yes 160W would kick butt, Shoplights are alot cheaper than striplights at the pet store, I would change the bulbs though and that can get a lil pricey but still in that 100$ range as beviking says. A power compact of that size would be 260W but a heckuva lot more money so your best Watt for...

well, I would say there are too many fish in there already and some don't necessarily get along that well. It is good to have 3 or more tiger barbs because they focus aggression on each other rahter than others. The angels will take out tetras if big enough and depending on stocking order. The...

I like the setup you described. That is a good number if discus for that tank. You may want to bump up the heat a bit but I doubt that is bothering them too much. 88 might be a little better temp. What are you feeding now? and how long have they been in there? He may just need to acclimate...

While some fish stores do operate very poorly, I agree that much responsibility rests with the buyer. I work at a LFS, and I mean an LFS not a "big box" pet "supermarket." And before I ever sell a fish I ask a few questions what size is the tank? What other fish are in there? How long has...

You would have to have at least 4 30W flourescents to do any good and by that time you could have bought a power compact strip for a little more and it would well be worth it. If you have a good algae eater like a bristelnose pleco you can leave your PC's on 10-12 hours a day and have minimal...

I have a 24" Coralife power compact on my freshwater tank to grow plants. My question is whether plants use light in that blue actinic range or not. I like the blue because when both lights are on it washes out alot of the yellow from the flourescent and seems to penetrate deeper into the tank...

I just ordered a set of these for my tank online and was wondering what people thought of them if they had them. I have a 44g freshwater with 130W of power compact light for my plants. (I had an older question about actinic light and freshwater plants, does anyone know if the plants can use...

I have a 44 gal, 24" deep tank with two 15 watt bulbs one of them an actinic. I am trying for a planted tank so started with a couple of anachris an amazon sword, a small cobomba, and finall a ludwigia. I had a hornwort die off already before I git the ludwigia. I have a medium sized...

I have a 44 gal with a medium dino eel (polypterus palmas) and an african butterfly. I was wondering if anybody had any good ideas about a mid level swimmer for this set up. I also plan on getting a bristlenose pleco in the near future...so It can't be too big but big enough to not get eaten...

don't clean "whole" tank You shouldn't clean everything and try to start from scratch that would kill all the beneficial bacteria as well. Just wait it out like the earlier thread says.

hello forum, I have a 44 gal I bought used real cheap. So far I have an african butterfly and a medium sized dinosaur eel (polypterus palmas) I have a couple a questions to throw out there. First I know some of the habits of the african butterfly but mine seems pretty lethargic even for this...