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Silicone which is safe for aquariums will say so on the package and is available at Lowes and Home Depot. Definitely remove all of the old silicone you can reach with a razor blade. Do not bother to push the blade down into the gap between the pieces of glass, just run it down the corner pressed...

Can't really remember how it started. As far back as I can remember I have been interested in plants and animals. I was the one who took care of the family dog. Only one of my siblings ever had fish that I remember and they were primarily for his kids. I got my first aquarium, a 20 long, when I...

I have 6 clown loaches in a 410 gallon aquarium. They have been in there for at least 2 years. They were pretty small (1.5 inches) when I got them but they are only about 4 inches now and pretty uniform in size. They get flake food every day and frozen food every other day, a variety of types of...

I already have one and I am using it. I just wondered how much good it might do in combating this disease.

Is there any benefit to using a diatom filter in the fight against ich?

Are any of you familiar with garlic based products used to cure ich? It sounds strange to me but it was mentioned by one of the employees at that favorite lfs of mine. Also, can anyone point me to research that proves that ich has to be introduced to an aquarium in order for fish to catch it. I...

I have replaced the original heater with an Aqua Clear submersible and I have adjusted the setting 3 times. The first time was to match the heater setting to the temperature in the aquarium and the other 2 were to raise the temperature gradually to 83 degrees to speed up the parasites life...

This is one of my 4 quarantine aquariums. The problem is that my favorite lfs is 115 miles away so my trips are infrequent and my volume of fish purchased at one time is rather large. I always quarantine for at least a month. I don't even like to think about the cost, effort and possible losses...

That's easy. The three 20s and two 29s are all enjoyable but there is simply so much more to enjoy in the 410. I am rarely simply happy with any aquarium. I am more of a perfectionist than I would like to admit because I always see things I want to improve, clean, or change. Part of the process...

I am in need of an ich remedy for a rather demanding situation. The aquarium in question contains trumpet snails, shrimp, tetras, a black ghost, an African butterfly and live plants. I have already raised the temperature to 82 degrees Fahrenheit. This problem occured as a direct result of a...

More than 45 years in the hobby and I had never before heard anyone suggest running the filter part time! You are to be congratulated for truly thinking outside the box! I'm serious. For optimum performance the water should be aerated and filtered constantly. Both functions can be accomplished...

Been there, done that. I have kept the monsters in aquariums up to 10,000 gallons in public aquariums and a 300 I had myself. This time around my 410 is heavily planted with minimal aggression and many different focuses of activity. If I sit up close I can move my chair a couple of feet and it...

Tinfoil barbs, T barbs, silver dollars, pacus, piranhas (turn the tables on the oscars).

They sell sick fish. Their fish are overly expensive. They offer poor advice. And still you shop there!? I would simply not return to a store where those things were true. No matter what you spend your money on it helps to keep them in business. Where you spend your money speaks volumes.

Thanks, you just reminded me I have 4 striped rafaels. I haven't seen them since I moved them from quarantine into my large aquarium and that was several months ago. The 4 striped rafaels do make appearances one or two at a time. I kind of like the mystery and the "so who needs you anyway?"...

And that may be true for the most part but I have an elephant nose and a black ghost knife who are the best of freinds. In a 410 gallon aquarium I frequently find them right next to each other. Whether they are feeding or just "hangin" they get along just fine, and have for over a year. Go...

Everything was fine in this high tech, heavily planted aquarium until this spring when I removed a whole lot of pennywort and hornwort floating on the surface. Thinking that the submersed plants would simply start growing faster with the greater light exposure I did not adjust the fertilizer...

I'm trying to figure out how to apply elbow grease to the leaves of 50 plus Vallisneria gigantea plants. I don't mind hard work but that would be a bit much. And then I have a rather large piece of driftwood covered with java fern, several large swords, etc. It's a 410 gallon aquarium! I'd...

I used to own pet stores. A major reason I got out was the incredible disrespect such a large percentage of "hobbyists" showed toward their pets. I finally decided that I wasn't comfortable providing the opportunity for so many irresponsible people to abuse these animals so that I could make a...

I like the job that snails and shrimp do cleaning up plant leaves and gravel and don't think crabs or crayfish would be the least bit helpful in that area. I have Farlowellas, SAEs, and a bristle nose plecostomous but feel that the invertebrates do a more thorough and more delicate job. I...