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I would buy all the fish that you plan on putting in your larger tank and treat for ich immediately in your QT weather it's visible or not. This way, you know for sure. Do the heat and salt treatment for 2 weeks, remove the salt over the next week, and then your done. 3 week deal. I've never...

I've got an 125 gallon acrylic tank with a canopy. I've got a few live plants and wanted to go up to 2wpg and plant more heavily. I was thinking of getting the Current USA 60" Orbit light fixture with 4 65watt bulbs (I'll have to swap out the 2 Actnics for daylight bulbs). Anyway, I've got...

I've had 2 Pictus in the tank for the past 5 months. Check my sig. for tankmates. They are territorial - one is in a cave and the other is behind a rock in one corner of the tank. However, the only thing they do when another fish is in their territory is a quick little chase or a bump with...

Thanks for the help and suggestions guys. Right now my 48 inch lights the tank great in the middle, but the sides are a bit darker. As flyfly pointed out, I have 12 inches on either side. I am getting a new light fixture to bring my wattage up to around 260. This will give me the recommended...

I am interested in picking up a new light hood for my acrylic 125. The tank is 72 inches long. The hood that came with it is 48 inches long and fits inside the cutouts at the top. For anyone not familiar with acrylic tanks, there are usually two cutouts at the top, and the rest of the top is...

Emg, just got the last five from my LFS. I don't have much faith in them, these are the last of the 12. I hope at least a pair makes it. They are doing fine so far. They are hanging around in a school however, which must mean they are scared. I fed some flakes this evening and they didn't...

Emg, If you put the Rams in a large plastic bag with plenty of water and air (like your LFS), in a box with plenty of padding, and FedEx overnight, they would probably make it. Anyone have any more ideas on shipping fish? If we could figure it out, I would gladly pay for the shipping and the...

My LFS normally does not carry German Rams, they say they don't have much luck with them. Well, a customer donated 4 - which they are keeping in a display tank with some Discus. Alot of customers were showing interest in the Rams, so they ordered 12 jouvaniles and were going to hold 4 for me...

The other side of too much, is not enough...I have seen quite a few posts on this board from planted tank DIY Co2 users who have killed their fish by not having enough surface agitation (which releases Co2 needed by the plants). The amount of aeration/surface agitation depends on your stocking...

My avatar is a pic. of Hank my Basset Hound. He's 4 now. Got him from the pound when he was around 1. He was terribly sick. Infections in both eyes, both ears, every nail broken and split, and a bag of bones at 30lbs. Not to mention scared of everything. Now he is a picture of health, well...

I was over a persons house the other day. He has a 5g tank with a few Tetras, Danios, ? and whatever in it. It's on top of his toddlers dresser. We got to talking about fishtanks and he had no idea about water changes. Apparently he has just been topping it off also....for years. His...

Off topic, but pufferfish, your tank is not a 40g. 36X18X18 is a 50g. You may already know, but if not...what a surprise. Nobody wants to hear they have a smaller one, but when it's pointed out to be bigger than you thought...you feel pretty good (lol).

Great. Thanks Happychem for tip. I'll just continue as I have been, and I'll split the branch when it's near the bottom of the stalk and plant it.

Thanks for the help guys. I do have one "stalk" that has branched near the top. The new branch is about 3 inches long. So, if I understand this right, this is what I should do: Unbunch it. Clip off the new branch just below the node. Plant 1-2 stalks as deep as I can. Don't worry about...

I'm an aquatic plant newbie so bear with me. I bought an Anacharis "clipping" from my LFS about 2 months ago. It's about 6 "stems" banded with a rubber band. I was told by my LFS that I could float it or plant it, if it was going to grow roots it would grow them from one of the "joints" near...

You can buy a "GFI" (or GFCI) extention cord at any hardware store. GFI stands for Ground Fault Interupter. It should be used anywhere there is water present and electrical connections. If there is a short circuit or any funny business at all (faulty equipement, something gets wet, etc.) it...

Yes! I've seen that before. So I have a mating pair. How often will she have fry?

Nuriel, how do I tell if my Platies are a mating pair? They are together all the time. One is absolutely obese and makes me think half the time that it is pregnant, but I have never seen fry. Could be I'm not there at the right time to see. How often can Platies give birth? The Sailfin is...

Clown Loaches.

I heard all of the horror stories about netting Pictus with regular nets and so was planning to catch mine in a container when I moved all of my fish from a 55g to a 125g. So, here I am catching the other fish with my net. My Pictus start going bonkers and one runs into the net as I'm trying...