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FYI - I came home from work today and the two JD's were down in the plants hovering side-by-side about an inch apart, so I don't think the healthy one is picking on the sick one.

Well ok I will consider that, but the EBJD's are much less nasty than the regular ones. And I have carefully watched their behavior, and the larger one doesn't bother anyone else in the tank - he even leaves the regular fish alone.

Hi all, I recently picked up a trio of the newish Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, each about 3cm in size. About a week after getting them, one became suddenly ill, and went from active to dead in 24 hours. The LFS was kind enough to give a refund. Now of the remaining two, one is active and...

I have something in a bucket that was labeled at the LFS as Red Foxtail. It was quite lovely, but got all tangled up with a bout of green hair algae I had, so I put them in a bucket for an algicide bath, and they never made it back to my tank. At the time, it liked my tank, grew rather quickly...

Hmmm sorry perhaps I could have explained this better... What I was looking for was exact descriptions of the chemicals used, and explanations of the expected reactions. For instance, if I walked into a chemistry lab with a water sample, I would need 1 ml of chemical A, two drops of chemical B...

Hi all, I think I have asked this before, but I searched for my post and I cannot find it. I would like to learn about the chemistry behind the cheap little water test kits we all buy at the LFS. I would like to know the chemicals and theory behind some of the common tests we use for...

Ok thanks guys; good information. I think CBB's are my favorite SW fish, but if they are that difficult and sensitive, I will stick to watching them on my computer screen saver! :-) Incidentally, Percula's are one of my other favorite fish, so if they are easy, I will consider some of them...

Hi guys, I was wondering what's a good mail-order source for rare/foreign fish...? I am looking for three specific species, that are hard to find here: Green Neon Tetra - Paracheirodon Simulans Lambchop Rasbora - Trigonostigma Espei Electric Blue Jack Dempsey - Nandopsis...

Thanks!

Hi all, I am thinking of setting up a SW tank. I have a good background in FW tanks, and I am especially into planted tanks, and all the complicated chemistry that goes with them. My first question is can someone point me to a website for "crossovers" from FW to SW - hopefully something...

Watch out for pond snails on Walmart plants... All you need is one... And then you have 10... And then you have 100... Keep adding zeros... :-) So dip those plants before you put them in your tank!

hmmmm interesting... i love rosy barbs... been thinking of getting some longfin ones... anyone else notice this behavior...??? maybe we should add them to the algae-eating-fish sticky thread...?

Can anyone suggest a dealer where I can buy hole saws to drill my tank(s)..??? I once saw a set of holes saws for glass on a web site, but I cannot remember where. Don't worry; my tank bottoms are not tempered... :)

This reminds me of those Nasa Ecosystem spheres they sell at the science store at the mall. You know what I mean? They are glass spheres about 6" in diameter, completely sealed, and they have a few little red shrimp in them, and some small sprigs of plants. You're supposed to be able to keep...

Yes. I learned in another forum that AquaMedic has been marketing a sulphur-based denitrator for many years. They also have a carbon-based denitrator that's pretty slick. The reactor has a built-in fitting for an ORP probe. The probe connects to a controller that runs a dosing pump that...

Yea isn't that insane??? I would never pay that price. If I was going to go for it, I would buy a package of replacement media and build my own reactor.

Harlequin Rasboras are great schooling middle-swimmers. I have some Lambchop Rasboras and they are great. They are beautiful fish, but hard to find in the shops, so if you see them, grab them - and then send me an email where to find them because I would like a dozen or so more. :-) Here is a...

I just came across this new "denitrator" product... Good description and available for purchase here: http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_filters_korallin_biodenitrator.asp?ast=&key= Manufacturer's web page here; less description, but more pictures: http://www.korallin.com/s1501eng.html...

Thanks guys. Hmmmm I think I smell a little experiment coming... I should take the waste water from one of my water changes, put it in a clean 5 gallon tank, give it one dose of ferts, run a PS on it, and do a full run of water tests before, and then at intervals after starting the PS...

I once read an article where a guy had a protein skimmer on a freshwater tank, and he felt it worked well to remove "the most hideous and foul smelling gunk [he] had ever smelled" from the water. I was wondering if anyone else has ever used a PS on a FW tank? Did you find it helped with water...