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  1. jm1212

    AC Mafia Check In

    I was in high school when we used to play pretty regularly...got my BS in biology, MBA...and am now 31.
  2. jm1212

    AC Mafia Check In

    I was here searching for some of our old articles on substrates and saw this...I remember several really excellent game series we had going.
  3. jm1212

    Semi self-sustainable dwarf puffer tank

    none of these things live forever. with that said, it's a little unsettling that you have seen the death of both a shrimp and a puffer. I would venture to say that given your feeding habits and the nature of the tank, that they aren't getting enough food and aren't getting enough nutrients. this...
  4. jm1212

    Livebearers in the pet store

    I'm pretty sure that almost all of their fish come from American farms, which is pretty cool. this also means that the fish are already acclimated to our tap water. you should have a QT tank anyway, so just get some 6/$6 platies and save the specialty shops for fish that are delicate, unique...
  5. jm1212

    Livebearers in the pet store

    you know what's interesting? for all of the flack that PetSmart gets on here and SO many other websites, the highest quality, longest lived, cheapest, most colorful, and healthiest (post-QT) livebearers I have ever bought have been from PetSmart. I had some red wag, sunset, yellow wag, and blue...
  6. jm1212

    Learn something new every day

    Every hard/solid surface in your tank is a place that biological materials grow. they aren't like "bacteria colonies" that we used to see on petri dishes in high school in college. think of it more as a film that covers everything that isn't water and isn't a fish/invert in your entire...
  7. jm1212

    40 Gallon redone

    harlequin rasboras are great community fish. if you're still looking at tetras, there are a bunch that are great community fish: neons, cardinals, rummynoses, lemons, diamonds, emperors, embers, black neons, penguins, head and tail lights, etc. in a 40 gal I would probably do 4-6 bronze...
  8. jm1212

    40 Gallon redone

    if *you* like them that's all that matters. it's your tank. you just need to understand the requirements for keeping them. it's the same with Tiger Barbs, African Cichlids, Oscars, and goldfish. all very popular fish, but all have requirements and limitations with what you can keep them with...
  9. jm1212

    Tank I had in College

    I'll try to find more and better quality but hopefully this can hold yall over.
  10. jm1212

    40 Gallon redone

    red phantoms can be pretty tough little fish too, and actually nippy as well. I wouldn't keep them with gouramis, angels, or other long finned fish. if you're looking for a peaceful tetra, you're going to want some lemons, glolites, rummynoses, cardinals, neons, diamonds, emperors, black...
  11. jm1212

    40 Gallon redone

    once theyre established it should calm down. it will also help when you move them to a much larger tank
  12. jm1212

    40 Gallon redone

    gouramis are very sensitive to overcrowding. all species of them can get aggressive if they're feeling cramped. but what you're seeing is a pretty typical pecking order. usually there's one or two that loo nearly flawless, going down to the one that looks pretty rough. with 11 of them, you...
  13. jm1212

    40 Gallon redone

    I've had a school as large as 10 before, and that helped. I also learned about 15 years ago when I started seriously keeping fish that there are some things that you just have to experience on your own. there are quite a few fish that many pet stores, books, and online articles claim are...
  14. jm1212

    40 Gallon redone

    black skirts are tough fish that can borderline on nippy. I had them for years and kept them with an angel that kept them in line, but definitely don't put them with anything delicate or passive. the corydoras will be ok because they don't really occupy the same space as the black skirts. have...
  15. jm1212

    Betta fish

    a 55 could house quite a few female splendes...with a tank that large and some serious interest in a betta sorority, I would encourage you to go through with it. although they don't get the extravagant finnage of the males, you can still find deltas, crowns, halfmoons, etc females that come in...
  16. jm1212

    20 gallon stocking with a persnalty

    if you can't keep your fish all year round, don't get any. plain and simple. if you wouldn't leave a dog or cat or bird without help, why are fish different? you're just as much responsible for their well-being as a furry pet. alternatively, you could get a neighbor, friend, or family member...
  17. jm1212

    New tank - one month old

    if you give your old filter cartridge a good swish in your new tank's water and see some muck and gunk and debris enter the new tank, you're all good. in my experience that was always more than enough. the new filter sucks up the junk from the old filter, which contains loads of bacteria, and...
  18. jm1212

    10 gallon dwarf puffer aquarium problem. Algae everywhere.

    your pH is 7, and your KH and GH are soft...are you running a water softener? potassium chloride is a frequently used salt in water softener setups (besides sodium chloride). in solution, the KCl will cause an influx of potassium in the water which *will* cause an algae bloom. as a biologist we...
  19. jm1212

    Betta Fish

    yikes. why try to kill someone's interest in the hobby? Petsmart has a decent 5.5gal kit for about $30. I had one in college as a holdover tank before I could really get back into the hobby. It's a decent kit and it comes with a heater, 75 gph filter, hood with a small LED light, and a...
  20. jm1212

    Filter Cartridge Cleaning

    make a habit of swishing it around in a bucket of old tank water with every other water change. if they're starting to get really nasty more quickly than that, you honestly might have too many fish in your tank or may need more filtration. there's also the chance that you just need to replace...
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