Recent content by Crazycoryfishlady

Considering the neglect for the most part that those fish face, I would call it a rescue too. I rescued a feeder from a tank that was so black woth algae and growth you couldn't tell there were living animals in there. Not only that but surrounded by 30 dead bodies??? Yeah that's a rescue...

The pumps I have are rated for 40-60 gallons and have dual outlets, so you don't need a splitter to power two tanks. I currently have two 20 gallon spong filters and 2 hob filters on my 55 using one of these pumps. Then I have the other pump hooked up to two filters in a 20 long, and one filter...

Who needs that kind of negativity in their life anyway! Fish first!

To me it looks like a notropis, a shiner. It's a freshwater fish who stays along the edges of fast moving rivers. I could be wrong though...

If you want to power multiple tanks maybe get a dual outlet pump? Unless you already purchased one.. Lol That's so unfortunate that wasn't enough to keep your tank going... I once lost my pump for about a week and was somehow barely able to keep my cycle alive in it.. Ridiculous your filters...

I'd definitely invest in a test kit, either the apI master freshwater liquid kit or if you can't find that or afford it right now, get a small bottle of test strips including the ammonia one. It's important to know about ammonia levels in the tank for yourself, and not just what a store might...

My gobies were always pretty sensitive, so I don't think it's just the water change that killed them... This does sound like a mystery though.. It's often quite odd for only one species of fish to die overnight. Are there any other fish? Exactly how much water did you change? All of it or just a...

To be fair I don't use water conditioner anymore either. It doesn't harm my fish, and saves me a bit of money as well with my 16 fish tanks. I wouldn't say it's always the tap waters fault, but if the tank was really mucky, you may have ended up with an ammonia spike. I would get a test kit and...

Do you live near a petco? If your plan is to get another 10 gallon, you might want to take advantage of the dollar per gallon sales. I'm not sure if they are still going on, but you could just get a 20 gallon long tank, and put all of your fish in that, and they would be very happy!!! I didn't...

I don't think it's columnaris, as that looks more slimy sometimes than what ever the heck this is??? It definitely seems likely to have a bacterial side to it, but it also sort of looks like the skin beneath the scales is swelling? Or growing? Doesn't exactly look like a disease I've seen...

So right now you are likely not having them in a cycled tank. Ammonia tests are the most important tests for you to have, aside from nitrate, especially when cycling. Nitrite is still important, but ammonia is much more toxic and harmful. You are using 3 water conditioners, and they all have...

I believe the first two phots would be zebra plecos? Columbian zebra? L129? The 3rd one is a synodontis, and I don't think they have numbers but I don't know. To me the last one looks a bit like a rubberlip but with a leopard coloration, and I don't know enough about those either to have any...

I believe it has to do with the idea that we think carbon pads don't hold a lot of bacteria in them, but not only that, we don't always want to be using carbon. And on the other hand still, those carbon pads can be quite expensive, especially if you're tossing them out every week, instead of...

Oh my goodness That is the farthest thing from a pleco! Haha!! Who told you that was a catfish?!?! LOL That's what is called a Siamese Algae Eater. It's not very good at munching algae, just like plecos aren't but these guys can also be more aggressive, sometimes chasing smaller fish down for...

Females sometimes have a more mottled appearance, when they are younger they have baby spots and stripes, and when they are older these fade off the male into just a few spots where the females stay looking young sometimes. I think females have a bright yellowish belly too, and then the males...