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Bob is a Belgian Sheepdog. I think I posted his picture before, but he would of just been a pup. He is 2 and a half now.

Finally got some pearl gouramis. They are young, and all my lfs had were females, so I got 3. They have already gone through an 8 day quarantine. LFS had them 2 weeks and they look great, so I went ahead and put them in. They are adjusting very well. Still never see the kuhli loaches, although I...

I honestly was hesitant to get them as I don't know enough about keeping them, I have kept snails with mixed luck in saltwater, but not in fresh. Maybe I should get some trumpet snails, I hear those are hard to kill lol!

So, a little over a week ago, I went to the LFS and purchased 6 nerite snails and added them to my quarantine tank. Initially, 5 of them were clump together, and 1 remained separate. The 5 clumped together stayed like that for a full day on the bottom of the tank The other snail first climbed up...

It is very important to make sue that your fish are at the same temperature as your tank before adding them. Too big of a difference, 10 degrees, will shock and kill them. I float my transfer container on the top of my tank during the whole acclimation process. This keeps the transfer container...

Don't feel bad. I went through 3 dozen cardinal tetras before I diagnosed and treated the remaining 10 with columnaris, then dosed them with melafix and kanaplex. Most of these fish are now farm raised and stress hits them hard. It happens.I have had those 10 now for the better part of a year.

i do not have the equipment to drip acclimate, so I have developed system that I believe is almost s good. I use an old spring water bottle with the top cut off. I float this on the top of the tank and add the fish and water from lfs into it. I then add about a tablespoon or two to the...

The 6 Kuhli loaches made it through quarantine, and I just picked up 6 nerite snails today. They are in the quarantine tank now. Plenty of algae in there for them.

The problem is, once you change it, you are stuck "chasing" it forever! Better to adapt to your water. Keep fish that will do well with the water you have. Otherwise, every time you add water, or do a water change, or anything, you will have to make sure you adjust your water exactly the same way.

Neon Tetra disease effects more than just neons. Buy more neons as many as you can so you have a big school, and quarantine the before putting in your tank. You need t quarantine everything before you put them in your main tank. I know it sounds like a lot of work but there is nothing worse than...

I knew it had been a while, but I didn't realize it had been quite so long. Although I have not added any fish to my tank that were not listed above, it seems to be doing quite well and I finally have some more fish finishing up quarantine and going into the 75g today. I bought 6 more kuhli...

What he said. Pearls are pretty peaceful, but other gouramis, not so much. Even with Pearls, keep only 1 male for every 2 females.

Coming out of a salt background, I have been considering adding some mts (purposely) to sift the sand. I wouldn't keep a saltwater tank without sand sifters, I sometimes wonder why I don't use them in my freshwater set up!

You most certainly could remove it once the beneficial bacteria grows on other surfaces in the tank, and the tank is cycled. I want to reinforce what StarGirl said though, don't remove too much or your cycle will be overwhelmed in the old tank and you could get an ammonia spike. Remove "A"...

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