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I agree, and if you poke around the website there is lots of information about sponge filters, and why they are superior. They can provide great mechanical filtration as well, you just have to have enough gph moving through it (which can be achieved through his Jetlifter or alternatively a...

Such a bummer! I stopped getting notifications on this thread and I missed so much! I see these bowls for sale at craft stores and I kept things in them years ago but you are right they are so thin and definitely not made to hold such pressure in the long term. I am sure you will come up with...

I know it's not the most reliable source, but Wiki says it can't tolerate salinity and requires hard water. My first thought was that it looked like red coralline algae, and it seems that it's sort of a freshwater equivalent (different species) and prefers still water. If you want to be rid of...

Gender is immaterial to the subject matter. It's not a dating site. Just take the label off completely.

Now I want it, too. One of my first fish as an uneducated child was a paradise fish, who did not live very long but he sure was beautiful!

i think 1, 4, and 5 would all work. Yes, goldfish can get big and do require special care, but honestly your typical petsmart fantail or oranda is likely not going to reach 14"...they aren't started out with the greatest of care and not likely to reach their full potential size due to poor...

It is. Sorry, I presumed that was what you are dealing with. At any rate I was very pleased with the company and the service, and I know they have other types of medicated food as well. Good luck!

I had an aquarium service come and pick up my whole reef tank and take it back to their facility while the floors in my house were replaced. Only lost one fish and I think a shrimp, and while they had it they completely cleaned all the glass, and replaced all my sand, which you'd sort of have to...

I used fenbendazole flakes from Discus USA with good results, following the directions on their packaging. I know you can buy the medication alone and make your own, but I decided to pay for convenience and ease.

You won't hurt it pulling it out of the sand, and that is likely what is going on with it. Normally the little bumps that mean it is reproducing will be arranged in loose rows under the leaves. I have several in all of my tanks, from the 80 degree South American tank to the 70 degree goldfish...

Convicts are terrorists, and they do not show discretion based on species. I had two female convicts in my 75 with an angel, a blood parrot, a ton of tetras...the only one the convict did not harass was the pleco. They tore each other and my angelfish to pieces, and one decided the blood parrot...

A protein skimmer is of no use in a freshwater aquarium. Foam fractionation just doesn't work in freshwater... A little foaminess can happen during your cycle as the initial "white cloud' of bacteria die off and are replaced with the ones we really want. It should clear up on its own once your...

What do you mean by "pet store syndrome?" I googled it and got nothing... Not knowing what a healthy microscopic pic of a betta's scales look like, I'm not sure what I am supposed to see here. The fin rays it's pretty easy to see the black stuff, just not sure?

I'm happily married, but if I was looking, this is the first place I would look! Definitely before I went to a bar haha. One can't be too careful though, as there are many members who have not yet reached the age of consent. Most are pretty easy to spot but one or two of them surprised me.

hm, yeah I don't know the answer to that. Just something I read was pretty common for goldfish when I was researching to start keeping them myself. Maybe have a look and see if his gills look inflamed or something?

That is awesome!! Congrats on the "babies!" I love how reefing, if you're patient, starts to support itself after a bit.

Spectacular fish. Nicely done on you!

I just have seen this thread for the first time. I admit I've never had the discus itch, because whenever I have seen them at a store they just...sit....there....breathing.... and I sort of thought that was all they ever did. Yours seem really active and wow are they beautiful!! I still don't...

How old is your goldfish and have you had him for a while? I have heard they are prone to gill flukes, however I don't know how long that particular parasite takes to reach infestation levels where they would damage gill function.

I had a dream last night that I was living on a mountainside in China with Jason Scott Lee, except he was 6'4"... Funny story about dreams... I am usually fairly quiet and don't have a lot of vivid dreams. One night a few years ago we were visiting some friends on Long Island. It was a class...