Diane, From your further posts, and your description in noting snail eggs within the water column and not above the surface line, I'd have to think these...
Thank you Beverly for the welcome! :) I'm still in the planning stages and can't seem to get past what to put on the bottom of the tank! The more I read,...
Thanks Steve! In all honesty I do not have gravel in my tank at the moment. I do have large rock formations and drift wood but no substrate. I have been...
Guys, I have been having a heck of a time trying to get the PH level of my water to raise. It has been fairly low (around the sixes lately). I check it...
Hi Helen, I know what you mean about expense. Last night I ordered the lights for my new tank and even with them being on sale and receiving free shipping,...
Kevin, I highly recommend using Wardley's Bullseye 7.0. I have used this with tremendous success for ages. Use this per instructions and it holds the ph in...
Ray, i have a 35 gal. tank. I have about 30 guppies, and 4 or 5 mollies, and a placo. which he is about 8 or 9 inches long. Is there room for the clown...
I'm with you Robert, that is why I have what some people would call too many of them in two of my tanks. I do not really want that many and in fact having none...
Snails are a natural part of our ecosystem so having a few of them in your tank is no big deal to me. They are actually a good thing as they will help with...
Bare tank bottoms are not a bad thing. You get to see all the stuff that ends up on the bottom, so you have a much better idea of what will be in your...
"...After the plants have settled in and the tank has cycled, we'll be adding fish..." Hi Helen, I'm not sure if you picked up the "cycled" term from online...
Hi Kevin, Depending on the size of your tank, a Python water change system is the thing I would recommend. Of course, if you only have a 10G or 20G tank, then...
What is your tap/source water baseline? Go to my blog and I have a recent article on establishing your baseline. Scroll down for the link on the right side...
Pastor Ken, It's best to find out what is going on with the water and figure out natural ways to adjust the pH, if needed, rather than going the bottled...
Diane, Do not even think about adding more fish to your tank. You are way overstocked already. The pleco needs a 75G minimum sized tank by itself. That is why...
Generally, one is best advised not to mess with pH in an aquarium setting, though there are reams of articles and brochures about this topic, most of which...
I should add, real quick, that pH is ALWAYS lower case p upper case H, even when used to start a sentence. Hence, technically, the subject line is wrong. ...
I have a 35 gal. tank. as i had said in a earlier e-mail, i have about 30 guppies, about 5 or 6 mollies, a pluco,about 8 inches long, and i think the other is...
Hi Diane, Snails usually come in from live plants unless you put them in yourself. Snails are a plus if you ask me and at one time I had babies to watch. They...
OK.. you should have gotten my earlier reply by now about your tank being overstocked. DO NOT get clown loaches. Use the lettuce and manual removal to get...
After the plants have settled in and the tank has cycled, we'll be adding fish (cool water species, obviously A tank cannot cycle unless there is a source of...
Diane, Okay -- this info tells me a bit more about your situation, and is helpful. With a Pleco of this size, in addition to your other fish, you are...
"The other?" It appears you are now saying you have two Pleco's, one 8" - 9" one and Banjo Pleco(?), or some other catfish. This tank is getting even more...
I have been doing some reading on fish-less cycling... something about buying fish expecting them to die bothers me... I don't want to kill anything...
Thanks again, Beverly! Not at all too much information... hearing which plants you've had that have done well under which conditions helps. Yeah, my husband...
HI Lenny, I am on the same page as you. As I mentioned in a recent post, when I used to try and adjust my pH I used to kill a lot of fish. Now if I need a...
One thing you can do, if you really need to place the tank in a window is to apply a background to the tank prior to placement. I'd suggest black facing into...
Good idea -- and one I wouldn't have ever come up w/ on my own ... thanks! ... window is to apply a background to the tank prior to placement. I'd suggest...
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