No. As long as the salt is added slowly in the first step to prevent the fish and/or bacteria from going into shock, then they should be fine… at least up to the 0.3% range. When you inadvertently went up to the 0.5% range near the beginning, that might start to affect the […]
Window’s Vista Home Premium and above seem to be working fine for home computer users with clean installs. I haven’t had a single problem with my laptop that I couldn’t attribute to 3rd party software or my own ignorance of the new OS… mainly the UAC. All of the programs that I run […]
Glad to see you’ve added a nightlight, and just like a tank cover you may not need it 364 days out of the year — but it only takes that one day that a fish may decide to jump or may get startled by something (another fish?) that may have bumped into […]
Depends on the needs of the plants. Many plants do not need any special lighting, CO2 or nutrients… others need all three.
Do you know what kind of plants you have? What kind of lighting do you have? Do you have a fully stocked tank or lightly stocked tank? Before adding any […]
There’s not as much need to fishless cycle once you have a tank set up as long as you are just moving fish and not adding a whole new batch of fish. Once your current tank is cycled for the existing bioload, when you set up the new tank, just transfer 1/2 of the filter […]
I just looked at your pics. Since the pleco (I only saw one) was listed as being 9 inches long, it’s not a dwarf species but it also does not appear to be a common pleco. I’m not familiar with that species. If someone else out here doesn’t identify it, you can […]
OK. You might want to read over the active thread “Newbie with a fungus” which will enlighten you about what you could be facing.
Part of what is happening is when fish are overcrowded in a tank, they get stressed from the increased hormone levels in the water. When fish get stressed, their immune […]
Jack - google the word Endler’s. You will find many, many photos. This fish was brought to the world recently and fish geeks everywhere jumped up and down to get some of these beauties into their tanks.
The people who had the original wild fish happily shared and the legend is now living in […]
When I was able to open the link to the pictures I see those fish do not appear to be Gambusia. Gambusia have rounded tails like wild guppies. The fish in those pictures have forked tails and appear to be some kind of minnow. They are probably native fish. Gambusia have probably been introduced often […]
I don’t see much mention of efficiency in the pond pump discussions. The topic originator had to replace an existing pond pump, and couldn’t wait very long to get a replacement in place.
We’re using a Laguna Max Flo 2400 (submersible pump which can handle small solids, enclosed in a cage) which is […]