Recent content by call2arms

I don't know how those animals are killed, but it's probably no worse than what is done to cows, pigs, chickens, lambs and veals every day for meat consumption. Because we keep them as pets dosen't mean that it's more cruel to kill them like that. But I do agree that killing them for...

My freshwater 5 gal tank is riddled with some hair algae and some diatomas... I'm cleaning them every week, but these last few days I've noticed something that looked like maybe some other type of algae. But it's alive! They're like little white worms, very tiny and slim, the smallest ones...

I guess you could say I started at 6, with a goldfish my teacher gave me after my 1rst year of elementary school... :lol: The poor dude lived in a small bowl and committed suicide (jumped out) 3 years later... Then for christmas 2 years ago my mother in law offered me a 2.5 gal tank with a...

For the filter, I have a 5 gal. with a Aquaclear20 filter, right next to my bed head. As long as you keep the water lever as high as possibe, you don't hear it (my boyfriend is a very light sleeper and does ok with it).

I think I'll try either Tetracyclin or Kanamycin (those two are supposed to be stronger than Maracyn). Also, I do not have aquarium salt on hand right now, so can I use sea salt (the brand that you can use for cooking, bathing, healing piercings...) or should I wait until I go to the LFS and...

I've posted this on Tropical chit chat without an answer... Hi! I have a 5 gal tank with some live plants in it, and a beautiful betta namer Mr Bling-Bling... Now the poor dude has had fin rot 3 times since april. I used Mardel Maracyn-two to fix it... After a recovery period, once his fins...

Hi! I have a 5 gal tank with some live plants in it, and a beautiful betta namer Mr Bling-Bling... Now the poor dude has had fin rot 3 times since april. I used Mardel Maracyn-two to fix it... After a recovery period, once his fins are almost full lenght again, BAM! it's back... Now, someone...

I'm new to this board, and a semi-newbie fish owner, seeking advice for Mr. Bling-Bling, my betta living in a 5 gal. tank:... I will be posting a looooot of questions! :) Oh... Mr B-B is on the way to recovery from fin rot on these pictures... Just wanted to mention it.