Recent content by clovis

Thank you for your wonderful advice, and taking the time to spell it all out!  Much appreciated

Hi all, I turn once again to fishforums to help me out in this pickle I put myself into. I have a 20 gallon long tank with 5 tetras, and 6 panda corydoras 6 red cherry shrimp, and 2 assassin snails.  I cycled the tank properly and all is going smoothly.  I had 4 corys, and taking the great...

So I went to a new LFS after the slight debacle of my local mom and pop LFS that  gave me some bad advice regarding CPOs (see 'suggestions for my fish tank' post in the 'new to hobby questions') I asked this new place, from a young man who seemed very knowledgeable , about getting some easy to...

So, the results are conflicted: I went to the LFS and explained that I had read on the tinterweb that CPOs and fish did not mix.  The fellow who sold them to me did agree to a limit, he said the fears of the crayfish damaging the fish was in fact founded, he did say it still was possible to keep...

Hi all, Thanks for the info about the CPOs.  I will I suppose take them back.  Which really really bums me out, as I really think they are fantastic creatures. I guess I'll try to suss out the reasoning that they sold me an inaporpriate tank mate for my fish to see what I should do from now on...

Eeeek! Just went to Aqadvisor to see how I was doing on the stocking of my tank, and if there was indeed room for a few more and I got this warning     Is that right? My LFS certainly had no issue with selling me a pair of cpo s.  I will say that their aggressiveness is startling.  If I put my...

So here is my second tank ever.  Like I am sure many people out there, I did the old get a goldfish and a bowl for my seven year old boy, realize that bowls are inapropriate for goldfish, get a 10 gallon tank because why get anything bigger, without knowing about cycling a tank, losing two...

Sooooo... I decided to go to my LFS (a mom and pop operation)and the fellow there is very nice.  Don't know if he is going to be in business much longer though.  I told him I was looking into buying a new filter, he said well what kind of filter do you have?  I responded despondently that it was...

Wow. Fascinating insight and input here. Thanks all for the information and edumacation on the subject.  Truly interesting.   I don't know of they are different species, as they were all sold as Cory Pandas, and I have had a good look at them and can't tell any difference.  Will go with the...

Hi all, I wanted to buy 4 panda corys for my tank.  My LFS had only one left which they gave to me.  Being too impatient to wait for the LFS to get more pandas, I went to a different fish store and bought three more a few days later.  While the pandas seem to spend some time together and some...

Oh shoot.  Forgot to add Eheim internal or even external  filters (though which one, I am not sure) because everyone agrees that ehiem is the cat's pyjamas.

Hi Akasha, Now that's what I like!  A 'you should get this!' post.   I have been going crazy googling filters for the last three hours and I am here to announce that the interweb has answers for everything EXCEPT what is a good aquarium filter.  No consumer report, no 'if this is your situation...

Hi TwoTankAmin (love the handle, assume that it is inspired by Arthur "Two Sheds"Jackson?") Thanks for the info.  Certainly hang on filters appeal to me, but doesn't my tank having a top preclude a hang on filter?  I do hate having the filter in my tank as I do find it very ugly, but it sounds...

Hi all, I bought a used 20 gallon tank, along with the used filter that went with it (aquarline resun magi-380) which I assume is quite old.  Was told that one should replace cheapo pumps every three or four years.  I don't know how old this one is, but I am assuming it was a cheapo one to start...