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            Thank you all for your responses. Maybe now I can get him not to get any. Perhaps I can persuade him with other fish, say either a single or a trio of honey gouramis?   And as for the Peacock Goby, Mr. Goby Won Kenobi had females...until he butchered them all. He single handedly...

Just a few stocking question for my two aquariums       For my 20g, which I am no longer really in control since away for college, my dad is heart set on some Upside Down Catfish. So, would it be okay for maybe 2-3 UDC in the 20g? Or rather, how bad would it be? Here's the stocking:   -7...

Should be fine against plants as its just diluted tea tree oil.   Just never use it with anabatnoids aka bettas and gouramis. The tea tree oil damages their labyrinth organ, which makes it harder for them to breathe air and they will eventually drown.

Well, for the time being I went out to my LFS and got a new gasket. It was a whopping $20 for a piece of rubber.....my LFS loves to overcharge, but it's the only one around...*sigh*   If it leaks again, i will definitely get a new filter. My parents will give me a call and I'll come up for a...

  Well, the issue is that I leave for college on Thursday. If I order anything, it will arrive after I'm gone. And it's not that my parents aren't smart, but I don't think they know a lot about filters. They'd mount it incorrectly or just do something wrong. And like Techen said, I'm afraid that...

  Thank you.    Again, the filter is an API Filstar, not Fluval. Sorry about the misleading title.   I tried wetting the O-ring, applied some petroleum jelly, alas it still leaks. I'm going to have to go spring for a new filter.    I'm looking at Eheims, the National Geographic one aka a black...

Thanks Techen, I feared that would be the answer.   This filter model really does suck. It didn't even come with a spray bar as advertised.   I will definitely go with an Eheim. I want a Classic, but the only store that has them is an hours drive and they like to overcharge. Other option is the...

Okay it has begun to leak again. I managed to identify the source of the leaks:

  After doing these checks, I restarted the filter. I still heard air hissing out, and air continues to hiss but no leaks at all so far. Not one drop. Highly strange. Will keep checking for leaks. 

If anyone could help, that'd be great......

Woke up this morning to about one to two cups of water inside my aquarium cabinet. Shut off electronics, cleaned up the water. Couldn't exactly say where from the filter it was leaking from.    Opened filter, checked everything. No visible cracks or holes or such. Took out the rubber seal and...

Thing is now, he stays above water 90% of the time. I squirt it with aquarium water using a turkey baster so he doesn't dry out.   It seems only at night time he slithers down an inch or so into the water. But I have yet to see him crawl on the sand, wood, or plants. And he stays up in corner...

I recently added a Zebra Nerite to my 5g Chi. I already have a healthy and active Zebra Nerite in my 20g.   However, the Nerite in the 5g keeps coming out of the water, half of its shell is out and dry.    Why? Is it trying to avoid something? Bad Water Stats? Aggressive fish?   I have a female...

  WHERE?!       Hi moffie :3

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