Recent content by Dan04COBRA

I currently cannot breed my own snails. Are snails carriers of any diseases from the LFS? In other words - is it safe to bring home a snail from the LFS, quick freshwater dip and then feed him to my F8?

You should just experiment with abtaining the proper Salinity in a bucket. I don't know the exact measurement I need to get my SG to 1.005, but since I do it in the bucket and not in the tank (horrible idea), you'll quickly learn what you need just from experience. You have no choice but to...

I cleaned about 25 lbs worth of sand very very well. I couldn't think of any idea of how to rinse sand..the idea of rinsing sand just sounds retarded to begin with! Soooooo I grabbed a strainer, covered the top of it with 2 Nylons (haha the lady at the supermarket looked at me like I was a freak...

Nmonks, let me know when your book comes out. I want to buy it. :good:

My common Pleco has been in brackish water for over 4 months, he's growing fast and looks very very healthy. He was slowly acclimated to it though.

Wow! I didn't quite expect such an informative post as yours. I really appreciate that information. Maybe I can pick your brain a little bit about substrate? 'Sand' is not available in any of my local pet stores. They offer marine sand, but I know nothing about it so I looked past it. Some...

My Gourami will touch my arm with his feelers and nibble at my fingers the entire time my hand is in the tank. :hey:

To the best of my knowledge, a sudden temperature change can quickly stress and kill your fish. I've never heard of it happening personally, and I would imagine the temperature change would have to be sudden and drastic as my A/C crapped out in my room and in less than 5 hours my tank went from...

8) Hey everybody... I have a 55gal & a 29gal tank. My 55gal is my primary tank and my 29gal tank has been the 'hospital/quaratine' tank with a resident pleco. Anyways, I keep a small amount of salt in my 29gal tank. So to the best of my knowledge (not much about Brackish so this is why I am...

A little update on the current situation: Since the 18th, I have performed TWO 20% water changes, both with a LOT of gravel vacuuming, not much matter was cleaned up as I do keep my tank pretty clean.. Ammonia is 0 Nitrite is 0 Nitrate is 10ppm. So the tank is healthy as far as the...

Why would you quarantine the fish for just one day? If you are going to quarantine a fish, 2 weeks minimum to increase the odds of not transferring a sick/diseased fish to your beloved tank. That's just my opinion, but I believe many other people practice the same quarantine method I do...

Hmm... overstocked maybe? I'd find a home for those dwarf puffers at the least as soon as possible.

I'm assuming this is for a tropical tank? Personally, I wouldn't fool around with chemicals such as PH Down at all, much less while the tank is in the process of cycling. My 55 gallon and 29 gallon tanks both fully cycled in less than 72 hours when using Bio-Spira. It could take you a while or...

What do you have for habitants in your tank now? After a fish loss like yours, I would wait a week or two at the least to make sure no diseases show up before adding another new fish.

I wish someone knew the answer. :shout: I will be performing about a 20-30% water change tomorrow morning, with a different brand of water treatment (won't be using a stress coat brand) and I'll do my best to accurately measure the treatment. :D I'll keep you guys posted, if anyone is...