Recent content by Gir

Thanks all for the effort in trying to figure out what these things are. I've been recently preoccupied by an outbreak of disease in my tank so I haven't concerned myself with the dots. I think I got "bad" fish from my lfs. So far, the dots haven't grown much (I think) or moved at all (according...

Why are we the only freakish ones with this problem?? I believe I read your posts in searching the forums. So I tried to scrape it off today with the algae scraper and it didn't budge. Not surprised there. My dots are not slimey. They are most definitely hard. They also don't move. I marked the...

I tried to do a search on this but the posts were unanswered or did not apply to me. My tank is almost a week old now and only today (nothing yesterday), I see small (1mm or less) round white dots speckling the lower half of the tank. They are opaque and wholly white. I can remove them with my...

Is this a glass tank? If so, there is paint for glass (other paints just bead up and essentially roll off) that you can get in an art store or even craft stores. It's not cheap though. There are other paints out there that are for non-porous surfaces. You'll have to ask the store for more...

I was going to do fishless cycling but due to various circumstances, the tank setup was really delayed. So, I decided to use Bio-Spira since many have claimed it really does work. Also, my poor paradise fish has been looking increasingly unhappy in his small tank so I wanted to move him to the...

Being new to these forums, it's interesting to see the personalities and the forum's group dynamics. :) So, thanks Tetras for the clarification lest I think you guys are off your rockers. Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm glad this forum exists with so many knowledgeable folk to chat with. I...

Thanks for the input. I'm not much for silver dollars (even assuming I had room for them). They look too much like lunch. I have to say, I've been rather frustrated researching fish varieties because everyone says something different! So, it's been difficult for me to determine which fish would...

I'll be setting up my 20 gallon soon but can't decide on which of the following fish would look best together. I've narrowed it down to silver hatchets, leopard & zebra danio mix (half and half), neon tetras, lemon tetras and a dwarf gourami (either powder blue or flame). After having read the...