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Thank you for informing us. I see she joined in 2003 and was a fellow New Yorker. May her memory be a blessing.

My hats off to you for enduring the inhospitable climate and I-can't-imagine-what-else. I'm intrigued by the water temps. We've often been told that because most killies seek out shaded banks and pools they prefer cooler waters and that even the savannah types prefer no more than upper 70s...

Welcome! I'm excited for you. You are embarking on a fascinating journey.

Thanks. My main motivation for entering that tank. For those who are unfamilair with the bygone era of framed aquariums. Metaframe was the dominant player back then. But their smaller rival, Pemco, made a better tank making improvements to framing, sealant and glass. They also eschewed the...

Thanks everyone for the votes and kind words. To riff on a notorious Oscars acceptance speech of a while back, I'd like to thank all the little fishes that made this possible.

The 30's were the beginning of the boom in tropicals. Innes launched his magazine in '32 and his iconic book was published in '35. Up until then goldfish were king. Given that stocking levels back then were off-the-charts, this little vessel could have held just about anything from small...

Lowering ph using chemical solutions like phdown is temporary, sudden and not advised. Filtering through aquarium peat is more permanent, gradual and effective. Also adding botanicals--various leaves, alder cones, driftwood etc--are ph-lowering. But what fish are you keeping? 7.6ph isn't all...

Welcome back!

Some fascinating pieces in the current newsletter from MOAPH ranging from Queen Victoria's menagerie to the aquarium hobby during the horrific years of the Third Reich. Plus an Innes letter and a picture of this jewel...and more. You can read the newsletter, which in turn links to the full...

What a wonderful introduction. Welcome to our think tank!

No question... they are.

If I'm doing the conversion correctly that's @ 75F which is low. My bettas are all at 78-82F. That said, I don't think that would cause these symptoms.

If you are remineralizing, then my concern is likely misplaced. The combination of battered fins and guanine loss does indicate something is off.

I feed frozen foods--brine shrimp, bloodworms, mysis, daphnia etc--and some pellets, especially bug bites. Do NOT feed freeze dried foods especially FD bloodworms. That's the express lane to constipation, bloat and dropsy symptoms.