Recent content by jschlosser

I don't know, but those stacked 3x2s make me nervous.

Poor sweetie. Gouramis are just the nicest fish - normally.

How about Glory if he is an American? His tail is so patriotic.

for a "quick and dirty" temporary thing until you can get proper stuff in there, how about cutting plastic foodbags into long thin strips, then bind then together in the middle and hang them from the top - upside down plants? or attach them to a fishing bobber and float them?

Brilliant!

I can't get a good picture of the powerhead I just ordered. Does anyone out there have an AquaClear 110 (901) who could get me a good picture? Virtually everywhere I look, it is showing the 70 instead of the 110. Need to figure out what I am going to do to replace the quick filter...

Of course it needs to be set up and maintained, it is just that a 5 gallon with a couple of fish is not a 70 gallon with a huge set of personalities to balance (not to mention water to schlep when doing changes) although the chemistry and temp are certainly more stable in a larger tank. I...

I had to make a fuss at PetSmart to get them to take him back. I didn't want the money, I was past the 14-day return period (he was in quarantine that long!), but they don't take them back for any reason past the 14-day period. I have always had blues and only had one bad boy before but was...

First off, the bully gourami is in isolation until I can cart his butt back to PetSmart (we have a good one where I haven't gotten a sick fish in 8 years). My daughter and grandson will be living with us for about a year while dad is away at the police academy. My grandson LOVES my fish and...

Of course I wouldn't -- geez, I could feed him to the frankenfish in the creek next to the house -- now there's a thought! He's a blue gourami, had him all of 3 weeks. The females are fine (of course) but he just has to go. I have never had to get rid of a fish in 45 years of doing this and...

He has killed 4 fish so far including my 8 year old clown loaches. My other two gouramis are sweethearts and often his victims. I am ready to flush him It is better that one die for the many comes to mind. I am not setting up another tank but have him over in the hospital tank for now. What...

Well, just lost one. They've been together for 8 years and the bigger one was really fussing over and nuzzling the one who passed. The remaining ones seem really confused. I moved them to the hospital tank where they have no distractions. Will start cleaning up the main tank. Maybe the...

Well, lost one. Just moved the others to the hospital tank. 2.5 gallons is awfully small for 5" fish. They are in pretty decent shape but are definitely sick. The did put up a good fight when I tried to move them, though. They are resting quietly. I'm changing water in the main tank...

I got home just now and two of them look a lot better than they did this morning. I think they will make it. The third might just pull through. He sat in my hand (they all do that) for a few minutes over where the air is better in the tank then swam off to his favorite corner on the other...

Two of the loaches look pretty good, the third is kind of iffy, but he might pull through. He sat in my hand (they are all hand-tame) for a few minutes over in the area that probably has the best oxygen then swam off on his own. I may move just him to the hospital tank so he can be in...