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Thanks for the reply. I have removed all the fish. They are all bagged in clean water, but they are going to have to be okay for awhile as they won't be getting back into the tank untill probably around 4:00 unfortunately. *holds breath The puffer is the only one I'm truely worried about as...

Ug! *gets ansey. Maybe people don't understand my question. It boils down to if the stuff that is inside the heater is toxic to the fish. *runs off to continue search for friend with clean bucket*

That's an algae bloom. Looks like there is only one filter on the tank. For that size you need at least two. Algae is caused by sunlight (and some aquarium lights). Thusly, lessoning the light will help it as well. But I think filtration is a major thing, and I'd recommend an under gravel...

This is actually good advice. Alot of times when I set up a new tank I'll thow in some zebra danio's as test fish to make sure the tank is functioning properly. This hasn't been true in my experience with them and I've been keeping fish for a long time. Generally, I had 3 together in a 20 to...

I wasn't really sure if I should put this here or not, but for lack of a better place it is. I am a college student with a 25 gallon tank with 2 giant danios, a 6-7" pleco and a recently added figure eight puffer (got on Tues.). Last night it got a little chilly in my apartment. So before...