Recent content by samuel

My 18 gallon tank consisted of 4 angel fish, 2 cory's, 1 pleco, 1 spotted catfish with live plants (amazon blades and eel grass) Established for about a year. Nothing has changed recently, no additions of new fish, driftwood or anything. One by one the fish started to die, I checked the ammonia...

Hello I have some marble angel fish for over a year now, one of them ( I have 4) is forming a film like a catarac over the eye. What can this be from and how do I cure it?? The water levels seem to be all in order.

You can pick up "Ick Clear" from your LFS. These are tablets that wil turn your tank blue and will not harm any other fish or plants. Its amost like an alka seltzer tablet that fizzles. Works great did me just fine.

I have had my tank now since the past Xmas, stocked with buenos ares tetras, red tail black shark, tiger Barbs and some cory's. I use fake plants. The water levels are thoroughly tested however just a week ago the water became very cloudy. A tetra, red-tail black shark and a barb ended up dying...

Thanx for the link.....I have some reading to do. ... sailor sam

All of a sudden I am seeing algae on my glass, silk plants and driftwoord. What could be causing this? How do I get it under control? ...samuel

My tank is home to tiger barbs, buenos aries tetras, albino cory's and a pleco. Last week I replaced the arificial plants with real plants, this made the tank more realistic and natural looking. My plants have been totally defolliaged., no more leaves except for the stem. It's not like the...

I just picked up some tiger barbs (silver/gold w/black stripes) from the lfs. When I was scouting them out at the lfs I came across a tank with the green barbs in them. The school of green barbs were swimming mighty fast from one end of the tank to the other....MIGHTY FAST..... I gather your...

I have added some new pieces of driftwood that I purchased from the lfs. I kept the pieces soaked for 8 days in buckets and changed the water twice a day (morning and night). The pieces of wood constantly discolored the water to a brown tea color. Finally, in a fit of rage I boilded water and...

Your fish may have come down with "icK" You may to go down to your lfs and buy some "ick tablets". I have used these tablets before, it will clear up the problem in a few days.

No I don't. I fill up some 5gallon pails withh tap water and I let them sit for a week and use them to change water in the tanks. ...gino

There are fish in the tank, see I did whatever a true green novice would do. Received the tank as a xmas gift for the kids (18 gallon hex) filled it with water from the tap, left the airstone and filter running for three days. Then I did the true novice thing, the lfs then supplied me with 2...

I finally admit it, I failed chemistry. I purchased the deluxe version of water test kit but I have no clue where I stand. These are ny readings: Ammonia=0; PH=7.6; Nitrite=0; Nitrate=0 Is this good.....bad....or just doesn't make sense. I beleive if I am reading the the leaflets correctly I...

I am only housing the angelfish temporary until I find a new home for it. Perhaps back to the LFS. As per my signature, it is a 18gallon hex tank, 1 pleco, 4 cory's, 6 tiger barbs and a very short rent on the angelfish.

What other fish could I add in with my tiger barbs to form a community of mix fish?