Recent content by Sharoane

Your tank seems pretty full already...nice grouping, though!

Only 3 oscars for a 200 gallon tank? I know they need space but...that sounds extreme. I mean, 200 gallons is huge! But I do agree that it's sad the oscar was released in a stream. That's plain awful.

I just painted the back of my tank blue--the outside, of course, and am delighted with the color. I used apple barrel Outdoor Gloss cobalt blue, found in the craft section of Wal Mart. They have other colors to try out or mix for that perfect shade but vibrant certainly describes my shade...

This reminds me of this woman I'd fish-sit for...she was obsessed with her fish and insisted I do all kinds of crazy things for them. She kept goldfish and she had one of the really round ones who couldn't stay upright by himself or float, so I had to pick him up and hold him upright and bob...

I'm sorry. I just felt...condescended to. I may be a bit dumb when it comes to cycling but I've had tanks before that out of sheer luck cycled with happy fish and I've seen communities of fish in action. Ammonia--0 Nitrites--0 Nitrates--unknown this week, need a new test kit but have been...

Oh yes...I plan on it! I *just* got and set up a 10 gallon that will be for a betta and a few compatible small fish so cycling that should keep me busy. In the meantime I'm doing daily small water changes and keeping an eye on my water parameters. I might add a plant or two for the dwarf...

Points heard and considered. I do want to clarify that when I say "overstocked" I mean by four or five inches of fish at most and the majority of fish in the tank would be tetras. My fish plan keeps changing, though. My dwarf gourami is kind of aggressive so unless I find a female he's going...

My pleco was FINE before flamey came to live here. Plec was just a little guy, two inches at most. Water parameters are perfect, so it wasn't that. And poor lil oto was indeed WEDGED into a crevice of an ornament...not a plant. It appears that he forced his way in and got stuck. And yes, it...

I started out with four otos. After a month, one disappeared. Then, one died. I did water changes after I discovered we had a nitrite spike. The other two seemed fine but then ANOTHER one died. Then, all seemed fine. Fast forward to me adding red-eyed tetras. All went well so I added more...

I don't go away often--I'm the stay-at-home-during-vacation type plus I have a lot of animals to care for and I don't trust others to do it.

I've seen this type of back and forth so many times... The first poster innocently (or sometimes not) starts a thread either asking a controversial question or making a statement that really offends others, people respond in a way the poster either didn't expect or want and off we go. Keep in...

Ok... As the previous poster pointed out, there are loads of problems... 1. Only use aquarium-safe gravel or sand (substrate) in your tank. Actually, all items that go in the tank need to be aquarium-safe. And never use soaps on the tank or anything that goes in the tank. 2. Any water that...

Hi all. I have a stocking question regarding tetras. Right now I am trying to stock my 30 gallon. It's been a major pain in the backside trying to find and purchase healthy fish of my choice but right now I am just about there. I think. Right now (ignore my sig) I have six danios, six red...

It's not just you--this is a confusing subject. Maybe someone reading this will remember the link to the page that has great info on which fish go with w hich other fish. Each type of fish has compatibility issues, water issues and size issues and it's a good idea to read up on each kind of...

All I can say is YIKES. I've overstocked tanks before but never to that extent. Time to get a new tank or three! Walmart has 55 gallon kits for under 200 bucks.