Caper

Any ideas how I can do this then? I only have the 2 stands, only 3 buckets...and not enough "man" power. Caper

Very nice job Is that tiger barbs in there? Caper

I know that some fish will eat anything that will fit in their mouth...but guppies can be used as a feeder fish for angels, just wondering since I never heard that before???? Caper

Hi & welcome! You will learn lots here. And by the way, people do have a great sense of humour here so just to forwarn you...be careful not to take anything to heart. The people really are great here and great source of info. Caper

melcat, my first tank was only new when I had a case of whitespot. But I treated the tank and everything was fine, so the "new" tank shouldn't be a problem. Caper

I've read here that some have done the total blackout for a week, and reduced feeding. Caper

They are pretty What kind are they? Caper

Thanks jn Last water change was last week

I don't have real plants, but why is there a possibilty that plants would have to be removed? Caper

The article said some bad things could end up in the waterways if dumped. So, would they have to destroy it then? Caper

I haven't tested in a couple of weeks. I didn't think of testing today before cleaning as I just wanted to get a water change going. His tail fin never did grow back entirely, however, there was no indication of anything wrong. When looking at him Friday night, there was no change in his tail that I could see, other than the sunken mid-section, and that wasn't all that prominent. The tail looked the same way that it has been for months and months. Caper

Puff was in the 10 gallon tank with 3 cory's. Now he is, ah was , the goldie who had lost his tail quite sometime ago; started to grow back some; other goldie picking on him; transferred him to 10 gallon. He had red streaks awhile ago in 2 of his fins, but this eventually cleared up. Then, he looked as if he had cloudy eyes. I treated for a week with Melafix. The eyes seemed to have been cleared. Anyway, the last couple of days he had looked as if his mid-section had "sunk" in a bit. Was still eating fine, swimming as of Friday night. I left early Saturday in a hurry so didn't take a look at him. Came home last night, he was a mess. Most of his tail was gone, the mid-section was REALLY sunken in. He wasn't moving, eating, nothing. He was no longer a pretty calico color and was breathing very heavy. He died today. The tank water wasn't clear but I thought this was due to the fact I hadn't been cleaning the glass, wanted to get a build up of algae to get a new algae eater. It was due for the weekly water change, but since he had been sick I wanted to clean everything. I also did approximately a 50% water change. SHOCK, the color of the water was ah, I can only explain it as saying it looked dirty, almost dirty bucket of water used to clean a floor. When I took the filter out to give it a swish, I realized I forgot to put the carbon filter back in. Now I know the carbon itself is no big deal; however, this filter has the carbon and blue "stuff" in one. So you see, the only filter was the bio filter. So, with only the bio filter would this have caused my water to be so dirty? And, could this resulted in my poor fishies condition that led to his death. Sorry, so long but wanted to try and explain what led up to his death. Caper

CONGRATULATIONS BOFFY :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Boy or girl, name, size...how are you and baby feeling? Thanks for the advice folks, I thought that would be best to move entire tanks...but thought I'd check...just in case I could move fishies would have been much easier on back Caper

Love the pics Caper

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Jade :oops: :oops: :oops: Caper

Very nice tanks Caper

No, I think it was probably what was served for dinner, you know how fuzzy males can be! Caper

Caryl wrote: Is that true for all that carry eggs, they only stick out more on one side?? Sorry Mrs. Frog I don't know anything about moors, as a matter of fact I used to think that they were guppies :-? :lol: Caper

green fire tetras, hmmm don't think I've heard of them before. I guess I'll have to google Caper

Wilson, are you saying that is the last time she posted? Caper

Very, very nice...I love those fishies Caper

Very nice fishies snookie Are they a difficult species to keep? Caper

Ah, I thought tetras was a definite on a menu for angels? Caper

Personally I don't like using bleach, ever since I tried it one time and could never get the smell out, however, I've read here where some people do use it so I think that maybe a solution. But you should wait and see what others suggest and if bleach is suggested then especially the ratio of water/bleach. Caper

I'm speaking here of my two 29 gallon tanks. One has goldfish and ottos, the other has barbs and red eye tetras. Goldies are downstairs in my apartment, others are upstairs. I would like to do a switch but what would you recommend would be the best way. A) Drain tanks really low; keep fish in present tanks and move entire tanks B) Move fish only Any and all ideas would be appreciated Caper