I used oak leaves in my tank before. I collected them in the fall, since they often don't fall off the tree like other leaves do.

I only had 2 Brochis at first, but then my friend gave me 3 more and as soon as I put them in the tank, they all started swimming together. They are definately happier in groups. You should have at least 2. Loaches are cool, but clown loaches can get a foot long. Synodontus are nice fish too. I thin...

Silent Doh, it was a cadis fly larvae in your tank.

I do about a 50% water change once every 1 to 2 months in my 50 gallon tank, and even less in my goldfish barrel. All my fish seem just fine with this. I have my tanks in our basement where there is only cold water, so whenever I do water changes, it takes the whole day. Filling the tank up takes th...

In my English class we have to write a 7-9 page, double spaced research paper. Everyone in my class picked controversial topics related to sports or drugs. I decided to do mine on Synodontis. The teacher said it would be easier to write about a controversial topic, but I didn't want to. I am plannin...

What do you think the lowest pH is that a fish can live in? 6? Maybe 5.5? What about 3? Yep, it's true. There is a fish that lives in water with a pH of 3. It is also the worlds smallest fish. You can read about it at http://www.comcast.net/news/science/index.jsp?cat=SCIENCE&fn=/2006/01/25/31161...

I started out about 2 years ago with a 50 gallon tank.

That is so funny! :lol: My pleco is susposed to grow to be a monster like that. He has already eaten one of my snails alive when he was only 4 inches long. I can't imagine what he'll do when he is a foot long! I hope he doesn't attack me. I'll have to start carrying cucumbers in my pocket. :lol: You...

I was researching and found this site http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/faq_animal ... .htm#horse
On question #10 it talks about fish. Also go to http://www.characin.com/carey/articles/ ... rules.html

Rainbow crabs need different conditions than hermit crabs, but if you do a forum search for moon crabs (rainbow crab) on the site Silent Doh gave, you will find some posts on them.

I've heard that backgrounds make the fish feel more secure. They will come out of hiding more often if they can't see things moving all around them.

I have always wondered that too. From what I've heard ich is found in every aquarium. How is it possible that a fish can get ich if it has been kept in pure filtered water for it's whole life. Does this mean there is ich living in our well water?

Does anyone know what happened to http://www.aquacommunity.spiralmindsinc.com ? It used to be a fish site but now it's completely different. I was a moderator there but I have no idea what happened.

I personally wouldn't put fish in one gallon jars, but that's just me. :D Neons do better longer aquariums because they like to zip across the tank. Guppies might be better for a small tank like that, until they have babies. You could use the tank to keep snails in, seeing that they die in your othe...

My grandma has a BN that comes up against the front aquarium glass and waits for my grandma to "pet" it through the glass. He will turn around every few seconds so my grandma can "pet" his other side. However, only my grandma (and sometimes I) can do this as he is too shy to come...

I had a hypostomus living with my two goldfish for a year (the pleco stayed in my 50 gallon and the goldfish got relocated to their own tank for eating my plants). I fed my goldfish flakes (now they get pellets) and my pleco algae wafers. Maybe you can make sure your goldfish eat all the pellets and...

Since I don't know where my snails came from, I can't be sure, but I think they are coldwater snails. They do great in my coldwater goldfish tank. I have seen similar ramshorn snails in local lakes and ponds. I had a 1 1/2 inch ramshorn a year ago that I found in a pond. I had it in my aquarium for ...

Silent Doh, I think Marc van Arc meant Mrs. Arami (Erami, Orami, :lol: I don't know how to spell it). But yes, I have hundreds of snails and they do just fine. I changed 50% of my water today in both my tanks (after not changing any for a month :oops: ). I have a feeling it was your 10 gallon that h...

Oh! That is great. Last time I saw her (a month ago) she had a lot more fry. I wonder who took them besides us (or maybe they died)?

Both me and Silent Doh wouldn't recomend this person get any more fish. Her 10 gallon has at least 200 baloon molly fry and one oto. The fish are never fed anything but flake food (even the poor oto). It is my fault she got the snails. I gave her some branches of my ancharis, but warned there may be...

My mom's parents and sister live in Heinola. Her brother lives in Savonlinna. My moms parents may move to Savonlinna though, because they have a cottage near Kerimäki (it is actually closest to Anttolan kylä). My grandma has an aquarium with one bristlenose and one other fish, I think it's a siame...

Wouldn't it have red eyes if it was albino, or does that not apply to fish? Either way, that is a very beautiful catfish.

*Kyl on kauniit kalat! Hi! You don't know how happy I am that there is someone from Finland here that is interested in aquariums. I am a duel citizen of Finland and America. My moms family lives in Finland and I go there every summer. It is nice that there is now someone else I can talk to in Finnis...

Also, it would be great if the employees were educated more. I can understand if a Brochis splendens is labled as a emerald green corydora (even though the scientific name is right next to it) because they look similar to cories. Hovever, last week when I was at petsmart helping Silent Doh pick out ...

You probably don't need substrate, but it is a good idea to have it. In my opinion the tank should be like their natural environment especially if you want to breed them. It would be a good idea to give them caves to hide in. You might want to think about adding plants. They aren't necessary but the...

I saw the fish a few days ago and it looks like a Chaetostoma milesi to me. I could be wrong though since I didn't look at it too closely. At the pet store it looked like a Chaetostoma milesi. It could be the lighting was different. Whatever it is it is some Chaetostoma species for sure. I just wish...

That looks exactly like the fish I saw. However, the picture at the store didn't look like a decorus, young or adult. It could be they had the wrong picture with the name.

The fish in the tank were about 5 inches long. I only quickly glanced at the name tag with the picture and I have a feeling it said Synodontis decorus. Still, the picture was so different from the fish that I am very skeptical that the two are related in any way. Also the body shape of the fish in t...

I am pretty sure they were synos because they didn't have a sucker mouth.

Yesterday when I was at Petsmart I saw some interesting looking catfish hiding under a rock. They were a light orange with a few black bands across their body. Their face, however, was spotted with small black speckles. Their face seemed to be a lighter peach color. When I asked what they were, the ...