Erin

Congrats can't wait to see pictures in the future!

sounds like you have it all worked out can't wait to see your work all done!!!!!

He wouldn't take less then 400 for it so I said no... there is an amazing one at aqua giant that is 110 for like less then 600 NEW so meh thanks for all the help everyone. My dad also agrees with you. If he doesn't sell it maybe then he'll sell low to e but I'm not going higher then 200. Thanks again!

Welcome welcome welcome!!!

Thanks you two. I don't have co2 so Ill remove as much as I can then dose with excel.

My uncle is selling his company and is selling off everything. There has been a 110 gallon in there for oh gawd EVER, and he's asking $550.00 Its up on kijiji. My mom thinks my dad might buy it for me and I can pay him back... Should I work on my dad and get him to get it for me????? I can pay him back over then next 3 months. Here is the ad... let me know if I should go for it or just let it pass and tell him to let someone on kijiji to buy it. http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-pets-accessori...QAdIdZ106025892 I need to know so I can call my dad tonight. so its an ASAP help. cause if I wait to long it will pass by me. Thanks.

Very cute Mumba!

The colors on those fish are amazing... makes me think about putting them into a tank HAHAHAHA I'm not one for fish other then tuna... congrats on the great catch I'm sure they where just yummy.

It wont hurt them because I know that excel can melt plants if to much is put in.

Looking GREAT can't wait to see if you add some color to it.

I have been having a problem with Thread algae lately in my 20 gallon. I read off this site http://www.aquaticscape.com/articles/algae.htm, that : I know it is this because its not really green at all its dark, thin and long. It is mostly on my plants. I have Swords, vals, hair grass and a java fern. How should I go about getting rid of it.. I use excel every two days. should I bump it up to daily and then just try to remove as much of the thread algae from my plants, my hair grass has all new growth under all the algae because it seems to have gone after the older grass. My vals have very little should I just leave it? I know they can be damaged easily. ANY help to this will help me out. Thanks

Very interesting can't wait to see more progress.

In a tank that small, they are going to tear each other up pretty bad. A 14G is really waaay too small for those guys. I had trouble keeping 2 in a 75G from beating the crap out of one another! Another good idea for a planted tank that size would be some cherry shrimp or one of the different colors out there. They LOVE planted tanks, don't eat the plants and breed like crazy with regular water changes. Tammy Tammy, Personally I have had NO problem with Gouramies in such small amounts it has never ended in anything bad. I have 4 in a twenty ( one powder, one opaline, and two dwarf honeys) the two in my 14 gallon are very friendly with each other ( I'm pretty sure a girl blue and a boy yellow). I think that if you are careful to whome you buy and if they are in the tank you buy from and so on you shouldn't have a problem, as I have never had problems. You may have two boys in your tank and yes if there is that they "can" and "might" fight. Though I have never personally had this happen to me. But thank you for your Lovely suggestion. Erin

Well I thought about it and I ended up getting 2 gouramies. one yellow and one blue. two beauties. I'll post picture in my journal tomorrow.

I know we have a few at petsmart, I know big als have them. I agree but the hubby doesn't. Corys would be interesting thanks.

Red, man do you ever miss my posts... LOL second time you skimmed over them and oopsed up :P:P:P I said I was thinking about it. But I agree that it is totally way to small zuzes2001. If I was to put a baby in there it would only be for a small time while I talk my husband into a smaller tank. Currently I have guppies (pokes red). I want to stay away from tetras and other community fish like mollies, guppies, and platies. Rams are an idea since it would look interesting. what if I could find a breeding pair of a smaller cichlid. I`m kinda thinking if I do go tetra then it would be the ones I`m looking for my 20 gallon... green fire I thiknk they are called. I don`t know if I can fine them here in Alberta so it would be interesting to get them.

very interesting thanks!

Thankyou for posting! This is going to be very helpful when I get my bigger tanks! for a 20 gallon and smaller I don't think I need something like this.

Amazing! Just Amazing! I'd love to see pictures of the Aro!

So I was looking at my tank. It has 1 female guppy and about 10 babies. Its very planted (I'll add picture later). I thought about putting a baby oscar until it out grew the tank then moving it into a bigger tank. But I dunno. So I was wondering if anyone would have any suggestions? Its ony 14 gallons. I don't really have tetras or mollies, guppies and platies. Something different and something that will do well in a planted tank. Again I post picture later of what it looks like.

No problem, I thought it was super funny so I just had to post it!

I found this on you tube. its to cute and funny... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQKZOaB6cY

:welcome: Hello Dawn! Its sad to hear that you have gotten out of fish. But on the same side Dart Frogs are really CUTE!!!!! You'll love the people here and I'm sure over time you'll miss having fish more then ever when you see some of the amazing fish most of the people here have. OH yah and watch out there are some crazy people here :w00t:

I know! I plan on keeping him short, it take alot less work to keep him this way.

While searching around the net for betta information I found this on dropsy, After reading it I thought, HEY! I know that new fish owners and some old but have never had dropsy till now might find this information useful. I personally have only seen it at work but maybe one day I too can use this information. Enjoy. Dropsy - This is one of the most fatal diseases to attack bettas; unfortunately, its also one of the most common. The jury is still out on exactly what causes it, and therefore what cures it. There is a belief that it may be a bacterial infection of the kidneys, but nobody really knows for sure. The usual recommended treatment is Tetracycline, but this is so seldom completely effective as to be inconclusive. To further complicate matters, there seems to be several variances of dropsy. The most well-known (and the most horrifying, IMO) is when the abdomen of the fish swells up grotesquely, the scales protrude like a pinecone, and the fish can't seem to get out of the 'belly down' position, with his hind-end raised. The bloating is caused by excess fluid in the body tissues, and is usually evident in all dropsy cases. Sometimes the fish will get only mildly pineconed, and still die of dropsy. I had a female act lethargic, go off her feed, and she wasn't improving...I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. Then I noticed the belly area was looking slightly swollen and very pale, so I looked at her from above - voila. There was the pineconing. Incidentally, this female died 2 days into treatment, and I didn't even know she was dead until a day or so after that. The fluid caused her to stay in an upright position with her nose to the surface, and if it wasn't for the fact her eyes glazed over she looked for all the world exactly as she had when she first got sick. Another interesting version of dropsy is when the fish looks normal (or may be slightly pale), but is off its feed and not acting 'right'. These will sometimes do the belly-down-tail-up behavior, but will not be swollen, and will not be pineconed. This form of dropsy is the MOST deadly! Within 24 hours the fish is dead, and you don't even get a chance to try to cure it. Lorena Hazama reported that she had success with a rather unorthodox dropsy treatment. Here is what she said (borrowed from Wayne's This and That): 'I'm in no way any kind of expert, but I just wanted to share what I learned from a dropsy episode with my fish with the hopes of perhaps helping someone else someday. When my fish first got it, I didn't have any hope, because I had heard that it was difficult to cure. 'With a lot of help and suggestions from people in this forum, esp. Uptongirl and Violetedawn, as well as some other resources, my fish's case of dropsy has been diminished if not 'cured'. 'Have no idea what caused his kidney function to fail/decrease. I'm guessing it was bacterial or viral because Kanacyn seemed to do the trick. 'Treatment was in stages as I changed things as I found out about stuff. I have no clue what actually helped--or if it was something I should not have done--so I'm putting everything here: 1. Had him in Maracyn II for about a day. 2. When I got Kanacyn, I put that in the water instead (did not use the 2 together). 3. Tried to keep temp as warm as possible--was a bit difficult because we have air conditioning and he's at work. Some sites say they upped the water temp to 86C for gold fish. I think his water was probably around 70-72C. But if you're changing temp, please do it slowly as not to stress or harm your fish. 4. Shielded his tank from stressful light by making a black paper 'box' with some air and peep holes cut out. This really seemed to help. 5. Added some epsom salt to his Kanacyn water. (1 tsp for 5 gallons of water.) 6. I was changing his water every other day--100% change. I also kept the water for changes in the same room as the fish tank so it would be about the same temperature when I changed his water. Notes: The epsom salt helped his swelling. I was so afraid that he'd burst or something he looked so swollen. I'm sure he probably felt more comfortable, too. 'Read medication instructions carefully and follow them to the T. It mentions not combining with other chemicals unless compatible with the medication. 'This is really important! I used only Kanacyn and epsom salt together in untreated tap water but I could get away with this because our tap water is drawn from artesian wells and is not treated with chlorine. So I didn't have to use water conditioners or anything to prep his water. I would not normally do this, but I wasn't sure if the chemicals would combine OK with the medication. 'If you have to treat your water, you might want to get help from someone who's a lot more knowledgable about water conditioning. 'If you're like me and don't have a 10-gallon tank or water vessel to put your medicine in, we came up with the following: '1 capsule of Kanacyn and 2 tsp of epsom salt were mixed in 10 Tbs of water. We then used the ratio of 1 Tbs of concentrate to 1 gallon of water for water changes. We kept the concentrated Kanacyn/epsom mixture covered and in a dark place just in case. This may not be the best way to do this, but it seemed to work OK. 'My fish didn't show improvement until after the epsom salt, so it was about a week from when I noticed the dropsy and started treating it to see results. His recovery sped up more after that. So, even if you don't see results right away, just hang in there and give your fishy time to try and kick whatevers ailing him. 'Like I said before, not an expert, not a breeder. Not even an experienced fish owner--I've taken care of a grand total of 4 betta! But for whatever reason, my fish and I were lucky enough to, with lotsa guidance, to be able to kick this.' I can't personally vouch for this treatment, as I have never tried it, but I plan to, as soon as another dropsy pops up in my fishroom! I will post my own results here on this site, and I really hope Lorena is on to something here. Personally, I have never been able to cure a betta of dropsy. I have read accounts of others who have cured them, but usually they die a month or so later. It's not really certain if the disease is contagious or not. By observing the disease in my own fishroom, I can only conclude that there are a lot of contributing factors. Dropsy seems to be in some part genetic; or, rather, the inclination to contract dropsy is genetic. I often combine unrelated spawns of the same age in growout tanks, and I have had incidences of dropsy outbreaks in these tanks that only affect members of one spawn. I think that if one fish gets it, it can be passed to other fish who are predisposed to catching it.