I often have dreams that I am visiting my parents, and while walking through the basement I run across a tank with a little bit of very green water, and an assortment of tropical fish doing pretty well(considering). I appearently had forgotten about it when I was a kid (15 years without a water ...

the smell seems to be going away. Im not sure how he could have over-fed as i said one shrimp cube a day(tho i may have... the one that wasnt eating made me a little antsy and prone to feed too often). The smell does seem to be getting better, and the fish is doing much better.

no protein skimmer ...

PLEASE! If you have ANY suggestions please share them. I need some guidance!

Temp is 79
Salinety is 0.022
Ammonia 0.25 ppm
Nitrate 30

I know that my old setup of magnum HOT with biowheel isn't cutting it, which is why I built the sump. It will be a few weeks before any bacteria can grow there tho, so I do still have my old pump running. As a temporary solution I am adding ...

Upon returning from a four day vacation I have found that one of my columbian shark catfish has stopped eating. I also lost one while I was gone, but the guy who was taking care of them for me flushed it without getting a good look so I don't know if this is the same issue or not.

It is looking ...

wow... If I had room for a 6' fish, that would be at the top of my list. It's beautiful!

Reno, eh? I like that! I've been dying to get back into the sign business and that seems like a great place to do it!

I've thought about washington or oregon. Even southern WI, but none of these really seemed right. What is the cost of living like in Reno? I'm sure it all averages out once you work ...

Oh, and unless your fish are big diggers, more than an inch (a half an inch even) of sand can cause more problems then it is probably worth. That is mearly my opinion of-course...

The top-most layer can provide a home to beneficial bacteria, but unless you stir the sand up [almost] daily, I think ...

I honestly recomend a stick. At the very least it will keep the sand 'nice and soft' for your fish, and if you give it a good stir regularly you won't have to worry about that rotten egg smell that can build up in your sandy substrate should things get stale.

It is a little fun to tell your ...

This may sound like an odd request, but I am looking for a job.

I am tired of Fargo ND, and am trying to plan a relocation to somewhere else. The tricky part is trying to figure out where to go...

Apart from being a fish lover, I am also a 'jack of all trades.' I went to technical college for ...

The gal at the LFS told me that one can just take them out of a freshwater setup, and drop them into marine, but I'm not sure that is such a great idea. Mine seem to get stressed out enough as it is without having to deal with a transition like that.

Do you know of an affordable source for the ...

Thanks to all for your replies. I rigged up a prefilter for my magnum hang on tank canister filter, and used the micron filter. I had to clean everything out ever few hours, but things are looking great now. Now all I need to do is find some company for my columbian sharks. THey are in full ...

I forgot to mention that I did rinse the sand (obviously not enough...). I would imagine that once it settles, i should be able to siphon off the excess silt over time.


But I want it to look good NOW!

hi

I just finished switching from gravel to sand, and I think my columbians are going to love it. I'd like to get the fish moved back into the tank as soon as possible as I'm a little conscerned the powerhead i have stirring up the water may not provide enough aeration(sp?) in their temporary 5 gallon ...

I slowly began switching my columbians over to full marine within a week of purchasing them. At that time, they were about 1.5 inches long. they've grown to be about 5" in about 3 months. As for tankmates, I'm not sure about corals, but I would imagine any crustation or fish that can fit in their ...

Nobody out there has taken any Marine Science or Aquaculture studies? I'm still looking for suggestions/information

Thanks,
Chris

I spoke with someone from Rippley's, and they said that the aquarium was not moving, but the "Titanic" exibit was being replaced with a Mars exibit. I guess they are just swapping things up a bit. That being said, that place looks amazing! Thanks for your suggestion, everything helps!

Well, this is very interesting... I'm curious, does the PU sealant spray on? and if so, does it spray glossy, or is more of a 'non-skid' type that I would imagine would be benifitial in the back of truck? A bit of tecture wouldn't be bad, but, as it is black that I'm going for, I would imagine ...

Thanks Coelacanth,

Actually, I'm working on designing a tank for my Columbian Cats that is basically plywood (with much added flare). Instead of using any standard sealant, my plan is to line the sides and back of the tank with 1/4" or lighter black plex, and get some good black silicon to finish ...

Hey, I'll make you a tank that size! :wink: I'd love to find a place already building custom tanks, or a public aquarium would be a really neat place to learn some stuff, but alas, I live in North Dakota. I'll be ready to move in the spring tho, so I can go to the Job/School as long as it's in a ...

I have been thinking about taking the next step in becoming an 'expert' at the aquarium hobby. I figure these big aquariums must have filtration experts, who design the systems and whatnot.

Thoughts of late have been of designing custom aquariums/filtration systems for higher end customers. Glass ...

i've got four of em in their own tank, no bigger than four inches each, and one of them tends to hide, while the others swim all over. it still eats like mad come feading time. can a single fish just be shy, or should i be concerned?

any advise would be nice.

thanks again for your help, Mats. The cross test is a great idea.

the tank itself can hardly really be considered brackish at this point. they were in freshwater when I bought them, and I added a tablespoon and a half to the 29 gal. tank just before releasing them from the bag (to help with stress ...

I did go ahead and do a few tests... nitrites are fine, ammonia was a little difficult to read as it a brackish setup, and a cheap test kit (new), and it seems like it would be .125 mg/leter (yellow = 0... lite gree = .25 ... there was a hint of green in the tube, but not as green as .25 on the ...

The poor thing got sucked up the filter... must have been pretty weak. it was fine for the first week, and then seemed to deteriorate pretty rapidly. I'll continue doing 30% water changes for the next few days. hopefully that will help. it's a real bummer tho.

The tank was actually running for a couple of months before fish were put in it, and only one of them has the problem. that being said, muccus shedding does seem pretty appropriate. I'll get on the water changes right away. Thanks!~

one of my columbian sharks (recently perchased) seems to be shedding... This is not normal (i'd imagine). I haven't kept fish for some years now, and don't recall diseases. it's small, and only a $7.50 investment, but i'm fond of the little bugger (and it's tankmates). any ideas?

chrs

I seem to recall reading that some of the banjo cats are brackish and from that same area... I think it was the eel-tailed banjo... anyhow, the cat-elog doesn't seem to have any info on them, the everyday variety of banjos seem to be freshwater.

I have read both the cat-elog and the cotm articles (more in depth then before) and they are much help. I am looking forward to building a 200+ gallon aquarium and engineering a built in filtration system (i have a bit of time considering they are but wee lads at the moment [all named daryll by the ...