Did I miss something? I was grateful. Let me say that again. Thank you for your advice, everyone. It was more help than I got at one other forum. I was merely answering Mike's question. (Look at the quote.) Then I commiserated with Nick. (See subject heading: "No offense taken. Thanks.") That was ...

At least, you're an experienced aquarist.

I do know how it feels though, to have a newbie preach to another newbie.

[As I once killed off 10 Otocinclus cocama with bloodworms I guess my first question is: what have you been feeding the fish in that tank?] Nothing but algae. I did feed the other fishes a little pinch of tubiflex that day, but that was before he was released into the tank. I try not to feed a new ...

I bought a healthy-looking Oto, a month after it had "stablilized" in the LFS. Took the usual precautions before releasing it into my tank. After getting its bearings, the oto went right to work on my brown algae. After 24 hours, I found it hanging onto the glass with its sucker. It couldn't swim ...