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  1. BCherdingthefish

    Automatic Water Changing Systems

    Hi all! Long time no talk. Not sure if anyone here remembers me. When chronic illness really took over my life several years ago, keeping up with the care of my tanks, especially the 100 gallon, became difficult. As I continued to get sicker, I ended up tearing down all but my 20-gallon...
  2. BCherdingthefish

    Need advice switching from discus

    Angelfish are great. I am always in awe of how beautiful my white one is. Not a veiltail but has very large, transparent fins. Really puts the "angel" in Angelfish. :)
  3. BCherdingthefish

    How do you acclimate?

    Water changes every OTHER day :) ...and only because the darn things keep dying. I don't think the tank is still cycling, that Biomax should have been way more than enough for them - I only added it because there was no BB in the tank, it was running empty for quite a while - however you could...
  4. BCherdingthefish

    How do you acclimate?

    Sorry bout your fish. I know how frustrating it is. :(
  5. BCherdingthefish

    How do you acclimate?

    How do I know if it has parasites and if it does, what do I treat with?
  6. BCherdingthefish

    How do you acclimate?

    I don't. However, I took at least one LARGE handful of BioMax from my FX5 that is running on a heavily stocked 100 gallon, and put that in the filter of the 35 gallon, in addition to a sponge that was used in the tank when I just had a few fish in there(so the biomax can seed the sponge). That...
  7. BCherdingthefish

    How do you acclimate?

    Seems like everyone does it different. Neons are still dying...not in large quantities but I'm having one or two die each day. There's also a Molly in there that has been acting very badly since I first got him - when he swims he waves his entire body like they do when stressed. He often has...
  8. BCherdingthefish

    PETA Hates The Aquarium Hobby! (article)

    I hope ya'll don't associate all vegans with PETA. I've been a vegan for quite some time now, an animal rescuer for even longer, and a PETA hater for a very long time. They have to be the most hypocritical animal rights organization that there is - preaching about how we shouldn't exploit...
  9. BCherdingthefish

    How do you acclimate?

    I'm curious as to how everyone here acclimates their fish. I have always just floated the bag to bring the water in the bag to the same temperature as the water in the tank, then netted the new fish and put them directly in the tank(usually quarantine tank) with no acclimation. Never had a...
  10. BCherdingthefish

    how can some people keep their fish without water test kits?

    She never harmed them, if she was going to beat up someone it would be the eartheaters, and even then she didn't go for fins. Unfortunately she jumped to her death about a week ago during the move to my new house, I was heartbroken and cried like a baby :(
  11. BCherdingthefish

    Geophagus Altifrons / Eartheaters - P/U in REDDING OR SACRAMENTO, CA / or SHIP

    I have 6 Eartheaters I am selling. They are healthy fish, however I am wanting to go planted with this tank and can't do much for plants(with the exception of ones tied to driftwood/rocks) with these fish as they dig them up. I love these fish and will be sad to see them go, but I am ready for...
  12. BCherdingthefish

    TWO 7" Polypterus Delhezi / Delhezi Bichir - P/U REDDING OR SACRAMENTO, CA / or SHIP

    I'm selling my two Delhezi Bichirs as I'm going in a different direction with this tank. They are both about 7" long and very healthy. They will eat feeder fish, anything from little Guppy fry to Platies that I thought would be too big for them to eat! But nope, I noticed a Platy disappeared and...
  13. BCherdingthefish

    Noisy FX5

    ...I guess another option would be to just put the entire media baskets as-is into the tank, minus a sponge or two + some biomax to go into the AC110. Just got the AC up and running, right now it's just pumping water, I'll put in some media when I take apart the FX5
  14. BCherdingthefish

    Noisy FX5

    Will cheesecloth work for the Biomax, too? Will it allow for adequate water flow through the media?
  15. BCherdingthefish

    Geophagus Altifrons / Eartheaters - Redding, CA, P/U or SHIP

    TTT. Overnight shipping is really not that much if you live in Northern California ;) FREE TRANSPORT can be arranged to the Sacramento area.
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