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Hi OneWolvesDream, It has been a long time. Good to see you again. They will do fine at 1.022. It's been years since I ran Marine tanks but I kept Lions in range from 1.020 to 1.022 without any proble ...

Your description of mucus with upside down Y's sounds possibly like newly hatched snails. Are there any snails in the tank?

Just run airline with an airstone on the end. You can conceal the airstone behind a plant or rock or any other decoration. Any pump rated for that size tank should be OK. The difference in size on air ...

The amount of gravel you have now is fine. After removeing the UG you should be able to vacuum out more of the waste than you have been able to in the past. With the UG filter gone most of the waste w ...

Hi Nano, What I'm going to tell you, you probably won't like but I'm going to anyway. Get rid of the UG filter and you probably will get rid of your problems. I used to love UG's myself but the realit ...

I received this in an email and thought they were too good not to post.

Deep Thoughts For Those Who Take Life Way Too Seriously

1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set.

2. A day without s ...

Many of the Koi in the states and probably Canada as well, considering Walmart, are Koi/Carp hybrids. Koi are in the Carp family. Some of the distinguishing characteristics of the hybrids are shorter ...

H tuttifrutti, It is common for shops to use Methlyn Blue in the water for Bettas. It is used as a prophylaxis to keep them from developing fungus especially fin and tail rot.

Hi casi, Welcome to Auspet. I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner. Considering how new the tank is there could be any number of reasons for losing your fish. I'll try to cover the most common ...

I only have two resolutions which are pretty much the same ones that I make each year.
1) Don't make any resolutions that I probably can't keep.
2) Try to live each day to its fullest.

Hope you h ...

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe what you have are called Serrassa Comets which grow to the same size as the standard Comet Goldfish with longer finnage.

Before working on any light UNPLUG IT FROM THE OUTLET. Many of the newer hoods do not have a starter as such. It is built into the switch and the light is lit by holding the switch down for a few seco ...

My prayers are with you and your family. I know it is extremely hard, especially at this time of year. My dad has been gone several years and I still have times that I wish I could just sit and talk w ...

Hi techno chicks, Also need to know what meds you have used in the tank. When were each of the meds put in the tank? Were there any water changes between medications, and how long have the meds been i ...

Hi pet_lover2370, Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm guessing you origanally set up the tank when you got the 3 Goldfish, and as soon as they died you tried to put the Catfish in. At three weeks your tan ...

I used it only one time and changed it out. It wasn't really necessary for the fish I had and made the water too dark. It does work well for a Tetra or Discus only tanks and is much less expensive tha ...

Neons are a love/hate situation for me. I love the way they look streaking through the water in a school. It's absolutely beautiful. The problem with Neons from my experience is the difficulty in keep ...

Since most of my experience with Cardinals and Neons was in a shop environment I can't tell you for sure about interbreeding. Generally we kept Cardinals and Neons separated since it is so hard to sor ...

Cardinals and Neons will get along fine. From my experience Cardinals are much hardier than Neons.

With regard to holding on for a long time I have a cousin who can testify to that. This is going to sound funny but at the time it wasn't.
Coming home from school my cousin found a large snapper in ...