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I thought planaria are white and attach to the glass. this was definitely silver and writhing

I just saw a small (maybe 1/8") long silver worm thing at the surface of my tank, being blown around by the current. at first I thought it was just wiggling beacuse of the water movement but when it...

you can see individual circles in the gravid spot which are probably the fry's eyes. they are eggs at some point, but they hatch before leaving the mother's body (well, are supposed to. sometimes...

lol. I wouldn't say it's typical sleeping behaviour either. then again, maybe he just got wedged in there. I've seen them sleep at the surface, sometimes behind the filter but usually horizontal or...

did you somehow expose the filter to untreated tap water?

only makes sense if your conditioner removes copper. not if it's just a dechlorinator. I hadn't heard hot water carries more copper from the pipes but I guess it's possible. 'aging' water lets the...

pressure will slow down the sublimation but still, if you've got enough dry ice and water in there and shake it, you've only got a couple seconds to huck it. check it out on youtube, I wouldn't want...

even the gravel? I guess I could take this opportunity to change to fluorite or ec.

looks like I'll be moving again, and just for a semester. makes fishkeeping an inconvenient hobby for a student such as myself. co-op too, which means relocating as often as every 4 months sometimes....

if you're thinking of doing a serious planted tank later, put some thought in before you get a hob. it MAY be more difficult to add co2.

I find nutrafin color enhancing flakes do quite well. but I have a similar symptom with one of my platies, her colour is a lot more muted now and yeah, semi transparent towards the tail. I assumed...

heh, that's actually a really good idea... you might hear it pop back into shape, like a warning alarm. just thinking diy aloud here but you could totally make an emergency pressure valve... just...

yeah, that's not really normal behaviour. tell us about your salt, I think...

then again, some of my swords go through periodic spells of hiding, only to become social again. my advice is to look...

I don't know of any aquarium hobby product that will buffer to low pHs, but they definitely exist. if you've calibrated an electronic pH metre in science class (highschool or whatever) you generally...

I should probably also add that each buffer "tries" to centre the pH at a certain level. That's why in certain cases adding a buffer could increase or decrease the pH on its own. carbonate hardness...

It looks like a gourami to me, but I'm not as familiar with cichlids. Need a better picture I think. it's definitely not a molly, lol

a buffer (in this context) is a chemical/substance that causes the overall solution to resist pH change (in either direction). I think usually it does this by taking up H that would otherwise...

I do enjoy the vip program, but isn't bigalsonline always free shipping over $35? maybe only in canada... and I dunno about their prices, big al's store price for 20lb eco is apparently $40, which is...

I've read everywhere that swordtails jump like crazy, only one of mine has ever taken the plunge. I guess one other time it ran into the lid but anyway... what's the deal? I'm starting to think of...

I think I saw a glorified diy system by hagen at the lfs for about $30. I haven't tried it but I would assume it does the exact same as a pop bottle

copper will stop people from having babies too, eh. that's the idea behind IUDs. it's like a pelvic grappling hook.

$50!? I hope you mean $5.00.... or $0.50

I have a smallish one that grows little runners at around a millimetre per 3 days or so... guessing. anyhow it gets a new leaf on each runner every 1.5 - 2...

yeah, I was wondering how you washed the tank. There was somebody recently in this forum who used soap or detergent or something... logical thing to do, I know, but it's really difficult to get it...

cool. so if that's a hengel's, what's an espei?

sorry, can't get ya a better picture cause it's from the internet, lol. I just thought they looked really good in that planted setup (much better than neons but similar size)