Recent content by Chucky

...are never available these days. They always got some orange-type 'brick' sword. Red Platys are always loads redder. Well I remember when swordtails were also red like platys, with darker red triple lines lateral. What happened to them? Cheap breeding bring down the stock? If they can be...

From "Confessions of a Fish Doctor", which I've just reread after about 25 years, and also from a few pros at the time...like , the late 70's... When changing 10% waterchange, do not treat the water for chlorine - but put it straight the hell in, letting the chlorine 'kill bad bacteria'. Aside...

Now for the latest news - as I was working in the nano last night, NOT straining at all, I noticed that all of a sudden my heart was immediately racing. I got sweats on my forehead. I went into the kitchen, feeling OK otherwise, and took my BP - it was 159/89 which is high for me. My pulse was...

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I have found that the tiny powerhead offered as a filter in the newer Hagen plastic goldfish "tank" of about 1 gallon is absolutely terriffic for a 10 Gallon nano - I just remove the foam, and mount it near the top. Look for the "Elite" 'Marina' goldfish kit "filter" - it's a tiny powerhead...

Check and see if they're happy at all out of the water - if they can move with the ease of an insect; let me know? My dog in Japan used to chase them all over the boardwalk next to the ocean; he'd snag one, kill it and drop it, then go after another. Wierd behavior. Probably because the chick I...

Because there's three of them joined at the base - lying in the sand as you can see. I would suppose that these Paly's stretched and bent all out of whack are trying to get what light they can? Time to look for LEDs on a 10-gallon...

I thought the 'superglue' was just a facetious answer, until I read up on the subject. So what kind of superglue should I use? Is krazy glue Gel going to kill my damsel and Ocelaris clown??? What if I do the cutting within the tank - will toxin released kill them also? (I am not at all secure...

As the pic shows, some of these inverts dropped off the main rock. One of them attached to the rock I put him on, as you can see on the far right. But I've got a group of three on the ground, that no matter where I put them, they wind up on the sand an hour later. A) Do these buggers move...

Thanks for the advice! sorry, what does IME mean??

Having Polyps, 2 doz hermits, and snails in a 100 gal, what should I do for the ICK on my cobate Tang, and Achilles? The clowns are OK. I was thinking a bath for them, but I'm wondering what's the best medication, for how long, and will the fish bring Cu back into the tank anyway??? I know...

I was telling a customer today about the bio-wheel; how the marineland saltwater kits ship with a penguin filter containing the bio-wheel, and another worker at the store broke in to claim that Aqua Clear is superior for saltwater. He said any wet-dry system for saltwater quickly becomes...

Trying not to be offensive, but it seems to me that like someone else said, not alot of females are interested in reefs?? The only women I get in the aquarium store where I work are tagging along with their boyfriends...dammit! Some of them are really hot! Try hard to talk to the guy and not the...

WOW. That's the kind of thing I'm talkin about!

Much like when you start dating someone, the REAL measure of success in keeping any species of fish is - do they breed? Having succeeded at nothing more exciting than Jewel Cichlids, (which pretty much do it if the basics are OK anyway), I'd like to open the floor for people to boast about...