Recent content by peeperkpr

Well, one of the cardinals I purchased through SWF.com died Friday. It was well within the 15 days, so I salted, Ziplocked and sent him back. The rest of the fish still look fine. It may have been an unfortunate accident since this guy tended to hang out by the overflow and I found him sucked...

I cleaned up the skimmer and a powerhead filter that was really gunky today. Hopefully that will help. I did feed probably more than I should have today. They didn't get fed yesterday because no one was at the office though. I kept putting more food in so I could see if all of them ate. They...

Sorry, I forgot to say the age of the tank. It's OLD! Over 6 years, but it's had nothing but one fish and the clean up crew for many months.

I'm just wondering if my addition of 5 fish to my 75g FOWLR is likely to cause a nitrogen spike and if so how quickly it will happen and if there's anything I should do about it besides water changes. I added 3 very small (1" or less each) PJ cardinals, 1 (1") fridmani dottyback and a 2 1/2"...

Originally Posted by fishychick I have never been successful in replacing. How soon after you put them in the tank are you losing them? I'm just wondering because I bought 3 PJ cards here and put them in Thursday. At first I was disappointed that they were so small, but now I realize that...

Originally Posted by waterpolo So what did you order? I got a flame angel, 3 PJ Cardinals and a Fridmani dottyback. They came in today and look great, although the cardinals are smaller than I expected. I'm really excited about my tank now. I'd kinda lost interest in the past few years and...

Originally Posted by misty927 Haha...what a small world! I'll have to go and check them out again soon. I wonder if I mention this, I'll get a discount...haha....yeah, right! Hmmm... :thinking: Maybe I'll get a discount if you mention this! I told her how I'd heard here that the shop had...

I just opened my first order from here this morning (they're acclimating) and they all arrived on time and packaged just as they said they would, and ALIVE! The pajama cardinals are smaller than I expected (but healthy looking), but the flame angel is fat and beautiful, and the Friedmani...

I'm so excited, I just opened my first live fish order from SWF.com (first time to buy from other than LFS)! They're acclimating right now. I was a little (actually very) surprised at how small the pajama cardinals are. One I swear is barely half an inch, the biggest is maybe an inch and it's...

Well, I just got some pajama cardinals (they're so tiny!). I haven't put them in the tank yet (they're acclimating as I type) but every time I see them in other tanks, they're hangin out at the front. I got three so they'll school a little. I also just got a freidmani dottyback, which will...

Originally Posted by misty927 Yeah, I don't really care for Gallery of Pets either...but they just recently switched owners like two weeks ok and supposedly are getting a total overhaul. I talked to the new owner and her and her husband have set-up and done aquarium maintenance for years. OMG...

Do you dose with Kalkwasser? I was just reading a thread that is a sticky in the Information thread that talked about adding your Kalk to the skimmer and it helps reduce phosphates. Probably not as good of a fix when they're high as if you did the water changes, but a good idea as an...

I don't mean to sound impatient, but I wanted to make my order today, and I was wondering if I could get an answer about whether or not to buy the live sand and fish on the same order.

Originally Posted by CELACANTHr Are you saying that the calcium will just start accumulating, or that your kalkwasser drips won't disperse? The calcium wil precipitate out of solution. Not really accumulating, but the chemical equation will be pushed so far in one direction that you get white...

Okay, I'm guessing this question is a common one here, but in a quick search, I didn't see the answer. I've got an older tank (75 gal, running for about 6 years) with roughly 60lbs LR, and only one fish (Pink and Blue Shrimp Goby) and 25 or so each of snails and hermies. Long story, recently...