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This is what mine looks like when the females get very gravid, when I do massive water change the fish becomes very active and start to chase each other around. I have seen what seems like a breeding ritual but has never seen any eggs, I know they layed eggs because the females become skinny but whe...

I guess I don't have a choice but to relocate the contents of more than a dozen tanks and heat up to over 100 deg. F, I Don't even think all my heaters are capable of getting that high, then medicate it with copper and salt, a long time ago I had the habit of just dosing my tanks with Aquarisol and ...

Dave I wish I am like you but I have fish that produce very small fry and uses spnge filters, when it.s time for me to clean them the snails wedge themselves in the sponge and it annoys me the empty shells and get stuck in the powerhead I find a lot of the hydra stuck in the sponge too. lastly mosy ...

I think I've asked this question before but this time I have hydra, must have gotten them with some of the plants and driftwood that I got a while back, the snails I still have not eradicated it actually multiplied more when the weather was hot in SoCal. this summer, now I notice hydra in the tank w...

I use the rio sponge, they come in coarse and fine either one works great in my sump pump and it will fit a one inch PVC pipe except the fine needs to be cleaned more often, I will try to take pics of the sponges when I have time. http://www.riopump.net/Replacement_folder/rioplus_replacement.html Re...