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For the most part they are meant to be in species only tanks as they are aggressive. Some success stories here and there, but in general they are aggressive and nippy to other fish. They will probably attack the platties but will not discern between adults/fry. They will probably eat the snails, but the mystery snails may get too large to be eaten. Overall I don't think it's a good idea to add pea puffers to the ecosystem. Manual removal/donation of the fry/snails are probably the most effective method.

@GoofyGarra @Guppysnail I will be checking in on those small details when I get home from work and if it doesn’t work then I’ll post a video to YouTube and paste the link here. Thanks again

I’d personally water change when I see ANY ammonia. Ammonia is highly toxic to fish, even at low levels. This may slow the cycle, sure, but I think it won’t slow it that much because you added bacteria as well. Prime “locks up” ammonia for 24 hrs but it’s still ammonia, and will show up on a test.

Daphnia thriving!

I heard a good tip about catching fish from my LFS. Use a net and chase the fish around with your hand. Have the fish scared of your hand not the net. That way you can chase the fish into the net. I tried it with my Cory’s, it still took forever because of the plants and hard scape, but it definitely helped.

Took delivery of the TANK!!! Was ordered in October and was supposed to come early December. Had a slight delay but honestly for us, this was no big deal we aren't even entirely ready for everything yet. Intrepid Partner got the call that it was coming and delivery scheduled. Came yesterday via semi truck. The crate it came in- HUGE. The tank itself on the bottom and a portion built on top for the sump and other accessories the tank came with. All told the crate and tank was about 850lbs. Understandably they told us you need at least 2-3 people to move it. The driver got it off the truck of course and parked it before we got our 3rd person over to help get it in the house. We had back up plans in case we needed more people but they wouldn't be home to help until a few hours later. We crossed our fingers we could get it in. Once it was parked you have to inspect the goods before you sign the driver's paperwork. That required taking countless screws out to get the plywood sides off. I didn't get a picture of the crate completely closed because as you can imagine we were busy with logistics, but here it is safe and sound waiting for the move after we revealed it: Here is the beautiful tank, flawless: In order to make the move easier into the house we had to remove as much weight from the crate as possible. We removed all of the accessories, the sump and items from inside the tank itself (which were only lights and wavemakers). Then Intrepid Partner went about removing the top part of the crate and plywood. He gave me permission to use the real photo, but I think the smiley face is more fun. Plus he was loving it, he thrives on logistics and problem solving. Our cavalry arrived (a friend) so we went about a series of moves with a dolly (to lift sides), rolling carts, moving straps, plywood and towels to get the tank out of the street, up a 20ft walkway, up 2 porch steps and across a wood floor. No, no pics of this move either as you can imagine every hand was needed to move this behemoth of a tank. It remained in the wood for its safety and for the fact that Intrepid Partner was waiting on its arrival to build the stand/cabinet that will house it so it will be some time until it's permanently placed. But it was placed as where my diagram from previous posts indicated: Here: Of course we have a curious resident (meet Cheeto the indoor/outdoor cat): The tank is beautifully constructed. Not easy to take any pics due to what is left of its crate- but the black silicone seams are perfect and straight (not what I'm used to with mass produced tanks!) and the metal frame (because we live in earthquake country) is very hardcore and sturdy. Intrepid partner also went with ultra clear glass AND their thickest option (which if I remember correctly is 5/8"!) - just check out that drilled hole for the plumbing (I know, hard to tell, but trust me it's very thick glass): Intrepid Partner did the ordering/consulting with Custom Aquariums so he got things they "packaged" as a group. Lights, pumps, powerhead/wavemakers, some biomedia, UV sterilizer, auto-feeder (Enheim), heater (Enheim, which eventually I'll replace with heaters I prefer), fish net, wand scraper, Mag Float scraper. This is all besides the parts that come with the tank and sump. Funnily they included in one of those packages the most ridiculous plastic plants that would be absolutely dwarfed in a tank this size: Probably no bigger than 12" tall. It was laughable. I was amused. Hopefully those are just a cheesy "free gift with purchase". Overall so far a very good experience with the company (per Intrepid Partner's dealings) and the process overall. Everything seems very high quality. Intrepid Partner will be starting the steel tubing build on the stand and we have yet to decide what the skin of the stand will look like- but we'll figure it out and update over time here!

I'd have to say most places I've lived will loose main line power from time to time. It's inevitable. We have rolled with it the best we can from place to place. In an earthquake prone place now, which comes with it's own set of challenges. @Pepere I was in coastal North Carolina in 1998, a place that doesn't get snow and ice....until it did. ... It was wild fun, but I was young and overcoming challenges was a fun thing to do with friends...When all else fails, ones car works great for rechargeing batteries, plug everything in and crank it up. ... AC or Heat depending on the situation.

I have 2 dual outlet ACO pumps each running a sponge filter. I get flow out of them and the easy flow kits, but it’s nowhere near what Cory has shown in videos. Like @Lonkley said, I believe it’s because the linear piston pump puts out waaaaaay more air.

Can you take a video and upload to YouTube then post the link?

There is no substitute for clean water. I'd skip the Prime and just do water changes to keep the combined ammonia and nitrites low; ideally below .50 ppm, but definitely below 1.0 ppm. The safe level depends on your pH, since ammonia is more toxic at higher pH, but those values are a good general guideline. Edit: Add Prime or a similar product to neutralize chlorine or chloramine when you add fresh water. I don't have to bother with it, so I forgot to mention it above. I just meant that I don't recommend using Prime instead of doing a water change.

Starting to acclimate the ember tetras to a tank light. It makes them look very nice. I gave them a plant as well.

Everyone has them, I will make a journal too! I kept fish when I was little, but we ofcourse did it all wrong. Later when I decided to start doing fishkeeping, I did a lot of reading and research. Sometimes it feels like I like the planning and reading more than the actual keeping. My first was a tank my boss had at work in office, which was also completely wrong, but he allowed me to remake it and take care of it for few years and at the end, take it home. I also did the mistake of starting with my own 20 liter, which bought me nothing but grief but also a lot of experience and love for nano fish. In 2012 I purchased my largest tank and since then I slowly graduated to two larger and at this moment four smaller tanks, so I have six 🙂 South American tank, 120x50x60cm. My oldest physical tank, the setup is about 2 years old though I keep meddling in it. It houses top to bottom, 6 hatchet fish, 20 or so ember tetras, 20 rummynose tetras, 4 bolivian rams, 12 sterbai corydoras, 6 otocinclus, several amanos. I sometimes consider adding something, but do not know what Asian tank, running for a year, 110x40x45cm. I am quite satisfied with this, though it is basically only two species because the hillstreams do not work. I feel like it may need something, but not sure what and with all the cloud minnow fry, I am reaching capacity. 20 golden white cloud minnow, 12 normal white cloud minnow, 4 older fry and 9 still doing some growing in another tank. 7 panda garra, one remaining hillstream loach "Window" tank, 60x30x30 cm, it is the one I inherited from my boss free of charge 🙂 It houses my colony of rabbit snails, I only have 2 adults now, but 11 babies that were born in the past year. In August I bought a group of 10 pseudomugil luminatus, which have quickly become my most favorite fish. They also breed and I have several fry of various sizes. Am very curious about their future. I know the pH water params shouldnt work for this combo, but they do. Office tank - 56x25x36 cm, it is a very old tank someone gave me with various chips in the corners, so I live in constant adrenaline state of when it will leak. It houses my 6 clown killifish, I think I saw some fry but they have been in there only since beginning of August. I think later on, when I have some generations, I will consider scarlet badis/tiger badis or some other bottom dweller. Shrimp tank - 40x25x25cm, this is my smallest tank. Houses my red cherry shrimp colony and eight Indostomus Paradoxus, that I have had since this march. They are easy to please but they do not breed for me, not sure if it is the shrimp/snails or something else Cube - 40x40x40cm tank. My last and temporary tank. Or so I say. It is again very very old tank, so I live with constant thrill of waiting for it to leak. This means I am trying to not stock it, but it taunts me with how well the plants are doing with zero light, except its position near window. I set it up quickly in June for my paradise fish, to have it as a solitary. Since then I left my colony of sterbais for over a month in vain attempt to breed, successfully spawned my minnows and now I am playing around with the idea of breeding otocinclus from my south american tank, but I will have to catch them first and since I started considering it, I didnt see a single one. Otherwise I am tempted by the scarlet badis, maybe a betta, honey gourami, pygmy corydoras, so many fish!!! I am trying to stay strong though I will post here if I do something interesting.

Hi fellow plant nerds, looking for some aquarium book recommendations. My name is Jack, been keeping planted tanks for almost 6 years. I love researching fish and plants on the internet but I’d like to expand to books. I totally get that there is unlimited knowledge on the internet, but I’m a sucker for having a hard physical copy I can look at and feel and interact with. I’ve got Walstad’s book, I have Knott’s book, but I’m really looking for a book that has ton’s of in depth info on aquarium plants, but any book recommendations will do. P.S. enjoy this photo of one of my pygmy corys (just ignore the clearly deficient val leaves😂)

Over the last few years, I have fed aquarium fish live foods. More recently, I have begun learning how to cultivate live foods. It is sometimes a challenge to get things right, but where successful, live foods is a game-changer with bringing fish into spawning condition and nurturing fry through their first month of life. I hope this journal will prove helpful for aquarists looking to get at least one view on several live food species. Call it a live-foods-cookbook. By all means, if you’re a cook, please share YOUR recipes too! Today, I time visiting with a friend just 1-minute away. He is a genius! He wanted to show me his Daphnia tanks. I was so impressed: no water changes. 100% Aquaponics. Here are a couple photos I took with his permission… Daphnia magna - 10 gal (feeding yeast, below) Daphnia moina - 10 gal (feeding yeast below) The substrate in each is Oyster Shells available for under $20 at Tractor Supply… The emersed plants (Pothos, Mint, etc.) used for Aquaponics zero out Nitrate, but also strip out out the minerals. The Oyster shells keep the water bslanced. SO! I was impressed enough, that zI immediately went to town today to set up a spare 10-gal I’ve had sitting around, cycled. Here was the process: (1) Get lights screwed in for plant growth a Daphnia multiplication. (Daphnia require light to multiply) Before… So I added several LEDs… Then I washed out the Oyster Shells… Started setting up the tank… After adding cycled lava rock and cycled sponge filters, sponge filter squeezing from other sponges for bio… I added 3x new Mystery Snails… They began enjoying the digs right away… (BTW… I threw in a bunch of Susswassertang. Because. Just love that stuff!) In the end… Pothos added to floating pot for starting aquaponics… (Mint will go in tomorrow) I keep it in my fishroom bathroom closet… After it settles, and I can test to ensure that there is ample bacteria keeping it all cycled, I will pick up a generous starter of Daphnia magna from my friend. My goal is to cultivate these so well that I have live Daphnia to feed to fish twice a day. To feed the Daphnia, a liquid solution of Active-dry Yeast is prepared… I will go into detail on that in a followup post.

really new to the hobby. Here's one of my tank.

Hello everyone, I just installed my first easy flow on a large ACO sponge in a 29. It’s being run by an ACO dual outlet pump. I’m not seeing much of a flow and I’m definitely not getting what I saw Cory get in his 40’s. I’m pretty sure I’m doing something wrong. I’m getting more of a dribble. Oh and I did remove the airstone. Any ideas? I would post a photo but I have no idea why it keeps showing up as a black photo. I have it hooked up with the curve at the top just slightly above the waterline. Thank you

I have a 75 Gallon planted aquarium and have kind of hit a lull in my hobby evolution and am looking for ideas of what to do next. Parameters: 79-80 degrees 7.5 PH 0 ppm of ammonia, nitrate, or nitrite (thank you plants!) Not sure of exact number but the water is on the harder end. I currently have the following stocking: 11 Neon tetra 9 Rummynose tetra 8 panda cories 3 Pearl Gourami 1 Julii Cory (rescue) 1 Bristlenose Pleco 1 CPO Crawfish 1 Amano Shrimp 1 Gold Ram (last survivor) I have done rams for a while now and they are great but I think I am ready for something else but I am not sure what direction to go in. I have had most of the fish in this tank for 2-3 years and don't love the idea of trading them in and don't have another tank to move them to so I think I want my next feature fish to be able to co-habitate (is that a word) with what I currently have. This eliminates most cichlids African or South American. I eventually want to do an Mbuna tank but right now I feel like I am not ready to abandon the planted tank. Also with my children's after school schedules (dancing, sports, etc.) I don't have a ton of time to do maintenance and rely on the plants to keep the water clean. Current ideas that I am playing with: 1) Betta Sorority - I have never been super into Bettas because you can only keep one in a tank for the most part and it really limits the tankmates and I am really into community tanks with a variety of species. But a sorority might be fun. My fear is that it will go wrong and I will have wasted money to watch fish kill each other. My other issue is that none of the LFSs have a good Betta selection so I would have to order online. This drives the price up with shipping and I have had bad experiences in the past of getting fish that don't have the best coloration that I would not have picked out if I saw them in the store. I'd also have to figure out how to lessen the flow coming out of my cannister filter but I feel like I could figure that one out if I went this route. 2) Rainbow Fish - I have never really been into rainbow fish but the colors are striking and they are active. My main issue with this route is that I can only stock so many in a 75G tank and I'd want a few of multiple varieties but based on research it seems like these are best kept in decent size groups. Could these be kept in pairs or with 2 males of a certain type and no females? The main draw to these is that I think my kids and guests would be drawn to the colors. This idea would be more for others than myself but, who knows, maybe I'm a rainbow guy and don't even know it. 3) Angel Fish - Similar to rainbows, I have never really given angel fish the time of day. They have always seemed pretty boring to me and from what I have read, they eventually pair up and kill each other. But looking for a new direction to go, this could be an option. They would fit well with my current stocking for the most part as well. The only fish they might beef with is the gouramis considering they occupy the same water level. The pro to Angel fish is that I could still do rams if I wanted. Angel fish just don't excite me though. Maybe someone in this thread can convince me otherwise. 4) More schooling fish - Maybe I should abandon the centerpiece type fish idea and get more schooling fish. Maybe I could get some Odessa barbs, Congo tetra, Harlequin Rasbora, and/or chili rasbora. Maybe even add a second species of Cories or stock up on more panda cories. This idea seems fun but my draw back is that schooling fish are kind of mindless. I enjoy watching my rams have territory disputes and search the tank for food. With all schooling fish, I would miss out on that aspect of it. But like I said before, I don't have a ton of time to dedicate to the tank and don't get to watch the happenings of the rams very often anyway. So maybe colorful schools would be better for the time being. Now that I am typing this out, this idea is growing on me. Just looking for anyone's opinion on any of these ideas and maybe some suggestions that I haven't thought of myself.

I can recommend this book lots of stunning pictures of fish from Cameroon ATS aquashop does some really good books on South America catfish there bringing out new books on snake heads bristlenose catfish soon

@nabokovfan87 thanks 🙏🏻

Let me grab the directions to double check what is being done.... Alright so. Expel-p = levamisole is a one day treatment (24 hours) Then you move to paracleanse, which is your 2 doses over 5 days as directed on the box. For paracleanse: Day One - add meds Day three - add meds Day five - water change.

For anyone else following along here...I believe these are what they are referring to: 12 gal 75 gal

Ok i scavenged hornwort to make hornwort trees. I could not stand the blank space until the Aponogeton grows.

Isopods are shy as always, ive noticed lots of small bugs on a piece of wood in the enclosure, but im not sure if they are isopod babies,springtails,or immature fungus gnats, they are dark colored and cant fly or jump so im hoping isopod babies, Any other ideas what they could be? they are too small and fast to get a picture.

You get a bonus point 😀

Could be an abscess that's reputed I would keep treating with maracyn and salt give an update after you have finished the first course of maracyn

I think so. The LFS had them listed as just Dwarf Thomasi but they looked a lot like these pictures depending on the angle.

Hi, I'm looking at converting an existing tank I have into a cichlid tank or keep it as a community tank with some cichlids (depending on what seems to be best). The tank I have a 35 Gallon (36L x 12D x 18H). If I were to go with dwarf cichlids (I know I am limited to the dwarf species) realistically what or how many could I have in here? I'm thinking German Rams, Bolivian Rams, Apistogrammas, etc... I'd also be looking to have it nicely aquascaped to help facilitate this. I appreciate any help!

looks like an Xtreme fish foods large size container. (3.5oz krill flake, 18oz bottom wafers....)

I don't think they would directly harm your fish but my thought would be that there is some sort of nutrient overload happening far too quickly. I think these are things that show up in well seasoned tanks when there is a fair amount of detritus and build up to support them and if they are present before any fish are added, I'd worry about my water conditions going haywire once fish waste is added to the equation. Is your substrate, plants, or other decor from a previous set up? That could maybe explain their existence so quickly but even so, to have detritus worms so prevalent that you notice them before adding anything is a red flag imo.

Yea for sure, but I am super natural with all my freshwater tanks. Honestly, I just want a few clusters of really cool corals and then a few anemone. Once all seems well I plan to get some super cool looking clowns, as there a plenty of different bandings. Then will prob get a Peppermint Pistol Shrimp and maybe a Watcher Goby since they have a very symbiotic relationship I have read. I will check into WVreefer tonight and watch those...appreciate the shout!

On the contrary, in my opinion, rainbows are definitely an option. For one, there are many species of various sizes. Your 75g is plenty big enough (that is 120cm tank), even for the larger ones, but maybe not with all your current fish. In my experience, rainbows are fine as singles or pairs in mixed rainbow groups. If you are worried about them being too big for the tank, considering your current fish, you can look into the smaller species. see the article: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/top-10-rainbowfish. If you like the classic rainbow behavior and shape, the dwarf neon rainbows are great fish that only get ~3 inches long. Mine are very active and the males will "dance fight", but never physically hurt each other or bully each other to the point of detrimental stress. One consideration though, is that the dwarf neons and the larger rainbows are very fast, strong fish, and go crazy for food, so you would want to make sure that your other fish are getting enough to eat.

Well, I would like to say you are close but, I just got in 200+ live blackworms. Learned this trick on cultivation off, well you guessed it, YouTube. 😂 Fed a few stragglers to my angels and they went NUTS!

I have a very very similar stocking :) tbh most of your options are a no go Betta sororities almost never work and are too risky to attempt Most rainbow fish like bosemani need like 120cm length and current to swim against and you do not have that. Same for odessa barbs, longer the better and they are a bit too large if compared to neons. And they can be nippy. I do not have enough knowledge about angelfish. Your best option really is increasing the numbers of current school, especially corydoras, but pick the same variety, they don't really school amongst themselves. You could also increase the rummynose to like 15. I absolutely adored my harlequin rasboras. They were so much fun and active and can't recommend enough. Aren't your pearl gourami enough of a centerpiece colorful fish? I have had mine only for a while but they are fun

Very awesome tank. I look forward to the build. Looks like Santa came early for you guys. Merry Christmas.

Apologies. Yeah, everyone gets along just fine. I had a columnaris outbreak and almost took out half the population of the smaller species (Guppies, neon tetra, black neon tetra, rainbow shiners, etc.) but, I am assuming you were asking about the larger species (Blue gourami, pearl gourami, moonlight gourami, neon gourami, blood parrot, betta, etc). In that case, yeah, they got along just fine. Other than the blood parrot, none interact much with other species. He usually wants the first bite of any food I put in.

I could be wrong but I don't think these should be present in a 3 week old setup without any fish present. I don't have enough experience with these to give any good advice, I just think these are things you usually see in a very seasoned tank and would be worried if they were present in a new setup.

I wish I was as lucky with aquarium plants as I am with some of the terrestrial plants. This year's gardens were a mixed bag. The quick freeze we had this time last year, killed all of my potted trees, and the water feature outside my window did a little too well. The Horsetail left the stream bank and spread into the Blood Grass/Sedum bed. The birds added a few other tall grasses. The Peppermint blanket, barely visible in the picture is going to make a lot of tea this winter. The surviving 2" piece of Water Primrose that you can't see growing in the stream bed became a 8 sq. ft. blanket. These were both failed experiments to reduce algae in the pond and the aquariums. The Four-O'clocks in the last picture outdid themselves they grew to 3' tall for the first time, and crowded out the Hibiscus. My neighbor decided to cut down his contribution to what I call the green wall in the background. The Hummingbirds won't be happy, but it will be interesting to see what changes take place. Mind you, except for the Horsetail, I'm not complaining. Seeing how nature wants things to be is part of the fun.

Half full large substrate I will guess turtles.

I got mine from KP aquatics, no aiptasia where they have their tract. Also odd duck is right, you could re-seed dead rock with just 20% live rock. There are journals on nano-reef and r2r of tanks run with 0 filtration, high flow, and just live rock that show how easy it can be. Check out WVreefer's 12g and 75g tanks. My lil Nuvo 10 runs with just pillow floss and 30% natural sw changes bi-weekly, no dosing. Looking forward to following. Also, personal opinion, many different colored frags looks Disny World unnatural. 3 good corals types filling a tank looks awesome and natural.

@Shadow WOW! Those look awesome. Yeah . . . wet roots . . . not good . . . drat! I may DM you about that. Did anyone take you up on your shipping experiment with those Neocaridinas yet? Maybe there's a way to pack a couple in the box? Marmalade . . . all I can think of is this scene from Paddington . . .

15 hours later… Before fitting the easy flow kit, the bubbles simply came out of the elbows on the air riser tube and popped on the surface. There was no flow velocity carrying them. photo above taken with canister filter unplugged and hence no flow coming out of the spray bar.

A Christmas Story is my favorite. Hubby and I watch it and the sequels every year. I make finger foods and we snuggle in for the marathon. I also must admit to being a senior citizen child at heart. We still watch the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas cartoon (1966) I still enjoy the old stop motion animation Rudolf and Frosty etc. Of those The Year without a Santa Claus (1974) is my favorite. Hubby is always cold and I’m always hot. We giggle each year over us being the Miser brothers 🤣

My blanket recommendation is going to be George Farmer's Aquascaping: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planting, Styling, and Maintaining Beautiful Aquariums for the photos alone. It's also likely the most accessible out of my recommendations. The next book that's moderately accessible and I would recommend is The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium by Bernd Brunner. It took what I initially knew of the hobby's history in England to the hobby's history in the world. If you are interested in the history of fish in general, I highly suggest The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution by John Long and Discovering Fossil Fishes by John Maisey. I'm hugely sentimental to books on prehistoric life from the 90s and these are my two favorites on fish. A book on modern fish that I found very interesting was Fish Locomotion: An Eco-ethological Perspective by Paolo Domenici. They aren't the most accessible of books but they're amazing for learning about how far the nature in our homes has come as well as what's going on on the inside. There's another book (I believe in German??) that was a phenomenal reference for fish disease but the name isn't coming to me at the moment and I unfortunately do not own it. Of the books that are more difficult to get, you may be able to find some on thrift book sites or from libraries. I know the university that is near me has Domenici's book as that is how I had access to it.

Asian tank, fed repashy in powder form, enticed all the sewellia to go out, to eat, to chase each other and the garras. Nothing too vicisous, just chasing, sometimes sitting on one another. Garras will chase the sewellia back but like "tag you are it" The golden sewellia is the female I have since August I believe, rest are new crew

The key with treating for parasites is all in the timing. You want to hit the parasite at a vulnerable stage where it is susceptible to the drug plus hit it before it can complete its life cycle and make more parasites. The timing I recommend is designed around those ideas. I’ll post the entire plan and it has a condensed timing laid out at the end. This is about treating for the most common parasites. There is not a single or even a pair or trio of meds that can eliminate every fish parasite. They are too varied in their different species and metabolisms for that to happen. Different medications work differently in the water, in the fish’s body, and in the parasites body. This schedule is Lao condensed as much as possible to get the deworming done during a fairly normal quarantine period. If you are only concerned about Camallanus and other nematode type worms, then you can do only the Levamisole for 4 treatments and skip the Praziquantal. Deworming Siphon out debris from the bottom before and after dosing to remove any expelled worms, eggs, debris, etc. Levamisole is inactivated by organic debris and by light, so dose after lights out and black out the tank for 24 hours, remove organics via water changes and cleaning the bottom of debris as much as possible. It’s likely that levamisole does what it can do within the first hour, but best to follow directions precisely. If you have a bare bottom hospital tank available, it might be best and easiest to transfer the fish to that tank for the duration of treatment - up to 5 weeks total treatment time if doing 3 doses of praziquantal. Levamisole treatment should be weekly for 4 treatments. Praziquantal treatment should be every other week (at least) for 2-3 treatments and it is left in for a week at a time. It can be dosed the day after levamisole treatment. Remove any carbon or Purigen from filters before dosing. Have enough dechlorinated water to do a 50% water change immediately if any adverse symptoms are seen in the fish. A typical treatment regimen: 1. 50% water change with careful siphoning of debris from the bottom of the tank. 2. Dose with levamisole and black out the tank for 24 hours. Then 50% water change siphoning the entire bottom of the tank. 3. Dose with praziquantal directly after the second 50% WC. 4. One week later, 50% water change siphoning the bottom thoroughly. Dose with levamisole following directions in step 1-2. 5. One week later (start of week 3 of treatment), repeat all steps 1-4 over another 2 weeks time. 6. Repeat all steps 1-5, then do last WC one week later after third dose of praziquantal. Not all snails will tolerate treatments, so best to remove any snails in the tank. Condensed, weekly schedule: Week 1: siphon debris and do 50% water change, levamisole x 24 hrs, siphon. Treat with praziquantal and leave in until next week. Week 2: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon. Week 3: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon, then prazi. Week 4: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon. Week 5: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon, then prazi. Week 6: siphon.

I picked a lot of these at our local used bookstore back in the late 1990's - early 2000's. That was the last time I really paid attention to the evolving hobby. I've had tanks this whole time buuutttt let's just say they have been fixtures not projects. The groovy 70's booklet - "look honey, it's a fish tank!" I think I had her hairstyle once.... I also bought the original late 90's Walstad book in 2002. Hence my actual dirt from my yard tank. Also not pictured, Freshwater Tanks for Dummies (1997 dummies). My reading was all over the place but knowledge comes from everywhere. It's a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same. Technology and the fishes may have changed but don't over stock, don't overfeed, and do your water changes are still good rules to follow. Amano books I bought then too.

I don't know if it's the best, but it's full of amazing pictures and useful breeding information. Every page has at least one glossy picture on it depicting some aspect of breeding.

Let's see those antique tanks or cool aquarium books from back when we all had to read magazines and books to learn about the hobby! I found these at a book store while on vacation in Daytona and had to pick them up!

Nice, I kept a couple old Aquarium Fish Magazines lying around from back in the 90s but I recycled the rest. I am so glad that I kept by Baensch Aquari um Atlas Books even though I left the hobby for over 20 years. I would not give up the Internet for anything now. It is literally the single biggest advancement for my fishkeeping, and I have learned more in a year than the other 8 years with books and magazines. I was just remembering going to the library back in the day to find more material on a walk today - going through the microfiche looking for specific articles.

Old TFH magazines.