Remember when doing the “polyester” coverage over the powerhead discharge, that you want it to be like a balloon over the discharge… not tight fitting over the opening. The you will have to use a nylon tie or other method to secure it over the powerhead. The “balloon” will fill up with the […]
I do believe that you do have a small leak between where the suction pipe rises out of the water and the impeller/volute.
Try this: Go to your friendly hardware/home depot type store and go to the plumbing dept. and buy a Plumbing King thingee. What I am referring to is an attachment that […]
Growing up in Key West, we caught our own mollies at a salt pond that had an outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. Big (5″) colorful sailfin molly males and large females were plentiful then. We converted them slowly to fresh water with salt added. Never had any problems […]
Hi Rick,
I do not care for the looks of balloon mollies at all. To me, they look deformed and in pain. I cannot fathom why some human thought it would be a good idea to encourage this mollie type. They are sold where I buy most of my fish; I would rather the tank space […]
I remember growing up have a 10 gallon with a few mollies in it. This was 25-30 years ago and I knew very little about them. I went away to camp and came back to find that there was a bunch of fry in the tank and no salt in the water.
In recent […]
In a message dated 5/9/2008 6:11:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rick2646@comcast.net writes:
I went away to camp and came back to find that there was a bunch of fry in the tank and no salt in the water.
In recent years, I had a 30 gallon tank set up […]
OK…A couple of things about “my pond ideas” First, because I really LIKE my fish. (is it strange that a 55 year old is as enthused as a 14 year old??? I hope not!) I think Goldfish and Koi are beautiful creatures and very enjoyable to watch.
Since my cash flow is limited, […]
The only way I can imagine causing such a thing is having a relatively high pressure in your tapwater or very deep well water and performing a large water change wirectly from the tap/well. I regularly do weekly 50% changes straight from my tap and have never witnessed such a thing…
Keep […]
Hmmm…. the bubbles look sort of like that! They are on the fins, not the eyes, but the description of the disease says it can affect fins. They definitely look fluid or gas filled, not solid. The bubbles are not clear like in the picture, they are more opaque, but that doesn’t […]
I wish I could help, I don’t believe I’ve seen such a thing myself.
Could this be gas bubble disease? http://zebrafish.org/zirc/health/diseaseManual.php#Gas Bubble Disease
See if the picture in that link has any resemblance. Hopefully someone who knows more about this will chime in.
Giancarlo Podio, LMD