Tank Décor And Aquarium Driftwood
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Tank Décor And Aquarium Driftwood
Decorating your fish tank is just as important as any other aspect of aquarium life. To find the right things to decorate your tank with, take into consideration the décor of your room as well as the types of fish you will be housing. A piece of aquarium driftwood will make you tank shine and add depth to the whole setting.
Choosing Driftwood
Aquarium driftwood is not for all tanks. Aquarium driftwood is mainly for freshwater tanks. Some types of freshwater fish even like to have a snack on aquarium driftwood once in awhile. Aquarium driftwood is not for saltwater tanks or for reptiles. If you try to use it in a reptile tank, it could harm your pet.
You can easily find aquarium driftwood at your local pet store. As long as they sell aquarium supplies, they will usually sell aquarium driftwood. The next thing you will have to think about is the shape of aquarium driftwood that you want to buy. Driftwood comes in all shapes and sizes. What you need to consider when choosing driftwood is the size of the tank and the size of your fish. If you have smaller fish, you can buy a piece of driftwood with holes in it so they can swim through or hide if they feel like it. You can also get aquarium driftwood without holes for larger fish to swim around.
Other shapes that driftwood can come in are as skinny as branches to as thick as small logs. It all depends on how you want to decorate your tank. Make sure that if you choose a large piece that you will limit other plants and decorations. Overcrowding a tank with a lot of decorations will not make for happy fish. Make sure you fish will have enough room to swim, hide and be happy.
Warning
If you want to get aquarium driftwood, make sure you buy it from a store that sells if specifically for fish tanks and aquariums. These pieces are treated with chemicals that will make it withstand your tank. Do not ever use real driftwood that you find outdoors for your fish tank. This kind of driftwood will rot in your tank and could be harmful for your fish.
If you think that your tank will benefit from a great piece of aquarium driftwood, check out your local pet dealer to find great pieces of the driftwood that are not only functional, but beautiful as well.
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White hanging eggs (??) along two walls of my fish tank. Hundreds of them! What could they be?
I looked at my fishies today and noticed hundreds of little white "baggies" hanging from the sides of my tank at all water levels just "blowing in the breeze"; what in the world are they?! They are shaped just like this pirate hook ( http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.piratemerch.com/images/pirate_hook_58275.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.piratemerch.com/pirate-costumes-pirate-costume-accessories-c-58_50.html&usg=__Ea8u2GAGxuwNUIm3wcncuB7GvD8=&h=500&w=500&sz=16&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=yTgDgQo7oEJhwM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=142&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpirtate%2Bhook%2Bcostume%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26rlz%3D1I7ADFA_en%26biw%3D1003%26bih%3D577%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=522&ei=ONKHTMfDGoHCnAetm6iCDg&oei=ONKHTMfDGoHCnAetm6iCDg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=65&ty=93 ) in which the curved part of the actual hook is chopped off.
Sticking with the picture, imagine: the nub part is frayed at the bottom and loose in the water; the stick/hook portion is stuck onto the sides of my tank. Each is about the size of the end of a pencil lead, and there are hundreds of them: OMG!
The tank was just moved from home to my dorm on Aug 30th, so it is possible that something different is in the water here. I did travel with about 8gal of water or so from home, all the bacteria and wheel were preserved in water through trip, fish were transfered to hot-water-cleaned rubbermade container for transport and reintroduced to tank after it was back up and water running for about 5ish hours by being floated in baggies for about 20min.
I did have an ick-scare (treated 29days with Coppersafe and sponge filter by marineland). Ick scare means I treat preventatively now for three days with Jungle’s Ick Guard II 1xmonth (without carbon filter of course) bc I believe the parasites are in my water.
No signs of fish distress, etc; everyone is perfectly normal. One fished died in hospital tank due to long-lasting, unknown, internal infection/parasite/bacteria(??)… there was nothing more I could do.
***My fishtank, freshwater, tropical community:***
-15gal tall Eclipse System 150gal/hr filtration
-Access to sunlight, but not in direct sun at all (light is just bouncing off white walls lol). Hood’s lamp is used to light and heat tank during the day.
-Heated to a constant +/- 78-80*F by seperate heater always (lamp does so on its own).
-7 Zebra Danios (5F 2M I believe)
-2 Mystery Snails (1 F 1unknown)
-2 Dwarf Gouramis (both F)
-I think that we might have neamatoads (or whatever those little white worms are that come out at night) bc my mom’s tank (same set up and water supply) have them.
-Fish are fed any variety of Tetra’s Bettamin, Tetra Min Tropical Chrips/Granuals/FD Shrimp and Tetra FD Bloodworms & Tetra Algea Waffers.
-No live plants, etc. but tons and tons of fake plants and decorations including a new plant that cover 1/3 the tank’s surface.
-Tank floor is a mixture of sand, "pond rock"/larger stones, and gravel all from LFS and very very old sea shells that have been in our tanks for years.
-API Aquarium Salt is replaced 1xmonth in a small pet-co cup
Any comments or advice will be appreciated. …I’m trying not to worry. Thank you 
Sarahbeth
To make it clear: there are no parasites/etc on the fish… just whatever this is stuck to the walls of the tank.
Also, I don’t know the water’s quality but it was just changed this past weekend.
Thank you for your reply, Tracy. Could you please clarify this:
"More significantly, trying to kill a bunch of animals in your aquarium means you’re going to end up with lots of decay, and that means poor water quality. Imagine if you killed off a nest of rats with rat poison, but just left the bodies to rot. Bad. The correct approach here is to ignore the worms, and instead control their numbers so the population dies back over time."
Are you saying these things are worms? worm eggs? are you also saying don’t kill them –or that I killed something, like the ick??– and that instead just remove them with the PT method? also, so they’re harmless and sorta beneficial… should I just leave them? I don’t mind as long as the fish are gonna be okay.
Sorry for the confusion! Thanks!!
Sorry: nevermind Tracy. I understand what you are saying now. Thank you! Your comment makes sense
Just nature mopping up the mess you’re making. Like cockroaches in a kitchen.
These aren’t parasites. More significantly, trying to kill a bunch of animals in your aquarium means you’re going to end up with lots of decay, and that means poor water quality. Imagine if you killed off a nest of rats with rat poison, but just left the bodies to rot. Bad. The correct approach here is to ignore the worms, and instead control their numbers so the population dies back over time. How do you do that? By limiting the amount of food they get to eat. Feed in sensible amounts, don’t overstock your tanks, and remove uneaten food at once.
Again, they may be completely harmless, but I imagine you could wipe out quite a few by taking a quick swipe across the glass with a clean, plain white (one with no dyes/designs on it), paper towel. For those on top of the water, get another piece (or length) of paper toweling (just a bit longer than the tank is wide), grasp both ends and drag across the surface. That should pick up quite a few as well. Repeat as necessary
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