Recent content by Anima

Ah, the worry was not needed, they were delivered at about 1:30 in the afternoon! I work from home now so I waited until they arrived to take my lunch break. I didn't have time to take pics during the unboxing because of the time constraints lol. It's disappointing because I would have liked...

Thanks for the welcome, already learning a lot! :thumb:

Thanks for your reply! The plants are supposed to be beginner/low tech: Cabomba and Bacopa, and there are some already existing Anubias. I didn't need to use ferts at all the first two years the tank was up, but now I'm running into the issue that the substrate is depleted and the tap water...

My very first 10 Pumpkin Orange shrimp (Neocaradina) are currently en route! Excited as I am, and with all the research I've done, I still have some questions. The first question I have is about feeding. It's my understanding that the shrimp will eat biofilm, algae, and detritus. Does...

Thank you! I've seen quite a few of your posts in the Inverts section, you seem very knowledgeable about them! My tank is definitely mature - it was started in 2017! Normally when I do a water change the sponges (one on the intake, one in the filter) just get a good rinse in the bucket o tank...

Greetings everyone! I've been in the aquarium hobby off and on for about 15 years. At one point in the distant past I had five tanks from 75-20 gal, full of African and S. American cichlids. After all those tanks' inhabitants died of old age I took a break from the hobby for many years...