Recent content by artgalnj

I completely understand the whole "moving" thing. Same exact thing happened to me. We were moving into a new house, which took much longer to complete than expected. Thus why it took me so long to upgrade to a larger tank! I got my angelfish less than a year ago and they were quarter size when I...

I just wanted to jump in to give you a heads up on stocking. I have 3 angelfish also in a 20g tank. When they were given to me they were quarter-size. I knew I would eventually upgrade to a larger tank, but I put it off until about 3 weeks ago. These angelfish grew VERY quickly and now for the...

I just read an interesting article in Practical Fishkeeping magazine about dwarf gouramis. According to the article, some stores are choosing not to sell the fish because some of the imported fish seem to be carrying some type of virus. The magaizine states "in the case of gouramis the problem...

Yeah, I realized this. Originally, I didn't want to use anything from my 20 gallon, because I have snails in the 20g and I didn't want to transfer them into the 75g. Didn't matter anyway because with all of the plants in the new tank, the snails appeared and they seem to have withstood the...

Thank you kindly for your response! I've been giving it a decent shot of ammonia everyday, bringing the ammonia up to 3 ppm (perhaps even a tad higher than that). Today I didn't dose as much ammonia, so I'll see if I drop in 12 hours. But I had a feeling I was okay. Once I added filter media...

Hello, I'm new to the forum, but I've been lurking around here for quite some time. I've been in the hobby for 3 years now and I just started my second tank. I have a question regarding fishless cycle and I can't seem to get a solid answer. The new tank is planted w/ various sword and crypt...