Recent content by BambooBen

I am planning to do a tank just like that. One of the aquarium mags at Petsmart about 2 months ago had a great article about how to get a carpet going and looks like the best is setting it up like a terrarium with almost no water. Cover the tank to keep humidity high and give it lots of light...

I have to say I'm pretty disappointed in this forum right now. I recently worked a job as a park naturalist in Northern Virginia and had only read bits about the snakehead before starting the job. The park was on the Potomac River and the snakehead population exploded over the few years I was...

I had to go out of time for 3 days and was worried about my tank so I ran to Petsmart just before leaving and picked up one of the auto feeders with a digital timer. Ran home and set it up and left. Came home 3 days later and checked the tank and realized the feeder hadn't run. I missed hitting...

Just use funiture grade plywood for top and sides. It doesnt have to be the super thick expensive stuff if u build the support frame inside out of strong 2x4 or better some 4x4 pieces like for the legs. There are a ton of other options for side materials though. Just walk around lowes or home...

Have u considered an automatic water change system. I'm planning a discus tank now and have been looking at YouTube vids and articles on DIY auto water change setups. Takes about as much setup and planning as a sump, but then it just runs itself and constantly refreshes the water instead of a...

I'm really interested in this light, but still trying to decide between the double bright and reef light. It would be for a freshwater tank with lots of plants. I really wish marineland would have just spent like $10 more for a better switching system so you could adjust lighting level and run...

WOW!! Check out this list from link above: http://jonahsaquarium.com/JonahSite/fishlist.htm I am going to have to figure out where to set up another tank as a native species tank. Some of those fish look almost as awesome as a mandarin

You guys are lucky. The nearest lfs with discus is about 2 hours drive and they only had a few. The shop in town here the first time I went in I asked how often they get in discus and both guys I had to show on my iPhone what a discus looked like. They said like "wow they look pretty cool."

I have seen some special scissors on websites but they were expensive. The cool thing though was they were like spring loaded to stay open. So after u clipped they would open on their own. Right now I am using some of the small completely metal scissors that u use for grooming. They are...

I've been meaning to get some for a while. They don't really contribute much to a tank's. bioload right? I ask because my coreys keep breeding and I'm worried about running out of room soon.

Please just remember before u get the turtle u are committing to up to 50 years of taking care of this animal. It isn't something u can keep for a couple of years, get tired of it, and then let it go in the wild. Even if it is a native species. I would buy the biggest filter u can afford. I...

I think the first one is going to be hard with the pic being from the top. The 2nd is either a young flounder or a tongue fish. I caught and kept a few tongue fish last year till the blue crabs ate them.

Just use imageshack.us and use the link the give u titled "forum". Copy and past link here

Yep. The males are actually blueish in light. Example: I've been looking but no lfs has ever heard of them (****, one shop had never heard of discus or that LEDs were being used to light tanks. and they are a pretty big shop). No online stores either from what I've seen.

Sorry, I read your post just after waking up this morning. I was actually looking for Asian rummynose. They are what I spent time googling.