Recent content by Bert B

Hi Shirley, yes that is fine. The sand i found in Sparks, nevada at a swimming pool supply store and it is swimming pool filter sand and the identification on it is "MESH #20 " what ever that means. whats nice about the sand is that it is only a littly dusty when I rinsed it and it not only...

Hi Shirley, I have african cichlids most of which were born in my tank. I started with 12 africans & 4 synodonnis and started having babies EVERYWHERE. I donated many of them to JANS tropical fish in carson City and i have 38 africans, 3/4 of my fish are bright blue and the rest are bright...

The BEST sand to use is swimming pool filter sand ( PFS ) the correct sand rating is as follows, "MESH # 20 " it does NOT cloud the water, it does not drift through the water. if you pick it up and hold it at the top of your water & drop it, it falls quickly to the bottom and will NOT stay...

I think that some gravels have a lot of fine dust particles that end up in your water suspended each time the gravel is disturbed. When i set my tank up with the move to the new house, i decided to use 100 % pool filter sand # mesh 20, never clouds water and easy to vac, just need to skim...

Hi maltimomma what kinds of fish do you have & size of aquarium ? I THINK YOU POSTED A QUESTION IN THE FORUM HERE, HERE IS YOUR QUESTION >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have questions about Aqueon/Python water changer. I'm looking a buying a water changer on Ebay. The seller...

here in the Desert the summer is hot and even with A/C on it keeps the temp around 81. it cools off slowly at night to about 79 but my Africans are used to it & thrive. I add frozen bottles of water & on days the a/c is turned off, i open the window next to the tank. the tank is off to the side...

Thank you !!

Thanks, I am happy I finally got it up and running, now the fun begins with choosing my Africans. more pictures to come later. Bert

Thanks !! it will get better as time goes on, stay tuned !!!

Thanks, The tank sat empty for a couple of months while I decided what I wanted to do with it since we bought this home and don't have to move like we did in the rental we had for 5 years. The Africans sure add some color to the tank and the sand, well, I am VERY PLEASED with the way it looks...

Here are a few more pictures

I have finally restarted my 100 Gallon F/W tank after moving into our NEW home and although this tank has been with us for 20 years, it is the first time for African Cichlids. I aquascaped/Rockscaped the tank with 130 LBS of pool filter sand # 20 mesh and took my time deciding on the rockscape...

OK, I have Re started & rockscaped my 100 Gallon for African Cichlids, I used 130 LBS of pool filter sand and my tank has been running now for almost 1 month. I took a few pictures tonight and please let me know what you think ! Bert

That might be a disaster for acrylic

what kind of oil ? cooking or spray ? your tank is acrylic isn't it ? how is the oil working ?