Recent content by blsnelling

I shut everything off for a few minutes last night, and it did all start settling. I was concerned that maybe I had a bacterial bloom or something else going on. I like a heavily stocked tank. If this is just a result of that, so be it. I'll just live with it. I made another vid to give...

My tank has been fully cycled for months. All fish are healthy. However, I've had these white particulates in the water for a few months now. It's never worse than this, and never goes away. Yesterday, I vacuumed the gravel and cleaned both filters. I did two 50% water changes. It's no better...

I've seeded the tank and am dosing up the Ammonia. I bought the Ammonia from Ace. In this pic you will see a bag of gravel from our existing tank, as well as an old filter. I've since removed the blue filter media from the filter, and placed it and the bag of gravel directly into the new Eheim...

My first Cichlid! It's a beautiful little female Black Convict. She's only about 1 1/2" long. Look at the beautiful colors in the fins!

Anyone know where to purchase a Rotkeil? I've been looking and coming up empty.

Thanks. The wall color was a compromise with my 14 year old daughter. She's very creative. I'm going to let her paint a "mural" on the wall. She wants to paint a diver and numerous fish.

Here are some shots of the plumbing. I will be drilling an air vent in the top of the return line. When I want to drain from the tank, I'll simply plug that hole so that I won't loose siphon when it gets below that level.

I made great progress today. I had the day off and put it to good use. The wall is painted. I also shot the back of the tank black. The tank plumbing is mostly done. Tomorrow I will paint the pipes that are inside the tank and hopefully get the drain line run. I'll also be running a supply...

Thanks for the input. I'll research your suggestions.

What are your thoughts on the following? 1 male Rotkeil Severum 1 male Golden Severum 1 male Firemouth Cichlid 1 male Blue Acara 1 male Red Spotted Severum 5-6 Silver Dollars 10-12 Congo Tetras 10-12 Juli Cories

Thanks guys.

Last night I discovered a fabulous South American Cichlid, the Rotkeil Severum. I also like the Firemouth and Acaras Cichlids. Any advice recommendations on those?

I stopped by the LFS on the way home from work this evening, and I'm more confused than ever. As much as I love those little German Blue Rams, at 2 1/2", they're just too small to be the centerpiece fish I'm looking for. Am I going to have to do a South American tank with no schoolers to get...

Here's our Angel Fish.

I'm currently working on setting up a new 90G tank. We currently have a 20G that's been up and running great for probably a year. We knew little to nothing about fish and have it seriously over stocked. Despite that fact, the fish and tank do amazingly well. As I set up this new tank, I'm...