Recent content by Chess46

I've done some reading on the symptoms..could this possibly be columnaris? I do have some stuff on hand to treat this if it's possibly that.

Hey everyone, The past two days I have noticed a white looking film on two of my angel fish. They are all acting very normal and eating like pigs but I can seem to figure out what this is. It's mostly around the head area. They are eating nls cichlid and spirulinna flake food twice a day. I do...

Thank you so much everyone. I finally have it where I'm happy with it after going back and forth between fake and live plants, sand and gravel and 3 different sets of driftwood.

Thank you so much. That makes me feel better about the water changes.

I accidentally posted the thread before I was finished with it. Pics should be up now.

Okay, so I have finally finished the switch in my 80g African cichlid tank to a planted tank for discus. I currently have 5 Bolivian rams, a school of tetras and a couple cories in the tank. I'm thinking of adding some rummynose tetras and maybe a few snails. I currently have one heater and a...

I'm using 2 40 something watt t5's they aren't HO

I will look into the flora max. And I'll change to pea sized gravel as well. Do you use co2?

Mohican, they are planted. What type of sub did you mix? I also bought some flourish tabs. Should I use those?

Oops..1wpg 80 watts total

I'm using low lighting. Just over 80wpg

How often are you changing them? And are you using the same recipe in both bottles?

Mine has very very tiny slits but I will figure something out. Thank you very much. Are you currently using DIY?

Also, do you add the yeast with the water still warm/hot or do you cool it to room temp first?

That website would be great. I do have a canister filter but how do I run it into the intake? I'm just using this method to hold me over until I get the real version. Thank you so much