Recent content by crockwood

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Yeah, I've seen it red just not like that.

I question whether that's a legit picture personally. I've read posts over on TPT by Tom Barr talking about people taking shots and adjusting them with photoshop. I'm not so sure Blyxa would turn that color. That's pretty much purple.

Yeah, the blyxa has actually yellowed a little over the last week while I was gone, but I have a feeling its due to lack of macros. I started dosing today so I'm looking for the tank to really green up this week.

The original plan was for me to start dosing ferts using the EI method that Sunday, but due to business and personal opportunity I left town for a week, leaving my Mom to just look over everything and feed the fish. When I returned I found a several stems floating. Some stuff was doing well...

It's been a while since I've posted an update here and quite a bit has changed. I've got the pressurized CO2 running utilizing a filter housing style reactor. It's been working wonderfully. Two weeks ago I made a huge plant order to get this thing planted for real and it showed up a two...

I finally have some serious plants in this thing. Still no job, but I have some sidework happening so I should be able to get the CO2 running and the ferts ordered this week. Thankfully. Petco was having a sale on plants and I just couldn't help myself. They had some really good looking swords...

Well if I had my choice, I'd have another tank to put the cichlids in. However, considering I've had to move back in to my parents house after losing my job and fiance, I'm not in the position to have another one. Really I'm lucky I can keep my 75 set up.

Ok, I'll get mom to have the guy email me the stock list. I really just don't want to do away with the whole planted idea. Non-planted tanks seem half finished to me.

What types would make it possible? I don't have all the information from the guy yet but I'm trying to figure out if I should tell mom to get more information or not.

Yeah, I absolutely love the new substrate. Just straight eco looks a lot cleaner than having the gravel mixed into it. I'm really aching to get more plants in there. Painting the back with the Valspar satin black latex made a HUGE difference too. The whole tank just looks cleaner and put...

So this weekend my mom came home to tell me that a guy she works with is breaking down one of his 4 massive tanks, which happens to be a cichlid tank. He's offered to give them to me if I want them, so they are taken care of well. I'm really really tempted as I think most cichlids are...

Everything is going awesome it seems. I think I avoided a cycle of any kind. The UV is helping keep the water super clear. The big issue is I have a friend of my moms offering to give me a whole troupe of cichlids for free. FREE. So I'm really really tempted to take him up on his offer, however...

Yeah, I have the Eheim shut-off connectors inline on my hoses. I basically just closed the ball valves before draining the tank so the filters were full the entire time. Granted it wasn't a constant cycle of fresh water so some of it might have died off but I think enough survived to keep any...

Then it was time for the tank to go on the stand. I tried to level the stand and tank as well as I could but since its on carpet, that's kind of difficult. I started the substrate by putting in some of the older eco-complete/gravel mixture I was previously using. It's got some of the old...