Recent content by dcutl002

Hi CC!

Here is a 75 gallon Livebearer tank with mollies, platies, and guppies. The substrate is 1 inch (2.54 cm) Miracle Gro Organic Garden Soil mixed with peat moss and cow manure. The dirt is capped with 2 inches of pool filter sand. The plants are Swords, Dwarf Sags, rotala, octopus plant, and...

Sometimes I get soccer games over here "across the pond" on one of the cable sport channels. I believe the last game that I saw had Manchester United playing. But best of luck for your Rams!

Maybe pictures would help, but it sounds like you are putting enough fertilizer in. Are you injecting CO2? What are your “other” plants? As for cloudiness, I have found that leaving the tank alone and letting nature take its course usually works over time. Sometimes we “overfix” things.

@SugaBit , That stand looks pretty flush on the bottom, so it should be ok. As an added precaution, I would place the tank in a spot where it sits ACROSS the floor JOISTS and not running with the joists. The joists should be 16 inches apart, so you can achieve the most support that way. I...

@z3n I just had something weird happen last week. I keep Black Tetras, Serpae Tetras, and Silver Dollars in a 75 gallon tank and because of the Silver Dollars I keep fast-growing floating plants. Well, I noticed some baby fish swimming amongst my anacharis and hornwort and was puzzled how they...

@pettygil , what size tank do you have?

Try some cold water fish. White cloud mountain minnow, bloodfin tetra, rainbow shiner, pearl danio, rosy barb, ricefish, weather loach… these fish are hardy and do not really need a heater.

The kid could have just threw some marbles in thinking that they looked “cool”. My kids did the same thing. Otherwise, it looks okay to me.

Oh yeah...remove that algae! My question: did the Rasboras die due to temperatures or "overgassing" of CO2. As @Aiken Drum mentioned your pH is low (see chart). I inject CO2 according to the KH of the aquarium water. So, if my KH is 6.0 and my pH is 7.0, I am in the "safe" zone. Now, looking at...

No issues on my side of the Atlantic.

Hello and welcome to Aquarium Advice!

Well, as far as color that is pretty much a personal preference and mine is to use "natural" color gravel and sand. For the sand and gravel dilemma I would try to go somewhere in between: try to find something with a 2-3mm grain. Most of the gravel that I see in Petsmart has a huge grain that...

First off, I cannot positively ID what that is...but I think that it is some type of bacterial infection. I would try BettaFix and see if it helps...

Hello Moe and welcome to the forum. It will be interesting to see where you go in the hobby.