Recent content by diogenes

I have a pair of Archocentrus centrarchus. They bred 4 days ago. They're much more aggressive. They killed two platy's and the female even nipped me when I put my hand in the tank to pull some java moss off the filter inlet. There's been a dramatic color change, and they've moved the eggs to a...

Hello all, I am going to toss my eclipse 3 hood so I can upgrade to better lights for a planted tank. I was curious what kind of filtration system you guys would recommend. I was thinking about a HOB filter, but I'm worried that the inflow tube won't reach the deeper parts of my tank. I am...

I purchased a marineland eclipse 3 37g tank a while back, and I'm planning on making some changes. The lights on the hood/filter aren't very good, and I wanted to ditch the whole setup in favor of a different setup. I was thinking of replacing the eclipse 3 system with a HOB Emperor 400...

actually I don't think it's a requirement. That particular contest judges the layout of the tank, not the stock. Tanks with fish usually win though. I've seen some pretty creative entries on there. The coolest one I've seen was a "polluted" tank. He had like aluminum cans and other junk in...

great! you should enter this in Tank of the Month (TOTM). March 08 TOTM - Vote Now! - Page 5 - MonsterFishKeepers.com

Alright dude. Believe what you like. Don't say you weren't warned.

yeah, I'm no expert, but I know more about P's than your average joe, and I promise you they're not lungfish. That fish so much as gets dry and he's gonna die. They are extremely hardy and live in pools that amount to little more than mudholes during the dry season in the amazon, but they have...

no I'm afraid that's simply not true... you leave that P out of the water for an hour and you've got sushi...

Okay. I faced this dilemma previously when transporting a Serrasalmus Marginatus (spotted piranha). Some LFSs have like a lined box. It's cardboard on the outside, but lined and water proof on the inside. You fill it with tank water, and then seal it. You could try and get that. If not, I...

I am about to have a 37g tank available and I would like do to a west african biotope. I was thinking of doing kribs, or jewels, african one line or congo tetras, possible some upside down cats, and an african butterfly fish for the top of the water column. Also I've recently developed an...

money that you make on fish? I hope you don't mean by selling convicts? The aquaria of the world are overpopulated with Arthocentrus nigrofasciatus. You'll be lucky if you can get rid of the fry without having to pay someone to take them. Although my pirembeba finds them quite tasty if you...

yep 55 minimum for a single JD. You could get a pleco but be warned common pleco gets much too large for a 29. Check out the BN's.

Ok took some pics... he was out and about today. There were a few cory cats in the tank I couldn't get out (too many hiding places for me and a net), and apparently biting one in half put a little spring in his step...

I've named him Cthulhu. He's a spotted piranha. I haven't been able to take pictures of him. He's still hiding. When we tried to bag him at the store he bit through the first bag! On the second try we triple bagged him, put a brown paper sac around the bag, and the lfs guys gave him some...

A friend of mine who is a long time aquarist recently made the prediction that with-in a year I would be researching marine fish. At the time I told him he didn't know what he was talking about. Why would I want to mess with salt, sand, hydrometers, live rock, and all that expense. I thought...