Recent content by DirtyTankMan

Would it still be considered Iwagumi? I will be trading fish tanks with my brother soon 45g for his 55 and I was wondering what it would take to scape it Iwagumi style. Does anyone have any good sources or rocks? Will the typical Iwagumi plants be feasible for a larger tank? I do not want to...

It was a fully grown Dempsey, a few smaller (but still big) ones, and a 9 inch Pleco that all died. He had had all of them since they were small so needless to say I was in deep trouble... And the tank was much more secure from then on :D

When I was little a poured a half gallon of whole milk in my dad's 45g (my main tank now). All of his JD's died...

Up until now I have been a strictly planted tank kind of guy, but I am thinking about starting a nano saltwater tank. Before I go asking a bunch of questions I just want to know of good reads that can get me knowing the basics of what I will need.

I am looking into dry ferts for my high light and co2 injected 45g planted tank. I will most likely be going with green leaf aquarium ferts but I have a few questions first. I see they sell some ferts that are not in their fert package, are any of these required/better? If so why/how? Is it...

Which pets plus is that? I get annoyed by all their mixed breeds with confusing names :D and depending in the store their labels can be quite off... On a side note, any opinions of the q-mart pet store? Saw some interesting fish there (all in ten gallons) and got some cories I have never heard...

Nope, that would be pets plus "naturals". They have a good amount of monster fish but are kind of overpriced..

Got the fluorite and it is finally all cleared up, planted the sword to see how it is and it is so much better that having to dig through the gravel.

Just put some new fluorite in my tank and it is super cloudy. Should I let it all settle or should I run my filter?

Scooping out the dirt an gravel tomorrow... Wish I had a clothespin or my nose..

Maybe not... But it will be soon :) I decided to tear down my 45g dirt tank and redo it with some flourite+laterite :)

Yeah I do... I always end up with the leftovers from my family's terrible tanks.. The rummys school with the neons usually and the rasboras and phantoms stick together. I want to set the skirts up in a different tank and then get six of each school and maybe one or two more rainbows. (I will...

I have a 45 gallon tank with the following fish 3 bosemani Rainbowfish 6 neon tetras 2 black skirt tetras 2 rummys 2 harlequin rasboras 2 black phantom tetras 6 corys 2 ottos I have a Rena xp3 filter that had 350 gph (more like 300 now)

Would there be any benefit in soaking new fluorite in enough water to cover it mixed with a high concentration of fertilizer? Would it absorb anything? And if so would it all release as soon as you flooded the tank?

Have a few questions in regard to flourite and laterite. Is it best to leave the laterite on the bottom or mix it into the laterite? Would there be any benefit to letting the substrate sit in shallow water and multiple doses of ferts? How light(weight) is the flourite? Will it settle quicker...