Recent content by heemskn

Need some help. I have a 29 gallon planted tank with a cheap 265 gph cannister filter, T5 lighting, no CO2 (at the moment). The tank has been going steady for about 5 years with monthly water changes and cleaning filter media 4 times per year. It has mainly native fish; a small blue spotted...

This one is clearly male. I finally managed to find and buy some females and they have almost no color, and certainly no bright red.

light colored kenyi Just to be sure, please let me know if you think this Kenyi looks OK. She is active and eating but is much lighter colored then the other two. The flash of the camera brought out some more blue, but in real life she is a bit milky or pale, not bright blue with dark, almost...

cheap 30" light from ebay - topdog I got this light: 30" T5 HO Aquarium Light Freshwater Plant 96W 4x 6700K from "topdogsellers" on ebay . (30" T5 HO Aquarium Light Freshwater Plant 96W 4x 6700K - eBay (item 110523735020 end time May-23-10 10:16:15 PDT)) This is my first "real" light (if you...

I turned off the heater, upped the salt and did a water change, but it did not add medicine yet. I think I may have dodged the bullet with the columnaris. The sick looking Kenyi, and both auratus have disappeared without a trace. Into my turtle I presume. But all the other fish seem happy and...

I bought my first ever canister filter (cheap SunSun 302) for a 29 planted that I want to set up. I have a an established 55g turtle/cichlid tank with sump and a DIY wet/dry filter. Can I get a headstart on cycling the new tank by running the new canister on the turtle tank for a while (in...

Thanks for the advice. I can't find the sick cichlid anymore, and I suspect/hope that the turtle took care of him. I will increase the amount of salt in the tank. Should I also treat the whole tank with an anti-biotic as a precaution? If so, what would you recommend for small (about 1...

I am cheap and I could not find anything reasoably in 30" at bigal's so I ordered the no-brand light from TopDog on ebay. I will let you know how it works out.

I bought 9 random African cichlids from the "assorted" variety at walmart, petco and petsmart (in 3 batches). Except for one individual they seem to be doing well in my 55 gallon tank which they share with a mississippi map turtle, 2 cherry barbs, a danio, a black neon tetra, and two Siamese...

cheap 30" light Lance, I also have a 29 gallon which is 30" long and I have been eyeing this light for a while: 30" T5 HO Aquarium Light Freshwater Plant 96W 4x 6700K - eBay (item 110523735020 end time May-23-10 10:16:15 PDT) It seems almost too good to be true, but it is one of the few...

I had a 10 gallon with a HOB filter, no substrate where I kept fish and plants before they go into one of the other tanks. It was set up about 5 weeks ago with filter material from another tank and seemed cycled. It had 2 mollies, 2 little platies and 3 ghost shrimp and 6 bunches of simple low...

They were freaked out for the first couple of days, and swam nervously and in a tight group. Now they are more spread out and more or less ignore the turtle. They just do a little spurt to stay out of his reach if he gets within 2 inches or so. Turtle is very active searching for food all day...

No, I never thought of crushing the food, since the danios mollies and gouramies that I had previously always ripped right into it, cutting it to size themselves. I will try that today. What is a good live food for picky tetras?

I have a 55 gal with a turtle and a shoal of black neon tetras. And a single danio who has decided he wants to be a tetra and has joined the shoal. Problem: the turtle is very active and gets all the food before the tetra's get any. Even if I occupy the turtle with some lettuce at one end of the...

OK, OK, I guess I should have read up on that before posting. Thanks for clearing that up though. :)