Recent content by Jaeroo

Excel would not have been the cause of your brothers algae. If you are trying to grow carpet plants quickly you need high light to reach them but high light in general means carbon addition since light controls the rate of photosynthesis, high light means faster photosynthesis which means you...

I wish a tank set-up could go this smoothly for me! It looks beautiful :D

Do you think I could use the diy carbon or excel to get things growing and then taper off of it? I just want to keep things less complicated. Also, when my brother tried excel, his tank was a green algae mess within a couple of days. I don't think I can handle it if that happens to my tank lol...

Hey thanks for replying. I was thinking about doing that but I don't want to risk an outbreak of algae. Plus, I don't have enough money for a proper co2 system. Unless I can just make a diy to get it going and then maybe it will keep growing after I take the co2 away?

So, my Monte' Carlo isn't growing. Figures I can't get an easy plant to grow. :banghead: I have a high light dirted tank. Parameters are okay so there's no problem there. It has grown a little horizontally and started lots of new 'vines' but it's just dormant now. I don't know what's going on...

Okay, I see what you mean. The betta isn't currently housed in that tank so I could stock it with something else. I would just like to know how to make one and what the best method would be.

So I've been throwing the idea around about making my aqueon evolve 4 (the tank is 3.7g to be exact) into a paludarium. Haven't really read about it too much so I am asking what the basic things you need to have in order for this to work. I would like to make this inexpensive because this is...

Update: The three of them are acting normal and have no discoloration or spots on them. They are super skittish because the tank is so empty and small. I've done a 50% wc and they seemed to perk up a bit more. My tank has been fallow for over a week and a half except for a ton of pond snails and...

Awesome tanks!

Lambchops are basically the 'mini me' of Harlequins as they are both rasboras so their requirements are pretty much the same (I have some myself and they are very pretty). They are just smaller and have black streaks that are lambchop-shaped. They are quick little fish, so they shouldn't be...

Currently working out columnaris in my lambchop rasboras. Luckily, I hadn't set up the 3.7g for my mom's betta yet or I would have had nothing to put them in. Definitely investing in a qt tank. (trying not to be off topic) Does anyone happen to know if they have 5g on sale for $1 a gallon? I...

Bandit, I'm able to get them, just not as soon as I would like because I would probably have to order it. Unfortunately, another lambchop passed away yesterday. After a few minutes of careful inspection, the rest of the lambchops look fine. No fungus or discolored spots. I'll probably keep them...

Welcome to the forum! Glad to see that you're planning ahead. I've never had bettas and rasboras in the same tank before and I think it will be fine, but you may be at the limit for stocking with what you planned to have, so just keep that in mind (as you may not be able to add anything else if...

She should try contacting one of the places the tank's been featured at, they might be more able to buy it.

+1 Dallas & Caleb. Spray painted mine black.