Recent content by jddeal

I do not use any soap, I only used my tap water. The tank has been established for about three months now. I've only noticed this algae since the purchase of Eco Complete Substrate and my wisteria and amazon sword from a seller on AquaBid. Two weeks ago I started using Flourish but the problem...

For the past month or so, I've been constantly battling this green hairlike algae. At first it was just occasionally showing up on a leaf, but it got to the point of getting on the walls and completely covering large leaves on my Amazon Sword and Wisteria. Not sure what to do, and finding that...

I'm going to assume the packaging is similar to the last seller I went through which was inflated air tight pockets with the plants and some moisture inside. I did think that was a bit over the top but was also my first experience buying from someone other then a store. Those were shipping for...

I have four plants that were sent out of Arizona (I believe) from a seller on Aquabid. A couple Amazon Sword, wisteria, and Alternanthera reineckii. As of Wednesday I was given the confirmation that it was delivered for shipping through USPS. They did use priority mail but that can be 2-3 days...

Aye, I'm having a bit of difficulty finding a higher (5k+) kelvin rating for a bulb that would fit at 15-20 watts. I was hoping there were 15-20watt u shaped CFL bulbs instead of the spirals but I might just have to settle on spirals. Although I hope to find a higher wattage bulb, right now I...

I'm curious what the best CFL solution is for using the stock hood. I'm in the position that I have the stock hood with two 10 watt u shaped CFL screw in bulbs over my 10 gallon but I would much rather find a bulb that fits that, with two, could push closer to 30 or 40 total watts. Living in on...

Alright, I read the replies earlier today and also was surprised to find my new bag of EC already at my door (two day shipping, who woulda thought). I decided to go with the understanding that I had something out of balance with a complete lack of any real plant and went for more or less a...

I never thought of it that way, not having plants to counter act the algae. In that case, I have plenty on the way and I plan to buy some Java Fern from my lfs around the same time. I have heard plenty against the test strips, I didn't know about it at the time so once they run out I'll probably...

Typically I change out about 2 liters every 3-4 days. I feed my betta either a single pellet or 2-3 bloodworms each night and occasionally drop in a slice of cucumber for the pleco and betta. I have 20 watts cfl over the 10 gallon tank on around 10 hours a day. The last three days I've left it...

So on Thursday or Friday I'll be receiving Eco Complete and some real plants to replace my currently 100% fake decorations and standard gravel aquarium. When I go to change out the substrate, remove the fake decos, and add the plants/rocks, should I completely drain the aquarium, clean it...

So by Sunday I'm hoping to finalize my purchases for plants and substrate to have shipped to my apartment. This will give me some great fun for later next week or weekend to redo my completely fake tank. I'm all set on plants, but I'm still at a cross roads with a substrate. My problem is that...

I'm shooting for the black substrate look so just using Eco complete would be great. Two questions about it: Ive never understood its size, is it closer to a sand or gravel? Down the line when the Eco has its nutrients depleted, can I just rinse it out, reuse it, and then toss in some sort of...

So I'm about a week or two out from revamping my 10g into a planted tank and I'm all sorts of hung up on a substrate. I'm a little tight on cash so I want to just get this right the first time. Right now I have the standard aquarium gravel. I find its too large for my clown pleco and adf so I'd...

I've revised my three plant list hopefully towards a less demanding and difficult trio: Amazon sword (background) Golden moneywort (mid/background) Dwarf hairgrass (mid/foreground) I definitely don't want to create a complete carpet of hairgrass, but instead more like 1/3 of the tank with a...

In regards to the setup, I haven't purchased any of the new plants or sand/substrate yet. Is there a carpet like plant I could purchase similar to the baby tears then? I really like the look of the small short clover as a carpet.