Recent content by Jmrwiggly

Hi All, I'm in need for a new canopy. I've been on amazon can't find the right size. I bought the tank used I figured it would be easy finding a new one I was wrong. The tank is a 75g 48"L x18''W with center brace. The measurements of the lip for the glass to sit on is 22.18" x 16.5" All the...

I heard that using RO water will stop diatoms. Well I've been using RO for at least 2 yrs but I still got the diatoms. My well water's ph and nitrate is off the chart. You said otocinclus eat diatoms, boy do they ever. 9 of them cleaned my 75g in less than 2 days. Now I'm nervous they don't have...

I need some advice on getting rid of brown algae or should I say diatom if I spelled it right. I've had my tank almost 4yrs without having this stuff. I was told to have good water movement. I have a canister filter with the discharge at one end of the tank pointing to the other end. I also have...

Hi All, I'm having a problem with my Gold Doubloon Mollies pulling the leaves off of my Rotala Nanjensh and Hornwort. I've also been finding leaves floating around from my Moneywort. What I want to know is. Would algae wafers help to keep them from attacking the plants? I have too much money...

Hi All, I have a pair of anglefish for about a year now. Lately the male is bullying the female. She stays in a corner of the tank at the water surface. They are in a 75gal tank. I bought them because they stayed together at the LFS I know they are aggressive. I was thinking they won't fight...

Yes, I have 2 nerite snails. I never gave it a thought that the spots were eggs.

black algae I should've did this on the first post. These are the only 2 pieces of wood that have what I think is bba the other 6 pieces don't have it. All the wood have the white spots. I didn't have this problem until I added the replenish. I hope I inserted the pics right?

Yes it has fish in it. The tank has been setup for about 2 1/2 yrs. The last 6 months or so I've been using ro water.

Hi All, I have well water with very high ph and nitrate. So I've been using ro water for along time now. My plants started to look bad. I was told I needed to add nutrients to the water so I used seachem replenish. Now all my driftwood has white spots on it and I now have black fuzzy...

Ok, now I'm lost and how do I do that?

Hi all, I have a 75g freshwater that is well planted (about 30). 9 various tetras, 4 corys, 2 netrite snails and 1 fiddler crab. My problem is the plants seem to be dieing and I lost 3 fish in the last 2 wks. Ammonia is 0 ppm, nitrite 0 ppm, nitrate 40 ppm. ph is 7.4. I live in the country and...

My tank is 75g and well planted. I had to removed about 20 plants so we could see the fish better. There still is around 20-30 plants left. There is a total of 31 fish. 4 types of tetras, oto cats, candy stripe pleco, cory cat and 2 fiddler crabs. We don't have any place for another tank.

Hi all, I have well water that has high ph and nitrate. I'm tired of fighting with this problem. My question is can I use purified water or would I be better off using chlorinated water and dosing it with seachem prime? John

Hi, I have a well planted 75g tank which makes it slightly hard to vacuum. I have 2 fiddler crabs, various tetras, a candy stripe and a cory cat. I want to get some nerite snails but worry that the crabs will make a lunch out of them. My water has no salt, I know the crabs are brackish but they...

Thanks for all the info. I don't have the extra $ to setup another tank. This is my plan of attack. I lowered the water level about 5 " this allowed some of my driftwood to be out of the water. The crabs found that out real fast :) Next I have a small 2.5g plastic tank that i plan on cutting the...