Recent content by johnanthony74

I am still new to the fish hobby here, and so i went and bought my girlfriend a 55 gallon tank aswell. Fishless cycled it and all is well. she bought a guarmi or however you spell it but i would like to know what else she can put with the little guy to fill the tank somewhat. seems like 55...

i have a established cycled cichlid tank (south american) i would like to change my substrate from rock to sand, what i would like to know is it safe to just change it ??? or how long should i wait ... right now in there i have a electric blue JD, a Yellow Lab, a convict and a firemouth... oh...

well from what i have been reading and told by others, i to have a 55 gall tank and made it planted. you want atleasst 1 watt per gallon. i had to go to petsmart and purchase a t5 ho light ballast and bulbs. needless to say in a few days i see a difference in my plants and also in my tank...

from what i have learned in my short time in tanks, i had a amonia spike so i added ammo lock, it clouded my tank like a champ took 2 weeks to fully clear up. it is the addative (chemicals) that made it cloudy. after that i did pwc daily and that cleared it right up and my ammonia levels came...

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well what do you think....cause i am not sure how much planting i should do considering my fish will get alot bigger.... and of course now i have enough light in my planted tank.....

well what do you think....cause i am not sure how much planting i should do considering my fish will get alot bigger.... and of course now i have enough light in my planted tank.....

its ok i have more then enough lighting now as i picked up a new t5 ballast for 50 bucks and the 2 bulbs for 30 bucks.... wowsers and all brand new... petsmart is marking down the GLO line by hagen as they are coming with a new package design and are just unloading all the old packaged items...

talking to a few members on here about lighting for a planted tank.... i happened to go into pet smart and long behold they are having a clearence sale on all lights and bulbs. i picked up a NEW T5 fixture with bulbs for 75 cdn dollars. wowsers... the ballast alone had a tag on it for 189.99...

Hi all i am fromm the niagara region and well i haven't been to a big al's as of yet. I usually go to a couple a local fish stores that treat me great. I am planning onn checcking out big als tho to see what its all about and from what i have been reading skip hamilton and drive right on up...

well i have been reading and well if i don't get enough natural sunlight then my plants will not really thrive in this tank. so i went to petsmart just to take a gander and they had the flora glo bulbs (cdn funds) from 22.97 marked down to 4.97. so i thought meh this is what i need.... they...

my 20 gallon went all milky looking i freaked especially being new to fish... i ran water tests and levels were fine, i did pwc daily for a week then it was cleared all up...

well here we go, i added some more freshwater plants and the fish seem to be loving them aswell as i do. here are some pics as to what i have done. pls offer any and all advice.

well as for now i have the 55 gallon coming with heater, thermo, and filter all the stuff you listed but the sand. also i think i would go all out and do a reef tank if i do go the salty route. do i need a diff style of filter for a salty tank???

ok here is the deal i have a 20 gallon freshwater sitting empty ( no fish anyways) water is cycled and done. i have a 55 gallon coming soon. My girlfriend loves the colours of the salties and loves the look of the salties. I am new at tanks and fish, should i try to do a saltwater tank??? if...