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I think I'm down to only one crayfish. I moved everything to a 40b to do some improvements to the 60 and the next morning I can't find the small pink one. I looked all around in the tank, all around the room?? Gone. Hopefully it's just hiding really good in a cave but I looked pretty good. So...

I also added a t8 poly cover so that I can vacuum my 24" deep tank without getting my hands wet at all. How did I seal the tube to the vac head, well as always I was in a hurry so I used a lighter to melt it to the vacuum head, ****lighters can and will blow up from prolonged use******* DONT USE...

I modified a normal gravel vac to work perfect with eco complete, I just now set up my first sand bottom so not sure how well it works but all I did was take a vacuum and cut the tube where you can hold it easy, then insert a piece of latex line or any other soft line that returns to shape with...

I think it's gorgeous, the inside is, the outside is stained too dark for me but the whole top appears to be one solid slab of cedar :) I'm going to use it now then maybe later I can refinish it with just clear to show of the natural colors. It had 4 casters that are now removed, only bad thing...

The pigs I have ,2 opaline gourami and 3 dwarf gourami, na no such thing as extra food, I'm pretty sure they would just eat till they burst. I'm thinking I need to easy up on the wc to try and get the levels up. I'm fine with how it is now I'm just worried it's going to crash.

Bigger water changes will help get my tank cycled even with the test showing almost nothing? I'm using RO so I'm not really adding nitrogen via typical method-being chlorinated (chloramines) treated by something in a bottle, any or most any nitrogen in my system is coming from fish food right.

Me too, I was hoping someone that actually knows would come tell us. I see a clear difference in 2 opaline gourami I have, is it youth/adult or male/female.

Api fresh. Maybe the nitrate is just too low to notice a clear color change.

? Not sure. My 60g has never shown any nitrite or nitrate I have only seen the ammonia up to less then .25, 5g wc weekly, the tank is almost 4 weeks with fish in it I think. My 30g was a train wreck, no reading or research just lfs advice, NO TEST KIT, tap water with chloramine, I'm sorry fish...

No one of the first things I read said carbon is almost only used to pull meds back out of the water, I have all the new carbon from all my filters ready for when I really do need them. My media configuration ended up as follows: First stage; stock white foam, Second; stock black foam, Third; I...

Just a couple, maybe I'll pull the algae just to see if my plants start to grow. A lilly is growing like a monster but the other couple just kinda sit there, not sure what type of plants.

I just picked up a ^ to get it started cycling it I hope, then use it in an upcoming swap. Does this thing really come with 2 media trays of carbon, it's freakin awesome it comes with 4 trays but carbon in half of them??? My plan is to use some xport bio stuff in one tray then polishing media in...

Anyone know a good divorce lawyer :) I just got home with a beautiful cedar lined chest from goodwill (60$) to setup my 40 breeder on to hold the fish from my 60g while I get the drain and stand figured out like I should have long before I put fish in it. I'll edit in a pic after I figure out...

Is that a male Gourami? The dorsal looks round like I seen when trying to sex mine.

I think I have created an algae filter on accident. For some reason the rapids c-80 hob canister was looking like a good investment so I got one. I changed a few things so it only has blue floss and fluval mechanical rings, I also swapped the lines for vinyl. The canister has been hanging on the...