Recent content by mattman0182

I have two young bristlenose plecos and an african clawed frog. Water is not perfectly clear though because of decayed plant mater. Needless to say I am done with real plants in aquariums. :/

I have a 29 gallon aquarium with an aquaclear 30 filter on the left side. I was thinking about adding a second of the same size on the right side. would this be too much? Seems like the one I have now is working really hard.

I have a 29 gallon with sand substrate. it has a couple decorations, a driftwood, amd a small plant. All I have living in there right now is a 6 year old female african clawed frog. I used to also have a pike cichlid and bristlenose pleco, but an apparent amonia spike caused by my brothers...

Thanks for the advice. Ill go ahead and get an AC for the new tank as well. :) My current filter has the basic setup. I have one sponge, one carbon, and one bio. I have the adult frog in there but soon to be bristlenose pleco hopefully. the new smaller tank will have albino frog for now...

I have a 3 year old African clawed frog in my 29g tank. I have had fish before, but they either attack him, or he eats them. Oddly enough, I had a young pike cichlid for a while and they got along for some reason. I want to get a bristlenose pleco, but I am wondering if there is anything else...

I just acquired a 20 gallon tank with one of those simple filters they usually come with. I have an aquaclear filter on my 29g and I love it. It is quiet, but does an excellent job of keeping the water clean. It's rated for 30 gallons. I wanted to get 30 gallon filter for this new tank...

I have not posted in a while, had a lot going on, including the death of all my fish after a water change. :/ Still have the African Clawed frog though, which brings up my question. I was thinking about getting an albino to put in there with him. I have a 29 gallon long and my ACF is my only...

The goldy was in the tank about 2 weeks before the BN's demised. A week or more before that I went from rocks to sand substrate. The Pike Cichlid (still not sure it may be a dwarf.) would sometimes nip at the fins of the goldy if it got too close. One thing I noticed was that the goldfish...

I dont know what happened. I came home today and he was dead. Everyone else seems to be ok. The water is cloudy. MY dad got my lil bro one of those carnival goldfish, you guys will kill me, but I put him in with my own fish. I wonder if this had something to do with it. I am really sad now I...

I may go to the LFS store today (If I have money) and get Java Fern. I also want to get sand to swap out with the gravel. Things are very tight at the moment financialy though so I may not get anything. I post on here what I decide to go with as well as pics when I get done! P.S. If I...

I wanted a better filter than the one that came with the tank kit, so I went to my LFS to look at better ones. They had Tetra Whisper systems and Aquaclear systems. The employee suggested I go for the aquaclear. I have had it for over a month and like it so far, but how fast should I have the...

Thanks for all the replies. The sand I was looking at was a green colored sand. I am not sure of the brand. If this seems like a bad idea I will go with the PFS. I need to figure out the best way to do the swap without killing the fish. I was thinking about manually removing the water and...

I currently have gravel and was thinking about going to sand. The people at the LFS advised against me getting sand in a freshwater tank. I was told it would mess up the chemical composition of the tank and be very hard to take care of. Is it a good idea to go to sand? If so, what is the...

Not sure on the spectrum at all. During the day I would leave the light on, but off in the evening since the tank is in my room. I turn the tank lite off first..then I turn the light off in my room when I go to bed. This kind of simulates an evening to night transition in the tank. I will...

I started a thread several days ago about how all of my plants died. Most people I talk with seem to think it is a lighting problem. I have a standard 24" 18W aquarium bulb in my 29 gal tank. I could either get a light specially designed for aqua plants, but how will that affect my fish...