Recent content by nicktrubilla

Haha yeah my fault, I read like two replies and then wrote my comment. I assumed everyone else had the same opinion. Anyway, keep us posted. I'm sure everything's gravy.

Okay, but what's the best way to clean it..

How should I clean the filter media in my HOB Top Fin 20 Powerfilter? My water is a little cloudy and I think it's because my HOB isn't circulating water too well due to detritus buildup. I've only changed the media once by letting a spare sit in the filter to build bacteria. What's the best...

I disagree! This is only my amateur opinion, but your bacteria just might be fine. When Hurrican Sandy knocked out my power for 12 days, I kept my fish alive by heating up water in my fire place and doing hot water changes. Power comes on, every day for the next week I check my params. No...

The clown pleco seems fine. It's a very small specimen and although I'd like to give all my fish as much room as possible, I can't upgrade to a bigger tank at this time. Rams look interesting but I heard they are very intolerant of Nitrates which can accumulate quicker in a smaller tank like...

I took an interest in those before, but it is to my knowledge that they could be aggressive as well? I'm a little wary of "peaceful" fish that turn out semi-aggressive. That's what happened with this gourami. His attitude took a drastic turn towards a douche bag personality. Am I wrong about...

I have a 20g tall with a dwarf gourami, 4 cories, 1 clown pleco, and 9 neon tetra. I really like my dwarf gourami, but unfortunately he is very aggressive towards all of my other fish, who are all peaceful. I've had him for almost as long as I've had the tank and he made it through a hurricane...

I received a Marina Slimfilter S15 from a coworker. After disassembling it and cleaning and sterilizing it thoroughly, it's ready to go on my tank. I have a 20g tall, with 9 neon tetra, 1 clown pleco, a dwarf gourami, and 4 cory cats. (I may find a new home for the gourami because he is...

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I live in New Jersey. I am sure all of you are well aware of the plight that my state and the East coast have been going through. Sandy knocked out my power Monday night (of last week), and it was restored this morning at 3 a.m.. This was surely a death sentence for my 20 gallon aquarium (1...

Well in that case, I'll expand on the tank with just a few more guppies and tetra. The guppy I have now is my nigga, and I won't be risking Ajax for any newcomer. He helped cycle my tank and I want to repay him with a good home. Params are 0,0, and 10 nitrate, 7.6 pH, 79 degrees F btw.

@Samzter my Gourami and my guppy ignore each other and there's never been an issue between them. There was never a point where I was concerned about their co-existance. @Brian Unfortunately for me, my LFS is a petsmart in another town. The only small business fish store I have in a reasonable...

I have a 20 gallon tank with 1 powder blue dwarf gourami (male), a fancy guppy, 5 neon tetra, a clown pleco, and a mystery snail. I'm wondering about adding maybe a Ram cichlid or two to the tank. The only thing in my tank that the gourami is aggressive towards seems to be the snail every once...

I have one fancy tailed guppy, (unfortunately Kankle didn't make it) one dwarf gourami, one clown pleco, a black mystery snail, and 2 neon tetra. I will add one or maybe two more guppies, and some more tetra so they can school (I had four but two died, NTD unfortunately). Thanks for all your help!