Recent content by norcalg

Why honeys instead of the dwarf blue? The Amanos haven't proven to be the hardiest so I may just wait a few weeks and see if they're still around. I'm starting a 10g planted that will have shrimp in it so they could also be moved over there. The Amanos were fine with the Dwarf Blue, it was...

Thank you. If I decide to continue with the gouramies, I'll get another dwarf blue male to go with the females. I loved watching their spawning and courtship rituals.

Hello, I have a heavily planted 55g tank, no CO2 and my character fish, Gary the Gourami, just died. I'm trying to decide what to do now, either replace him with another gourami or take the two female gouramis back to the LFS and begin with a new type of fish. My current stocking: 7 praecox...

Hello all, I have a 55 gallon glass tank. It got hit with a wooden block and now has a small chip on the inside of the glass, about halfway down. How big a deal is this? Is it an "OMG, replace the tank tomorrow or risk losing your floor!"? Or more of an "Eh, if it hasn't broken yet, it...

I think it depends on the cory. :-) I have 6, three of one kind and three of another. My three peppered? Couldn't phase them. My three Schwartzi? Skittish as all get out. ~g

Hello all, I have a breeding pair of dwarf gouramis in my community tank (planted, 55 gallon, albino cherry barbs, cory cats, dwarf rainbows and a clown pleco are tank mates as well as another female dwarf gourami that my male is actively disinterested in) and the male has built a very large...

Thank you! ~g

Hello - I had to rig up a hospital tank for a rainbow (died this morning, dropsy, I think) and now want to retrieve my parts without passing on any infection. To be cleaned is a heater, biowheel filter (sans biowheel), a terra cotta pot and a 5-gallon bucket. Dilute bleach? Sunlight...

I'm sorry for your loss. And my lack of any help but I just lost one in an afternoon. My ballast died, the lights went out for a day and when I got home after a few hours, one of my 9 rainbows was dead. No signs of ill-health prior and no losses since (knock wood). Were any other fish in...

I'll keep my fingers crossed then. Most of what I planted was low-mid light as I'm under 2w/gallon but still, that's a long time to go without light. Fingers crossed they overestimated the shipping time. Thanks, ~g Edit: Came home to a dead rainbow. :( It may be a coincidence but I...

Hello, I have a 55 planted that's been planted for a couple weeks. No CO2, some Excel, no ferts (yet). Lighting is/was 2x54w T5HO. My lights started flickering and going out so I contacted the retailer, they told me they'd send a ballast via the manufacturer and it should be here in 7-10...

Aw, I'm sorry he didn't make it. :( When he was going up to the surface, was he blowing any bubbles from his mouth or gills? Was he taking plants with him? That's what my male gourami does when he's building a nest. At the same time, he's pretty uninterested in food but definitely...

Beautiful. I really like the overgrown, lushness of it. :) ~g

I forgot to mention the blood worms. Frozen blood worms really kick Gary into high gear as far as building his nest is concerned. black hills tj, I will try and get some albino cherry barb photos posted. ~g

The gourami eggs are at the surface of the water so I'm not sure how much of a threat the loaches would be. My gourami used the surface tension as well as his bubbles and the foliage to build his nest. I don't know if any of his eggs will make it to hatch. :( If you want to be able to raise...