Recent content by Oranbega

Yeah, we loved the look of the iridescent shark but don't want to put an animal in a habitat that isn't right for it. We think we want to stock with with: Pictus catfish Tiger barbs A pleco A red tailed shark We are trying to determine an order to introduce them in here in a week or two after...

I've been doing what I thought was fishless cycling. This post will vastly help this process lol. Thank you! I had to reduce the ammonia which was at a dangerous level because the tank used to house turtles. I used a moss that eats ammonia and excretes oxygen and an ammonia reducer chemical for...

It's interesting the more I read about these iris they really are meant for a vastly larger habitat. Thanks for the heads up. It's kind of sad how many of them are in 75 g aquariums on YouTube. The red tailed black shark looks like it would do well in 75 gallons. My girlfriend doesn't want...

Its a 75 gallon tank. It has a hang on back filter. We have a 200 watt heater but I'm thinking of getting another small one as we're looking to keep it close to 80 degrees.

Thanks! We're starting with some tiger barbs and Picts catfish. Ultimately we'd like to add an iridescent shark.

Putting together a new tank. We're cycling before we introduce any fish but things are looking really good here chemistry wise. We currently only have one resident, Carmichael the Marimo Moss. We can't go planted because of some for the species we're hoping to introduce. Would love any feedback...

My girlfriend and I have been preparing a 75 gallon tank over the last week for freshwater fish. Ive been closely monitoring the water chemistry every few days before we actually add at fish. We had a bit of an ammonia problem initially as it used to be a turtle tank (I assumed remnants of solid...