Recent content by peterp

Post photos of your Aquatic pond.

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Yea! Don't know what I would do with my 120 without the python :) Soaked floors and buckets are a pain :? and if the better half notices I get chased around with a wet mop :lol: Ya I just had to replace the ballvalve and 2 connectors that broke one after the other. If you look around it is...

It is not an epoxy, the PVC "glue" is a solvent that for a second melts the two pieces and when they harden up again the PVC is welded together. Solvent just evaporates away, leaving nothing but a interesting smell. If you have a lot to do, open a window :P

Yes but I have a curse on me, anytime I show up nobody on the lake or river catch anything. Sometimes for days after I have been there. So actually my attempts at angeling is saving the fish. :mrgreen:

My 15 gal has 1 - 18inch tube, no plants. My 33 gal has 3 different tubes and is close to 3 watts a gallon, it has CO2 injection and only a java fern and 4 angles remainng in it :lol: . My 120 gal just has a shoplight fixture with a daylight and gro tube totaling 80watts. No plants in the...

Aqurium safe silicone cement is about all I would trust inside a tank. Not sure what makes it Aqurium safe, the normal tub&tile silicone is much cheaper. But I would not want to risk my fish.

Cute dogs :D I don't find Aquariums expensive at all so long as I stay out of the LFS's. :lol: :lol:

I think the ocellatus are great. Supposedly they need about 6 sq.in. of sand space each but I don't think the fish knows that. Very territoral. They have great antics as they move huge amounts of sand, burry shells and even try to steal each others shells.

Yep the old BlockHead :P http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/s_casuarius.php According to above link the 4 inch is an adult female, the adult male grows to 6 inches.

Yes you are right :!: Nitrates would build up over time unless used by something, or manually removed. I guess since I do at least 1/3 water change every week, about 40gal in my case I have not been able to measure them. BTW: the only fish I have ever been really bitten by was a Lamprologus...

I tried using the salt to start with, but did not see any improvements in my 120gal Malawi tank. So I gave up on it, the crushed coral will dissolve and increase hardness over time. I am using a mix(fish mixed it :lol: , started off with 1/2 tank bottom covered with crushed coral the other half...

Shellies are incredible to watch, very funny antics. :lol: I am trying hard not to buy another tank and to wait for either my 15 or 33 to become free some day, so I can start a shelly only tank. Really I am not going to get another tank, really...