Recent content by ramfan

I'm glad you like the Cory's- there's about 5 million varieties, but the bronze ones are the usual. Total townies. Very cute, too. They hang out with each other and seems to roll their eyes :roll: at bad jokes.

Thanks, PP!

Hi- There's no article on our site about freshwater fishless cycling. Can someone refer me to their favorite source? Thanks!

I'm moving my questions to a fresh topic since we're not talking about ammonia-producing bogwood anymore.... But I'm still looking for a good article of fishless cycling for a freshwater tank.

S. Mama you have a good point about the peat. I suppose I read somewhere that pH eventually starts to creep up over time so I figured I'd cut it to the chase. I have yet to find a good article on fishless cycling that isn't 100 pages long :roll: so I'm getting a little frustrated to do it...

That is worth a lot, actually. I will try to find it at a local hardware store. It's just so wrong, how fs's jack up all the prices- feeding on our fear that we will harm our fish! Thanks

Thanks for comments. I'm not going to be sticking too close to biotope standards heehee, just anything that likes/tolerates well the ram's parameters. I wanted to add some white clouds but tetras in general are too delicate even for post cycling first fish(?). Is my betta (and perhaps a few...

Yes- sometimes I get too literal! bettas may attack anything that resembles themselves- long flowing fins, perhaps even color- I don't know... Experts everywhere disagree on its favorite water temp, so whatever on that one-maybe one of our advisors can shed light... I've seen more warm than...

What brand is your test kit? The master test kits are so much more expensive at lfs. I'm planning a 29G loosely-themed Orinoco biotope with blue rams. I hope to breed- we'll see! pH around 6.4 hardness close to zero. I have 2 cool pieces of bogwood. I was thinking of cycling with a betta...

Oh good. Thanks for the info!

From what I've read, there are 2 schools of thought on this (and I'm sure somebody else knows for sure): Either they are or were bred initially (when they actually held fighting events) specifically for their aggressiveness OR they are just built that way by mother nature. From what I...

I'm certainly no expert, but I think one reason is as simple as the CO2 helping the plants grow so they "win out" over the algae for light and nutrients. Sounds like you just got through something tough. Nice to have you back!

By the way, have you tried any of the suggestions- any progress for your betta?

pish posh- no big deal my patriotic friend! I'm a serial "off the topic" poster.

I see. Thanks for sharing by the way! :)