Recent content by scalesojustice

Thanks for all the advice everyone. The bubbles started picking up and are steadier about 3 to 4 per minute (it's a 10 gal tank). I'll be sure to try some of these mixes next time.

a week or so ago, i picked up the Hagen Plant Grow System for my 10 gal planted, basically so i didn't have to hassle with a DIY system. unfortunately, i can't get my sugar and yeast mix right. after about a week, no more bubbles are coming. would someone be able to recommend the specific...

after being out of town for half a week, playing catch up at work, getting a cold and an unhealthy obsession with nwn, i haven't had much time for tanks. but i finally got around to working on this one today. i got a glass top earlier this week and i trimmed and planted today. i think i might...

if you wouldn't mind moving it to the aquascape, that would be great. i feel bad blocking this page up when people are trying to get answers. i plan on moving the rock once the drift wood sinks, right now, the drift wood is tied to the rock and it's almost floating it! hopefully it will sink...

EDIT: Should this belong in aquascaping sub-forum? More work has been done. Drift wood added, plants planted, java ferns tied to the drift wood. It will probably take a while for that wood to actually sink, so my girlfriend and i tied it to a rock. the happy couple:

i figured i would start my own "making of..." i'm completely remodeling my original 10 gal. - my first fish tank. i'm attempting my first planted tank. i'm going slow, and i recently aquired the coralife 28 watt, 6700 k power compact lighting. last night, i picked up some plant trimmings from a...

i tried to feed carrots once. i had boiled them to soften them. i put them in the tank before lights out. the next afternoon, i found one of my large mystery snails in trouble. i took her out, put her in a bucket and some of the jossling must have dislodged the hard carrot core that she was...

i agree. i have a "no pets" apartment, but i have four tanks 38 gal., two 10 gal. and a 1 gal. I don't think fish count as pets, it's more like furniture. i generally think that the "no pets" thing is for cats and dogs that are loud and can be dirty and harbor parasites if not taken care of...

i have moonlights on my 40 gal. and i love them. but they would definately be overkill on a 10 gal. especially for my tank being on the bottom rung of a dual 10-gal. stand.

i did get the leg mounts. and i'll be putting a glass canopy on as soon as the snail eggs fall off of the top of my current plastic canopy. the moonlight was tempting... but a bit overkill for a 10 gal.

Do mystery snails eat plants? i have 10 gal i'm turning into a planted tank and it houses two large mystery snails.

Thanks for all your suggestions. i ended up with the http://www.hellolights.com/201xcoraqpch.html Coralife. it wasn't too pricey and it's a nice "introduction" light. i plan to switch my tack 10 gal. into a planted paradise, so i'll be sure to hang around as i'm a total plant noob and i will...

here's the situation. the two mystery snails in my 10 gal. have recently laid a large batch of eggs. considering that this is the first time, i'm going to let them go to see what happens. but, i don't really want millions of snails. i have a couple other tanks i could spread them around in...

I like the look of this lighting method. given that the unit is 5-in. wide. if you put two of those on a 10 gal, you would have 56 watts, which would put you into the moderate light category, right? 56 watts on a 10 gal would be awesome, and hilarious. EDIT: if anyone is interested, i found a...

that is a very interesting take and one i'm more inclined to believe, but it leaves me with two questions. give that the screw-ins would be PC's, Malkore wrote in a sticky that: so, while i would agree that 20 watts per gal on a 10 gal is low light, would this mean that 20 watts of pc equals...