Recent content by Stentorian

oh and the algae also develops small hairs on the plants so some of the leaves look fuzzy... maybe I have two different algaes going here

Jason - I've never thought about getting rid of the angel, he's the oldest member of my tank and I'm pretty attached to him :) The algae is a really deep, dark green color it's growing thickly on my driftwood and rock. It also begins as spots and then quickly forms a carpet on my live plant...

Within the last few weeks I doubled the WPG in my 20Gtall tank. Thus far the plants seem quite pleased but so does the algae... I'm hoping to get some assistance from fish and shrimp at controlling it along with more frequent water changes. Otocinclus catfish seem to be the best bet as I have...

thanks! :D

Hello All, Well my title probably is confusing... basically I adopted keeping aquariums from my dad at a very young age. I quickly upsized from bowls, to his 5 gallon, to his 10 gallon, to purchasing a 20 gallon of my own which I've had for some time. Only recently (upon graduating college and...

I recently purchased two celebes rice fish. This morning I noticed that one now has a very bright reddish-orange coloration to his underside in front of his bottom fins... now I'm noticing that two of my three gold barbs appear to also have very dark red/orange bellies. This doesn't seem to fit...

wow! this set-up is a great idea! i've been researching alot recently how to get better bulbs in my 20gallon tall tank but can't even find a a strip that fits and holds bulbs better than 18" t8 15W. my plants are surviving right now but i would love to see them flourish! how has the double light...