Recent content by TattdxMama

I'm actually not 100% sure what type of lighting is in use, the bulbs came with the hood if that helps any? The lights are on for about 10-12 hrs each day, I don't have it on a timer and usually turn it on when I wake up and turn it off when I get home from work. which varies in time. Not...

I bought a 33 gallon long tank with a 9" pleco last year. While in my care, he's grown to 9.5". The water quality in the 33 gallon became poor, always being green. I suspected either the fish (My friend had a fish who turned her tank green as well as her mothers when she gave it to her) or the...

I have three tanks - 55 gallon, 29 gallon, and 15 gallon. I'm going through quite a bit of water conditioner and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a water conditioner sold in bulk? I've been looking around, only seen one product on Wal-Mart.com but wanted to see if anyone knew of...

Bought one pink and one blue ramshorn snails to go into the tank in my living room and put them in under a month ago. I didn't think too terribly much of it, figured if they ended up laying eggs it'd be cool but probably would take a while to reach adulthood because I bought them as -very- small...

I've been thinking really, really hard on setting up a specimen tank for one of these guys. I wanted to ask a few questions before I take the plunge and invest in a specimen tank. How hard do you feel the care is? What size tank do you have/recommend? Any tips, pointers, suggestions or things I...

My Whisper has a sponge in it that I was advised to never wash, at most dip it in a bucket of aquarium water and gently wipe (not squeeze) while submerged if necessary but it was rarely necessary. He did tell me to change my filters about once a month though. Does the sponge make a difference or...

I've been using pre-made filters for my Whisper 30-60 on my 33 gall tank. The person I bought the tank from said he used to make his own filters with filter charcoal and pre-made cartridges. I haven't been able to find the cartridges at my local stores, so I looked on YouTube trying to find...

Thanks again! Now I'm not confused and it looks like my set up is going to be cheaper to accomplish than what I was projecting. That's always a plus. :thumb:

Thank you everyone for your great replies, but now I have a few more about aquarium sand lol. 1) What's the difference between substrate sand, pool sand, and live sand? 2) Which of the three is best? 3) Is live sand only for salt water? I only ask because I keep seeing bags with salt water fish...

I'm in the process of purchasing a 30 gallon tank and I'm planning the layout. I was looking at some videos on youtube, pictures online, etc and noticed that I absolutely loved the way aquarium sand looks (I've always used gravel). My boyfriend raised the question that if I get a bottom feeder...

Hello from NC. Relatively new to aquarium ownership, but learning quickly. I have a pleco that I believe is a sailfin who is 9" long, four painted glass tetras (Didn't know the back story behind these fish when I bought them), and two black mystery snails. I'm also getting another tank, 30 gal...