Recent content by the-chad

so two canisters it is then, one at each end for my 6ft long tank! ;) what about the Cascade Canisters? they come at a very reasonable price, and have good reviews, anyone here have experience with them?

So what brand do you recommend?

So maybe two canisters rated for up to 75 gallons?

So a cannister filter is really that powerful that it draws waste from every corner? What kind of current does that create? And isnt that much draw/current difficult for small fish and fry to handle?

All my life i've been using Hob filters, on multiple tank sizes from 5g to 90g. I recently acquired a 6ft long 100 g tank. (18"w x 18"h) This new tank, in the end, will have pfs substrate, lots of plants and driftwood, and be stocked with some rams, a few apistos, tetras and discus. I am...

Ive had some pennywort for a few months now. It has a thin green stem and I had it planted in the substrate. A couple days ago I received a shipmeny of assorted plants I bought from aquabid. The pennywort I received within this shipment is considerably different. Although the leaves are pretty...

I know this is an old discussion but one thing I feel has been missed. You shouldnt have to "wash your decorations" anywhere near as often as you stated in your original post. Or, in my case, ever. It seems completely pointless to me unless you have a bad algae problem, and even then, there are...

No fish except for a few platy fry I just added today.

In regards to neocaridina I have come across several references stating that stable water parameters tend to be more important than the parameters themselves when it comes to having happy healthy breeding colonies. Wouldnt each water change alter the tanks parameters? Im struggling to get my...

Ok. I finally have a tds meter. Its reading at 321ppm. Ph is still 7.8. Gh is 7 (or 125ppm) and kh is 5 (or 90ppm). Copper is 0. Nitrite and ammonia 0. Nitrates 20. Temp is 77. Still no berried females. In fact I havent even seen a saddle in a month.

speedie eh? thanks, ill check him out.

I sent you a pm.

Bummer. Patience is not one of my strongest qualities.

About 500 miles from toronto ontario to sault ste marie ontario. And I live in an apt building where the mailboxes are in a heated lobby so I shouldnt have to be here.

I found a really good deal on java moss but the shipper has no heat packs. Has anyone had any luck shipping/receiving java moss in temperatures fro 30-40 f or 0-5 degrees Celsius?