Recent content by treym563

If it's latex based you should be able to just peel the paint off, I just did that with my tank with no tools other than my finger nail to get it started. I use a 4" foam roller and put the first coat on light. Wait until it's dry to the touch, just use a fan (thats what I used) inbetween coats...

I just painted the back of my 55. I couldn't spray paint cause the tank is already setup and is indoors (obviously). I went to walmart and got Krylon Acrylic Latex "Gloss Black" and applied it with a foam roller. Came out perfect. The paint I used previously was rolled on as well, but it wasnt a...

Any brand in particular? Flat/Gloss?

My friend has lighter colored sand in his tank and I would never use it. I would have to be vacuuming constantly, fish poop is really visable. I use PFS because it hides the waste really well and my Mbuna's love it.

What did you use to get your background so black? Ive used a black background from Petco as well as painted mine and they always seem to look grey when looking at the tank from the front. Any suggestions?

Just got a dwarf puffer, 2 LFS in the Minneapolis area had them, priced around 6 dollars each

Thanks! :)

Update Updated pictures. Added a dwarf puffer and a few otto catshttp://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g363/treym563/nanopic.jpg

IMO look into Mbuna's from lake Malawi

Look up Odyssea lights, you can get them from ebay. I have the 48" with 2 actinic 2 regular along with 4 LED moonlights and I love it. Only costs 98 dollars

Limestone and coral won't really raise the pH much, it acts more as a buffer which holds it stable rather than raise it. If you slowly acclimate them to your tank they should be just fine. I have a high pH from my tap water, around 8, and use crushed coral in my canister and used 100% limestone...

Thanks! Just got my Art Deco nano filter in the mail, starting to seed that. I think I'm going to follow the advice I found on another thread and super glue the java moss to the rock. It's currently secured with fish line and it's starting to come loose.

Well if you want small size from Malawi you're probably talking about mbuna's. There are many different species and each one has their quirks so what I would do is pick a species that you really like and build the rest of the tank around them. 55 gallon is usually the smallest for mbuna's. They...

It's only a 5 gallon so I am just getting 1 puffer. I'm gonna try to keep puff nice and fat so I can have shrimp too

Thanks! Still cycling can't wait to get my puffer, gonna add a couple otto catfish as well. I've heard mixed things about adding shrimp with dwarf puffers. I'm prolly going to try it but I'm not expecting much