Recent content by ASPSplinter

As anyone ever fed Cheerios to their fish by just floating them? If so, how did it go?

I agree, I have had a platy and a swordtail drop some fry. Just love watching the the little ones interact in the tank.

Bait? Sushi?

How have your on line purchasing experinces been? Has Aquabid been a good experince in obtaining livestock and material?

PWC is the plan!

I read that alot can be lost in the first few days of establishing them into a tank. True, false or over blown?

Oh crap, now I gotta learn how to photograph aquaria. New skill set I guess.

After an approximately 15 year hiatus, I'm back keeping fish! Got six platies, generally of the sunset coloration. Only took 4 hours to get them into my home made 40 gallon tank! about 50 miles one way. Truck threw the belt on way home. A tow and a ride home ... With the fish and 7 alga...

Where do you live? I'll give you everything to start a 30 gallon if you are close.

I plan on getting six for my 40 gallon. Going to pair them with appropriate cory.

I thread makes me think of people whom name their fish. I'm like a cowboy and his horse, I don't name anything I might have to eat.

I have a 10 and 40 gallon aquaria that both just completed cycling. The 10 gallon's pH is hanging around 7.4 which is good. The 40 gallon aquarium has several pieces of driftwood. The pH keeps trending towards 6.0. I use a wet/dry filter with the 40. I was wondering if I could gradually add...

I go either way.

Is activated charcoal worth the effort? Would it cut down on the water changes?

Has anybody have any experience with a Hamburg Matte Filter? Was it good, bad, indifferent?