Recent content by cd5

Live plants were the biggest grief for me, I prefer corals over live plants anyday Live plants Did it, done it, not again for me

Very clever ... this is like a DSB or Berlin filter. right? Hopefully, that is where the concepts came from when I was thinking about it, original I was doing this for my saltwater, and because it work so I well I did it for my freshwater, I just hope it keeps working because I have been...

Sorry no pic The ph is in the sump after the filters from the aquarium, It sits next to the return pump to the aquarium, the ph pumps through the tube into the bottom of the container with the sand covering the exit of the tube, The flow is enough to disturb the sand, however the disturbance...

Fixed the problem, no help needed anymore My design for both of my nitrate reactors is Tall clear container (freshwater is was a cereal container I got from Wally World) Maxi Jet (the lowest GPM one I forget number) Air tubing I gutted the maixjet down to intake and exit, I reduced the...

So lets start with the backstory, I build a diy nitrate reactor for my saltwater aquarium, It works, It work incredible, zero out the nitrates, I mean just gone So I build a larger one for my freshwater aquarium, and It is also works incredible, nitrates were at >80ppm, 4 weeks later 0, none...

I think you would be far better off going to a local landscaping supply and buying some pieces of sandstone, granite, slate, feldspar, Jasper, or bluestone. These stones are almost always neutral toward pH and hardness. You can always get better pricing than in the lfs, and they are usually...

Can i use dead base rock in a freshwater aquarium with south american cichlids, I assume the calcuim would go up causing the water to become more basic, could ph neutralizer deal with this? What is the difference in lace rock and dead base rock? The reason I am looking into this is I have a...

My question is I am trying to shrink my nitrates First I want to make sure I understand where they come from The potential sources for nitrate comes from the fish food for the tank, any dead die fish produce the food that results in nitrate and the nitrate found in the water that is added to...

I have recently switch from feeding my S.A. Cichlids pellet food to frozen krill and bloodworms, Is there any benefit in one versus the other, I have found that it seems like my fish like the frozen better that the pellet that is why I switch, I think that a happy fish thrives better than a...

I have a crawlspace ranch home and I am looking to increase my 55 gallon freshwater to a 110 gallon tall (48 x 18 x 29) with an overflow to a 30 gallon sump, Should I worry about support underneath I already have a 65 gallon reef with 20 gallon overflow and it causes no problems

I just built(I am not a good builder) a canopy for my 65 gallon reef, I put is on and WOW, It so completes the aquarium, To all who have a nice aquarium, find, build, or buy a canopy, Without the canopy on the aquarium just feels uncomplete now The way I built mine was I went to stores and...

Three years ago I bought a green severums, A year ago I bought a gold severum, Both would constantly fight, I even bought a couple of cheap buffer fish that I thought would relieve the tension, I notice that lately they have not been fighting, So I took a closer look today and there are eggs...

Don't forget feel pain That is an interesting statement considering she as stated Can we assume that for example if we abuse a dog and make that dog mean we are held responsible for that dog temperment, A fish which I believe has a simplier mind even though similiar in ways to a dog, can...

In this case I would ask myself do you blame the tang becuase he is so mean, or the person that led him to be mean

So after a week of inability to find my new cleaner shrimp, I show up one evening and the its sitting on a rock, i guess it just needed adjustment time, The shrimp does eat the flake food I feed my clown and gamma, should I add anything else to the diet, 65 gallon reef with lots of live rock