Recent content by cgcaver

These fish seem beautiful as juveniles... but it seems like all the pics I can find of them are all just that - as babies. Can anyone give me a good idea of what adult Electric Blue JDs look like? Just like the babies, but bigger - or what? Do they really look a lot prettier than regular JDs...

OK, first of all, Im very sorry about the quality of these pics. We just bought a brand new digicam and it totally sucks. If you ever see a Palaroid PDC 5080 and you think "wow, 5 megapixels, thats a great price" - think again, its a piece of crap. Anyways LOL I bought this fish about a...

Looking to buy 20-40 Nerites depending on price. Willing to pay via Paypal or money order. Please let me know if you have any for sale that you'd be willing to part with for a reasonable price AIM = idrasticl email = cgcaver@hotmail.com or PM me here

It's always been a "dream" of mine to keep Rainbow Trout in a tank. -Pause for giggles- So my dad and I are big trout fishermen, and have long held a respect and admiration for this species among the fishes of the world ;) Can any of you guys think of a way that it would be possible to keep...

Im not interested in them breeding at all... so other than that, what would be the upsides to having a male/female pair instead of 2 males?

I started off w/ 4 2" Jack Dempseys in my 55g, with the plan of keeping only 2 all along. They are now all about 4-5", so it's time to break 'em up! My family had 2 8-10" JDs in a 55g all while I grew up living at home, but they were a male and a female. We took good care of them (they're...

Most fish stores have the Jack Dempseys and Green Terrors in the same tank... How do you tell them apart (we're talking between 2"-3" here)??? I bought 4 that all had the "semi-circle" of specks around the eyes, so I'm hoping what I got were 4 JDs LOL I bought 1 from a LFS here, and 3 from...

hey y'all, sorry i was grouchy last night... I was super tired ;( As for cycling my tank, I dont think any human on earth could have done it safer and more thoroughly. First, I had a LARGE pop. of MTS in my tank for around 9 months that Im sure kept a nominal bacteria colony alive. When I...

hahaha you really think my tank was uncycled? did you even READ my original post? hey guys... [center:2bab30a2e9]I'm not an idiot!![/center:2bab30a2e9] Frankly, I am REALLY dissappointed with the lack of science-based knowledge that has been presented by the AA community in this post...

why do 3 of you say I added too many fish too quickly? What reasoning is there behind saying this? My NH4 never went above .25ppm, even when they were all added at once. The bioload is fine. Neons are a very small bioload individually, and I'd love to know why yall think that's too many. Do...

Wow... do I have a story to tell here! 1) I plant my tank, and wait patiently for weeks on end for the plants to get to a point where I feel they are "done." 2) I save a large amount of money to populate my tank. 3) I test water religiously and am pleased with the nearly perfect water...

I know most planted tanks should have some algae eating fauna, and I really have meant to pick some up, but Im seeing a lot of green splotches on my rocks lately, which has pushed me to go ahead and get some algae eaters. Frankly, the algae has turned my rocks green (not completely yet) over...

there is plenty of rock structure and plants for them to hide in... bleh

Hey guys - just an update: I got 2 clown loaches (about 3" long)... and they don't do crap LOL. All they do is swim like nutjobs up and down the glass (they are like glued to each other) - CONSTANTLY. Seriously, it's kinda annoying. They don't bother the snails 1 bit. I sat and watched BOTH of...

yeh Im thinking the main problem is that some of them just didnt adapt to the change in environment... I just hope the deaths stop soon LOL