Recent content by Crlomancer

Just java fern for me, so I should be fine. Thank you!

Really? Sounds like you didn’t worry about the light spectrum, color, or any of that. No issues? Do you have plants in your tank?

The daylight bulb in my 8 gallon BioCube started flickering. I was worried my daughter's poor beta was going to start having seizures, so I unplugged it. I've spent the past couple of days searching but haven't been able to source a replacement! It's just shy of 9" and 18w. Does anyone else...

Looks like I can't edit my message anymore. So uh... anyone in the Seattle area want to buy a reef test kit? :D

Well, if my decision-making skills are any indication, I shouldn't own fish. My test kit arrived today and I bought - wait for it - the reef master kit. Yup. I was like "Why am I testing for water hardness? Shouldn't there be a pH test in here? How come there's only a test for nitrate instead...

RIP Meta the Betta, 9/27/2017. Poor fish somehow managed to get wedged under a rock in the corner of the tank and we did not see it in time. The former tank had a prolific Java Fern, which I plan to keep for the new tank. We also had a fairly significant algae problem. I basically had to scrub...

Great article, thank you! Looks like it's not enough light causing this, instead of the other way around. I'll try upping the timer to 10 hours and see if that helps... There's a bit of green on the outside, but it's brown on the plant and other things in the middle. Yup, gravel vac is how I get...

Hey everyone, I'm a new tank owner (some of you helped get me up and running a few months ago). Metta the Betta is happy - by far the healthiest and most active betta I've owned. The 8 gallon BioCube setup is pretty basic - just some gravel, a java fern (growing like mad), a small heater, and...

Thanks for the tip! The base of the plant is tied to a bit of coconut shell, but with the current I did heap up a bit of gravel around the edges. It's definitely not covered, but I'll see if the new lower-current tank still needs it :) I did end up snagging a filter for a couple of bucks and it...

This is the pump I have. I don't think I could hook this up as a prefilter, as the water is pulled from around the pump. Please let me know if I've missed something! I don't think so... When the pump is turned off, the water level equalizes to what you see in the picture. Unless the water level...

Yes, it does. Those prefilters look just about perfect. One question though - will there still be enough water movement to make the filtration system effective? I think these are designed to go on the intake instead of the output, but it could work for diffusing instead of filtering (I think). I...

Apologies for the quality of the pic (trying not to wake my 5 year old, the tank is in her room) and the modest state of the tank. The water gets pushed out of the top left in the pic (right under the suction cup leaf I thought that a fish would care about). The water intake is on the bottom...

Thanks for the quick response! It's a three chamber filtration setup, ending with a submerged pump pushing the water back into the tank. I'm not sure how I'd reduce the flow to it, other than blocking the top or bottom inlets leading to the first chamber. The tank has a gauge on the side and...

I'm an aquarium newbie - about 80% of what I know is learned in the last month, monthly from this forum. I inherited an 8g BioCube and my daughter loves Betta fish. So we have a very basic setup (I'll try to post a pic tomorrow) with some gravel, a java fern, and Metta the Betta (named by my...

Love it! And a bit envious :) I've started putting together my wishlist... Tank is up and running, cycling water through. I'm going to stop and grab some SafeStart tomorrow. My plan is to keep it simple to start out - just gravel, a java fern, and the betta for now. Problem is that the...