Recent content by DragonFish71

Yep, corys are great at thinning numbers.

MTS are harder for loaches than pond snails or your other thinner shelled varieties. My poor loaches have a heck of a time with MTS snacks until they figured out they can suck them up like escargot. It's fun watching my school of clowns with a handfull of MTS. But as for snails in general, I...

Yes, they are big enough to eat the fry. My rummynose tetras are big enough to eat the bristlenose fry, as are my white clouds. Bristlenose fry are pretty small when hatched, even though the male tries to guard them and keep them in the cave until they are large enough to survive, they still...

Ha, my "professional" interpretation is that you're seeing some spawning behavior. Be ready for some eggs soon but don't be surprised if they eat them. GBRs aren't always the best first time parents. Or even second, third, fourth time for that matter. I still have to steal the eggs from mine.

They will lay them wherever they feel they will be safe. One of my pairs uses a cave, another paid uses piece of slate, yet another only lays on plant leaves and the last pair isn't picky.

We use stock tank heaters, but I don't believe they get warm enough for your redtail. Unless you use quite a few, maybe. Our koi, rosy reds, and Goldies do fine.

My tanks that this happened to get the same water change as yours do, 50%-80% weekly due to the heavy stocking. "Old tank syndrome" isn't about poorly maintained tanks if you read more than one or two articles, I found quite a few that discussed tanks like mine, set up for years, regular good...

I had this problem in my older tanks. I added crushed coral and haven't had a crash since. I just rinse it and put it in a clean media bag or panty hose leg then put it in the filter. Google "old tank syndrome". Your tank can no longer buffer pH.

1) Managuense (jaguar) cichlid 2) Jack Dempsey 3) Firemouths 4) Rams (German and Bolivian) 5) Kribs

I've never had problems once the carpet plants became well rooted.

I'd personally go with something nano-ish. Your standard Danios like those need some room to swim. Scarlet badis, peacock gudgeons, elassoma species (pygmy sunfish, native fish) like gilberti, or Evergladei, celestial pearl Danios, various other nanos.

17, all fresh but one and that one is brackish

I don't know the ZooMed light, I do know we have to keep lots of light on the hyacinths and for a long period each day. We do 12 hours with the 4 foot shop bulbs. The fish stay in the pond year round. We have stock tank heaters and ice melters when we need to use them.

Welcome! Remember to bring the bacon and keep the coffee fresh for the others (I don't drink the foul stuff)

We winter ours inside each year, but you are correct, the LEDs aren't enough. We use 2 shop light strips of daylight bulbs (4 bulbs total) over the tub we put ours in. We also use Seachem Flourish (not Excel because it melts them) weekly. They need very high light and lots of ferts, so whatever...