Recent content by elysekuf

Thanks everyone! It's been a while since I've frequented these forums, and now that you mention it, I do remember nano/pico being the preferred terminology, which should help with my searching through the forums! :) Thanks! And thanks for all the starting suggestions, too! It'll be a while...

low tech is preferable, but i'm open as well to DIY CO2 supplements.

Hey folks -- I ran a highly successful 40 gallon or so tank from December 2010 (really February 2011 by the time the fishless cycle finally finished) - May of this year. I had to sell it (TEARS!) when I moved out/separated from my husband and as I get ready to move into the house I just bought...

Alright so our move is imminent. The results here are 50/50 split on whether it's safe to change substrate at this point. Based on other things I've read around here, I tend to think that it is safe since most of the bacteria will be in the filter. Is this a good or bad assumption? We're trying...

That's basically what we were thinking. We have a couple 5gallon buckets we were going to do that in. How soon should we start moving them into the tank, etc.? I was kind of thinking of setting up our 20 gallon in the new place before we start moving in a location that won't be disturbed much...

Hey folks! It's been a while since I've been around! Our tank is going great, a school of 12-15 (I can never count fast enough!) cardinals, 3 false julii corys and recently, one angelfish and a ton of plants whose names I can't remember which are doing really well under a lamp whose specs I also...

Um... I'm not really sure. We have a 36 gallon and recently had an explosion of snails a couple of days ago -- however many you think it will take to keep the pond snails under control?

Do you have any assassin snails currently?

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Under normal circumstances, as I believe BigJim stated, such massive changes are not necessarily recommended, however, frequent water changes are. However, in this case, the ammonia level is so high that the danger of ammonia poisoning outweighs the dangers of massive water changes. (Я вижу...

Nope. Very few bacteria live in the water column. The vast, vast majority live and colonize the filter, with some colonizing the substrate, plants, decorations, etc.

You are correct that it's better to keep your ISO low and try to balance your aperture and your shutter speed first. Your aperture controls how much light is let in and your shutter for how long. Generally, you want a higher shutter speed if you can because they will result in sharper images...

hah! I'm glad I refreshed before I clicked submit! I almost responded again and we would have been going in circles :D hehe

I tend to not ever use my flash, and all of our lights are bendable, for lack of a better word, so I point them away from the tank, but they still provide ambient lighting that helps. My aperture has been low, but I'm pretty sure a high shutter speed is definitely helpful when you have quick...

We started with a 29 gallon we found on Craigslist in December and started cycling. Three weeks ago, a seal started to go, so we upgraded to a 36 gallon bowfront. It just finished cycling this week and we started slowly stocking it last night :) This week we're getting our 10 gallon quarantine...