Recent content by enviraMENTAL

I guess that got your attention. In this context, however, I am wondering if anyone can tell me about stripping eggs from a fish, mouth-brooding cichlids in particular? I have no clue how someone would do this without the female just swallowing the eggs she is protecting.

HI I used colored, sanded grout over an expanded polystyrene foam model. I first made the model, then distressed it, then coated with up to 3 coats of grout in varying degrees of runniness(slump). Before I put the grout on I cut the model into pieces that I could easily put in and out of the...

Hi Trying to post a picture of the background I just completed for my 72 gal bf. If it's there, what do you think? It still has to cure, that's why there are no fish.

Hi I am trying to post a picture here and when I preview my submission I cannot see it. What am I doing wrong please?

Hi Considering putting in a 3-d background and have seen some great ideas on this site and others. My question is whether to leave any space behind my background. I realize there should be cutouts to hide all the running gear, but should there be space left back there for circulating the...

I didn't know they prefered gravel. I know that the one I have are moving a ton of the smaller sized gravel that I have and it continually changes the floor of the aquarium. If sand is better, would that "Old Castle" stuff that I've heard of do?

Hi -I have just bought a 72 gal bf and want to move my african cichlids into it. In the interests of economy I am looking for a non-fishstore gravel that I could put in. I already have plans to buy some local slate to make caves and hidey-holes, but don't really know of a good gravel type. I was...

Hi- I've been keeping fw fish for about 10 years now and have recently decided to go sw. I have been doing a little research before I make the leap into the hobby, but some info seems contradictory. Maybe someone out there can help. I intend to have a 30 gal reef tank. My main questions concern...