Recent content by Eoin

That’s great to hear. Slate occurs naturally around here, and I thought it would make for some nice decorations in my tank.

Does anyone know the proper way to prune Cabombas? They grow like weeds and take less than a few weeks to grow to the top of the tank, and then across the surface to the other end. I have tried cutting off the tops at the desired height, but found that the point where I had made the cut...

It is my understanding that limestone can have the effect of lowering the pH of the water, but I was wondering if anyone knows whether slate has any effects?

Cheers. I’ll try taking out the other fish, and purchasing some more cardinals. It could be a wait until the lfs gets in more cardinals, but I will let you know how things turn out when they do. Docrak, I second that request for pictures of those cardinals.

I have been trying for some time to get my cardinal tetras to come out from hiding and swim in the open, with no success. I changed from fake to live plants, purchased testing kits to monitor the water conditions, and purchased other fish that I was told would socialize well with cardinals. I...

Sorry for the delay in writing back. I have been trying to find the list of my plants from when I purchased them. I have however, been unable to locate it. The plants I have, as best as I can remember their names, are, Cabomba Pygmy Sword amazon Sword Money wort There are two others, though...

I’m curious, how fine a material do you need to use to make sure that the peat doesn’t darken your water. Or is darkening inevitable?

I’m not surprised you didn’t notice them before. When I bought the plants for my tank, a number of snails hitched a ride into my tank. I started looking closer and noticed there were a number of snails smaller than the head of a pin. They were transparent and only visible against glass with...

I’m rather curious. Most people here recommend having 1.5 - 2 watts per gallon (roughly) for a planted tank. I couldn’t afford to upgrade the lighting in my 20 gallon, and so have stayed with the 15 watt bulb that I have. Many of the plants in my tank have been growing like weeds, and all...

With regards to gouramis, I think that is largely dependant on the individual fish. I bought a pair of dwarf gouramis a short while back, as I was advised of the same thing; get them in a pair. However, problems arose. The male started nesting, and chased the female whenever she came out into...

I just checked the levels of my tank. The ammonia levels are at 0. The nitrite levels are at 1.6. The nitrate levels are at 110+, and the PH is at 7.0. I’m doing a 50% water change right now. I’m amazed by how quickly those levels spiked. I don’t have a quarantine tank set up right now...

Cheers, thanks for the response. I will check my tank’s current water levels when I get home, and post them here. Should I go about removing any of the snails from the tank, or should I let them eat themselves into a state of equilibrium? They don’t seem to be eating many plants, yet…...

Where to begin? My tank had finally seemed to finish cycling a few weeks ago. The ammonia levels, and nitrite levels were down to 0. Then my tank was hit by a bacterial infection, and I lost over half my fish in the span of 2 days. There was no warning. I would leave in the morning and the...

That no one has replied either means that no one knows, or that the answer is so obvious I should have thought of it myself. :?

I was wondering. Would it be possible to keep several single males from different peaceful varieties of gouramis? For instance, would it be possible to keep a Dwarf Gourami, with a Honey Dwarf Gourami, and a Licorice Gourami (for example), all in the same tank? Or would this cause problems?