Recent content by FallingShadow

Hi, I am currently struggling to situate a cichlid of mine who seems to have developed a severe case of Popeye in his right eye, left is completely normal. I was told because it was in one eye it was most likely not a disease and give it 2 weeks. Well I’ll be honest, I jumped the gun and...

I have had 2 cray fish now that I have looked away from my tank for 10 minutes, came back and found them torn to shreds?? I was told by my LFS that they would be fine in my tank and that I would have to worry about my other fish and not the Cray??? Tank mates are: EVERYTHING IS 4-5" OR LESS 3...

Yes that is actually where I found the filter I'm building. Love his videos. However the pump he suggests in the videos stirred some mixed reviews, many people opting for a different pump naming almost 30 kinds. I had to figure that I could get some insight here and replies might even reach a...

I am looking to build a DIY canister filter out of a 5 gallon bucket, some 1/2" aquarium flex tubing and some PVC. My problem here is that I know absolutely nothing about aquarium pumps. I need something around 1000gph (adjustable flow), rise/fall won't compromise efficiency (there will be...

I have three Columbian sharks (silver tipped sharks) and when I first got them they were quite energetic as they were at my LFS as well. They have been in my 55g brackish long tank for just over 2 months, they are only about 3.5-4" each and once they reach 5" I'll be moving them to a 300g tank...

Sorry kraken is the name I gave the cray, I didn't even realize I put his name at the time lol.

Okay thank you that puts me a bit at ease, I just worried that my cats are devouring the pellets before kraken can get to them. He seems to afraid of them and backs into a cave when they come around.

Yes the only difference is that I added an extra plant, and the butterfly fish, Bichir, and arowana. Other than that the tank is the exact same, ironically he actually is starting to come out of his rock cave for shrimps pellets now, how ever is it is quite random when he will do so. (Some...

I have had my EBC for about about 2 months now and I haven't seen him eat a thing? I'll drop shrimp pellets rite next to him and he'll just freeze for a second and then keep walking completely ignoring them. I have also tried mysis shrimp, blood worms, and hikari (I'm most likely spelling this...

I have had my EBC for about about 2 months now and I haven't seen him eat a thing? I'll drop shrimp pellets rite next to him and he'll just freeze for a second and then keep walking completely ignoring them. I have also tried mysis shrimp, blood worms, and hikari (I'm most likely spelling this...

Awesome! Thank you again you have been an amazing amount of help!

Thank you so much! Just a few more questions if you don't mind! Is running a CO2 system going to effect my fish in the tank in anyway? And how can I absolutely assure their safety? Many people from this forum also recommend building my own CO2 system as a kit is a "rip off" in their opinions...

Thank you very much for your advice, I have a few questions for you though. As for my light are you saying that the light you suggested would be better then my current light? Will my current light do anything for growing plants? Is there any CO2 system you would suggest for me? Is there...

Hello all! I am fairly new to the aquarium hobby and extremely new to planted tanks. I am mostly interested in aquascaping and I really like the styles of Takashi Amano and the over all biotope look. I would really like to get some blue seiryu stone or some very dark variation of this stone...

Everything listed above is what is in the tank, the gsp was from months ago before the f8s, when we moved the gsp to a new tank of his own we added the f8 to replace the ropefish and gsp. Filtration is 2 fluval 75 HOBs, I've always preferred 2x the recommended filtration as if one broke for any...