Recent content by Fish Heads

HI all, Don't even want to try adjusting the pH with this tank and the local water conditions, too tricky for me. I'm giving up on trying to adjust the pH down. I would rather use fish that would love it. What fish would do well in this tank? Would they eat the shrimp? Please suggest...

Great!! Thanks!!

Just dropped by the school this morning. BBA has arrived, thankfully most is on the driftwood where it won't be noticed. Does that change any of the above information? If I did want to go low maintenance, what conditions would need to be changed? Thansk!!

O.K. So the general idea is do Excel every day; add additional Potassium, which I do have; this is a non-injected tank so far- I'll leave the bio-wheel on until I do go down that path. Now I'm confused about the water changes. I have always done weekly or bi-weekly water changes on my own...

I have been doing a workover of my child's preschool tank. I made the change over Thanksgiving holiday. 4 weeks ago. It is having black growth (easy to clean off- silicon microbes?) along with green algae on my nana and java ferns . No BBA or hair algae at this point. Water is crystal...

Hi All, My female rummy and black tetras are bloated. I have had them in the tank for at least for a year feeding various commercial dry foods along with bloodworms once in a while. I do have a tendency to overfeed so that my yo-yo botia doesn't snack on the shrimp. The males are fine. I...

Won't the cories eat them? I get red worms in the plants in my pond. Are they tubifex worms? This has happended before: http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/month.200408/msg00111.html

I never saw any breeders use any substrate of any kind to breed bettas. The eggs drop to the bottom of the tank where the male and sometimes the female pick them up to put them into the nest. Too much clutter on the bottom will prevent the male from finding the eggs. This is another reason...

I have searched and Searched through many databases. Does nay hard water cichlid pH 7.8 - 8.0 GH 5-15 that stays less than 4 inches? I would love to introduce one or serveral of the hardier species into my community tank but don't want something that will grown up to eat everyone else in the...

OK Great that you want to breed bettas. It is a great feeling to see the little dots wriggle for the first time. check out the IBC website: http://www.ibcbettas.org/faq.htm AND http://www.ibcbettas.org/members_sites.htm AND http://www.majesticbettas.com/. 5.5 gallon is a bit small but it...

Great website. I was pulling my info from another website that listed the Dwarf Cockatoo with a higher pH range and water hardness. Thanks!!

I am trying to get some personality in my 29 gallon aquarium. Would love to have a cichlid but don't have any experience. Is this fish a good community fish? Have personality? Will it eat amano shrimp? Is there a better dwarf choice in the cichlid world? Better off with another fish...

Check out some of the Betta forums like the IBC (International Betta Congress). I have only had about 25 spawning attemps with bettas, 20 resulted in eggs, 17 resulted in successfully raising fry to adulthood. I was fortunate to have one of the top winning breeders down the road from me to...

What to do with your fry? I used to: Give them to all the kids in the neighborhood with strict instructions on how to care for them. Trade them at the LFS for supplies. The stores might take them when they are larger especially if they are unusual or very healthy looking. Most people...

Thanks All, I definitely do not want to run CO2 with this system. I was concerned about algae growth. Will HO's run in the same system as NO's?