Recent content by fishlooker

This is what I was looking to find. My main fear is that the heat would permanently change their behavior. Little underwater jerks. Although at this point most everyone is infected. My little ram is the worst though :( Update: I changed the direction of water flow from a secondary filter in...

Thank you, the breeding boxes are pretty cheap apparently. Stick-On thermometer. The thermometer, placed at the bottom corner of the tank is reading about 1-2 degrees lower than the dial on my heater, which makes sense to me, so I'm inclined to trust it.

I am on day 3 of treating a case of ich with heat and salt. The temp is right at 86F and I've added about 1.5-2 tsp of aquarium salt per gallon. I made these changes very gradually. Now on day 3 I'm noticing some things that concern me, which I'm looking for advice about: The first is that the...

trimmed it about two weeks after planting. will update in 3 weeks

I recently set up a new 10g aquarium and the heater is slightly oversized. It's a good heater and I got it on clearance so I'm keeping it, but I initially tried hiding it by laying it on the substrate, planting hairgrass in front of it and anacharis behind it. Most of the anacharis died so I...

I am somewhat new to the hobby but I have purchased and had great luck with the following from petsmart in the bags or tubes: S. Repens, Anubias Nana, Windelov Java Fern, Dwarf Hairgrass, Bacopa Monnieri, and Echinodorus. I have yet to see any pests on the plants and they all adjusted very well...

perhaps its a different fungus? the fungus in my tank envelops any dead organic material within a day. it doesnt coat the substrate or lava rocks, but any food, dead shrimp or dead plants get eaten by it.

Update: I did about a 35% water change, focusing mainly on vacuuming out as much of the fungus as possible. While it is growing back somewhat, it is not growing nearly as fast as before (about 24hrs to cover the lighter colored half of the log). Also in the absence of the fungus, much more...

good find fresh2o, but it's definitely NOT the price/availability that attracts me to the wood. I really like the shape of the piece I've got. It creates sort of an arm cradling around the back of the tank. And I appreciate the positive feedback dragonfish. The fungus, as well as small splints...

During those periods of bacterial bloom did you have a lot of plants? Well for the time being I am going to wait on adding bottom feeders because there are ghost shrimp fry. I a few weeks I will try adding a bristlenose pleco. As far as whether or not to use the wood, it's already a part of the...

I understand this may not be the correct place. If so please move my thread accordingly. I posted it here because the health of the plants are my main concern, and because I could that information about a fungus is closest to that of information about plants.

I have been lurking this and other forums for weeks now looking for information on this fungus. Most forum posts I found were anywhere from 5-10 years old and information was scattered and lacking so this post is primarily for me to collect as much information as possible in one place. If you...