Recent content by frsh36gal

Well its been a few days now. I have seven survivors out of 63 :cry: . Life in the brave new world started hard for my little friends. First was the shock of this strange stuff called "clean water". Then there was the constant bullying from the Puffer brothers. And finally the spinning vortex...

I've been setting up a new 30 gallon planted tank. The current inhabitants are: 2 cory cats, 1 common pleco, 3 puffers, 2 iridescent sharks(coming soon), 7 fish( I think they're platy's ). Would I have any aggression issue's if I added a school of 15 or 20 neon tetra's? My puffers are the only...

I've been keeping aquariums for 3 years now and cannot believe something I saw yesterday. I work in a large five star hotel and I noticed that our business center suddenly had an aquarium last night. OMG! Here was a brand new, un-cycled 10 gallon aquarium, with about 50 fish in it, only half...

Hey keeper, remember that the new filter will need to be seeded with about half of the media from another filter or you'll start a cycle and probably cause more damage than good.

Two words - Water change. Although, you do pretty regular changes already. Bring some water to Bob or Andrew at Big Al's in the morning. If they won't test for you, shell out and get a nitrate kit. Has there been major changes in temp. I think 79 is a little high. I'll give ya a call tomorrow...

Wish I could say the same, I helped him with it and usually I am the first person he calls when he needs an extra pair of arms. I used to think the garf design looked a little flimsy. I will now vouch 100% for the strenght of that design. Thing weighs a ton and could probably support one.

I've gone with ahsupply's retro kits for each of my tanks and swear by home made canopies. Home depot rocks!