Recent content by Henri

This might sound bad, but I don't have a test kit. The Aquaria isn't really developed in my country and the only place where test kits are available to me is the internet, yet the shipping only would cost $25+. I've been trusting my water changes and maintenances so far. Yes, the filter has been...

Hi everyone! I was on a business trip with my family and grandma was the only one who has been looking after the house. I separated the fish food of my 20G tank to daily meals and told her what she needed to know, turning lights on and off on time, feeding fish, etc. I left and I didn't think...

I did the room temperature test with a thermometer and the temperature yesterday night was actually 27 degrees C (80F) and today in the morning are 30 (86F) degrees C. Is it better?

I know what you're talking about. I live in the mediterranean and I frequently check the news from outside the country, especially from the US, cause I'm obsessed with living there, however I just recently read about the temperatures and they're about the same with our temperatures, if I...

I'm not really going through a heat wave, that's how hot it is during the whole summer. Especially this month, in my country at least. I'll re-plug the heater though, I was just unsure of what had I done. I'm sorry if you took this as a flame, i really wasn't trying to offend you, seriously...

I am keeping swordtails right now, and did you take into consideration that the water temperature is always cooler than the room temperature? Plus, isn't the room temperature itself a few degrees less than the temperature outside?

Hi everyone, I made some research and found out I should not have done this, but right now I'm on vacation and I can't do anything since I'm not at home :(. I live in southeast Europe and it gets madly hot here, the temperatures reach 40-42 degrees Celcius. Throughout the year I mantained a...

Yeah we do get plenty of calcium deposits on the sink, ESPECIALLY when I was keeping a ten gallon on a glass table and the current crrated by the filter was so strong that the water would spill out. When I removed the tank I noticed the big stain of calcium and its still there two years later...

Hi there thanks for your quick reply! I actually live in the Southeastern Europe and there are no test kits sold around here, except for the API Freshwater strips that I got as a gift from a friend in Australia. I have read mixed reviews based on their accuracy, but however they give me a pH of...

Hi everyone! I am about to finish cycling my 20 gallon dirted tank and I am now thinking into stocking. i'm dead set about Mystery and Nerite snails, but mostly Mystery snails, and since I've never kept these guys I'm pretty excited. The thing ia that they require a high pH and since this is a...

Really? Phew, thanks I was kinda starting to worry. The tank is HEAVILY planted so I mostly needed a place for the bacteria to grow. The plants will feed on fish waste. Do you think the filter in the link will provide a sufficent cirulation to help the plants get nutrients from the water...

Well this is what I'm planning to stock: - 6 cardinal tetras - 6 harlequin rasboras - a GBR - 6 cories

Hi everyone I just finally set up my 20 gallon drited, heavily planted tank. I had an internal filter thas I purchased it about 1,5 years ago. Anyways, this filter suddenly decided to stop working :(. Fortunately, Im still cycling this tank (this is the first day), so there are no fish in it...

Hi everyone! After two months of research and after gathering all the required equipment, today i finally finished my first dirted tank! It's only a 20 gallon, but it's my first and I'll hopefully upgrate to something bigger soon! I didn't have much money to buy an organic top soil, so I had to...

The bulbs at the hardware store vary on their color. I thought the very bright ones were the ideal for plants/fish, the 6500 K. Can I tell the 4100 bulbs from the 6500 judging by their color?