Recent content by Hillbilly Jerry

I agree, and have read your post about the filterless/heaterless tank. Between you and me, I have had several super-low-tech tanks with no filter other than plants and no heat or light other than natural light. It's not something I'd advise to anyone, so I tend not to discuss it much via fish...

Most people do it for redundancy in case of failure and to keep the biological media active when cleaning them. As for myself, if I don't have space to run a canister or a wet-dry, I'll use a sponge filter in one rear corner and a plastic corner filter in the other back corner. HOB filters and...

Try getting a small piece of limestone or dead coral skeleton from your LFS. This will bring your GH up (especially with a pH of 6-ish). Have you tested your tap water to see if it is very soft and acidic? If it is not, an xtra-large water change might help as well. If you're forced to go...

I'll third the blunt force trauma method here. Very fast method that leaves little time for any pain or emotional damage fish may or may not be able to experience.

27.00 dollars for biased opinion of one person? Charlatan.

If they are in the nest chances are they were fertilized. The male has to inspect and place each egg into the nest while they spawn. Unfertilized eggs get fuzzy after about 12 hours, but you'll never see it in the nest. As a rule I discard any nest that doesn't hatch out in 4 days.

I get the same error on IE 6, firefox and Opera. Very randomly though, and a refresh always brings up the page. Methinks it's something in the banner rotation, simply because of the randomness.

I love fresh fish. and have even sampled some common aquarium species like Oscar and Peacock Bass

Sorry to hear about that Puriti. At least everyone gota nice meal out of it :) I really reccomend you get a 2.5 gallon tank and set it up as a dedicated betta breeding tank, as well as a plan for fry growout if you want to try again. It will mean the difference between success and failure...

No extras ATM, but if all goes well in 5 or 6 weeks I should have some, as well as some Giant black Plakats.

As do I. I have noticed that eventually all aquarists dedicated enough to participate on an internet fish fourm will eventually gravitate towards Seachem products. Are they better, or are we being brainwashed? As a side note here, I've used and can say the following all will work more than...

rich gave the concise answer. Now it's time for the long winded version :P This is an abbreviated version of the answer to a similar question answered quite a few years ago (when these "multi-chemical-removing-tap-water-conditioners" became popular) by Dr. Anthony Calflo. Any mistakes are...

Some will disagree with me here, but I wouldn't use a nutrient rich soil (eco-complete, flourite, etc.) in a low light no CO2 setup. It might work just fine, as I've never tried it, but I like to have control over the fert dosing when I'm not injecting gas and using high light. Maybe someone...

Could be what he slavaged form the last nest. If you don't see fry in 3 days take a net and scoop out his nest. This way dead eggs don't pollute the tank. Weasel is right on the money. I actually give a male 6 weeks of rest, females 4. IMO during this time-out it's important for them not to...