Recent content by hulkamaniac

Hornwort is ridiculously easy to grow, but I've found it also drops a ton of needles in my tank regardless of how well it grows.

I would've never thought of getting rock from the landscaping store. I've always looked at the LFS and been scared away by their ridiculous pricing.

As a way to kind of support my habit, I'm now selling inline co2 diffusers. I use one of these on my tank and it has to be seen to be believed how efficient it is. You can easily get 35 ppm in a 75g by less than a bubble per second. These work best on the intake of the filter that way not...

You can, but I don't know that I would with SA cichlids. It's going to make the water really, really hard. That being said, I would love to do a tank using base rock for Africans. I've seen similar tanks and always found them stunning. A lot of people see them at a glance and think they're...

Super glue is safe. I'd let it dry thoroughly before putting the decoration back in the tank, but I've used it in my tanks before with no problem. I'm told salties use it all the time for corals.

You could add another angel. Larger tetras like the congo tetra wouldn't have to worry about being eaten.

I think I've finally got all the kinks worked out of my 75g tank so I'm ready to stock it back up. Currently in this planted paradise I have - BN pleco Upside down cat (S. Nigrofaciatus (sp?)) 2 kribs that don't get along 6 black skirts 3 glo-lites 4 black neons 3 flame tetras 1 Julii cory...

Very sweet. I have been dieing to make a Tanganyikan tank for ages, but don't have the space or the spare tank right now. I'm so jealous. You will post pics right? Right?

I have one false jullii (not by design, his friends all croaked over time) and I plan on getting a lot more. I've found cories to be weird fish. The ones I've had refused to school with any cory other than their own kind. It struck me as a little strange. How does a fish know what it's...

Basically you need a tank (different sizes for different size aquariums, or you can just refill your smaller tank more frequently), a regulator, CO2 diffuser, and CO2 tubing. Optional stuff is a bubble counter, PH controller and Solenoid.

I love the pillbox idea. That is just awesome. Especially since I can get 3-4 pillboxes free from the local pharmacy. I can be set up for a month in no time. Great idea.

Ok, on advice I received here I ordered some Greg Watson ferts. After a blackout that sucessfully killed all the algae in the tank I'm ready to turn the lights back on, start up the CO2 again and start fertilizing. My problem is I'm not entirely clear what to do with the ferts I got. I have...

Ok, thanks for that info. To clarify, the stuff I got is what I need and if I add Flourish to it for micros, I'll be fine (hopefully)?

It's a 75g tank. Thanks to the articles you gave me I went over and ordered Potassion Nitrate, Potassium Sulfate, and Mono Potassion Phosphate. I figure I can pick up a bottle of Flourish Excel somewhere locally for trace elements and save on shipping. Do these sound like the right kinds of...

I suspected ferts were my problem too. I'll read the links that have been left for me and you'll probably see me back here with questions.