Recent content by Importcrew

I came to work this AM and as I was getting ready, the other laborer I work with told me he saw a "big long" tank on the side of the road. I let him use my car to pick it up thinking that if it has a cracked glass or something, I could always repair it. He came back and it's a 60 gallon. As...

I was surprised as well with all the waste and garbage in the gravel when I switched my 10 gallon from gravel to sand. I completely cleaned out the tank to do so and since it was a 10 gallon I just scrubbed it real clean before putting sand in there. What I did was use a solo cup. I scooped...

My philosophy is always: The Bigger, The Better. But when going big, it requires more work, and more money. You'll need better filters, substrate, Ect, but the beauty is always something worth seeing. I have 2 10 gallon tanks, and a 65 gallon tank. To be honest, I want something bigger.

The $1/gallon is a great deal. Of course it comes only with the tank and nothing else. But another thing you can try doing is going on Craigslist and find a good tank on there around your area. I browse Craigslist just to check prices and you'll be surprised on how good some deals are. You...

Yes. Well I did. I just took out the turtle today and placed the turtle in a smaller tank since I will be getting an additional turtle tomorrow. As for the turtle being with the fish, (turtle is only a couple inches at most), and has not attacked my fish.

:lol: My fish are pretty much the same way. I have 1 turtle (baby painted turtle), 2 Koi, and 1 cichlid. I had 3 live plants in there along with a few soft plastic and silk plants and lets just say that I'm down to 2 Live plants now. I'll be buying a couple more later on. The fish doesn't...

Those results are straight from the tap. After I do a water change, it gradually goes down. I do use Seacham Prime, which I believe helps, but also, after it goes down, my reading is on average as follows: Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 40ppm PH 7.2-7.4

Mine is actually city water. I used the API Master Test Kit, waited the 5 minutes to let everything settle, and checked. Needless to say, I don't actually drink the tap water. But I do shower in it.

My levels are as followed: Ammonia: .5ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 0-5ppm (It was kind of in between) PH: 8.4 The only thing I do when I do a water change is that I add Prime and ReptiSafe (water conditioner). I know the Prime does well, but I add that as well. After a water change, I...

Congrats. Hope all works out well.

It all depends as it varies from person to person. When I bought a 10 gallon for a FREE turtle (I found it at work), I had to buy necessary things. I needed food, basking light, basking area, tank, water conditioner, gravel, heater, ect. Spent about $150 or so and was still missing a few...

One thing I want to build is a custom shaped aquarium. Something like a long tank to a "tunnel" going to another tank. Not sure exactly what shape and what not but something not common and unique. That's a goal I'll start researching. As soon as I buy a decent house, I plan on building a...

I was actually thinking about building my own as well but decided that I'll buy my tank and worry about a build later. I bought my 65 gallon tank, hood w/bulb, stand, under gravel filter, and some decor/plastic plants for around $200. I then bought: my filter (Marineland dual purpose magnum...

What I do is fill my 5 gallon buckets (and I try feeling the water to try matching the temp of the water in the tank), then I dump the water from the buckets into the tank. When I'm done filling, I then add my chemicals to match the volume in the tank, not just what I added.

Not at all. Also I like the peacefulness it brings.