Recent content by jdizzle3id

I have a 405 and I'd say it takes me about 40 min on average to get the POS primed after i do a water change. I hate this thing. I'm not sure what the "primer pump" does on your 405, but on mine, all it does is start building up air pressure on the supply side. When the air pressure gets high...

I have a 75 gal with 6 bala sharks, 4 yoyo loaches, 1 "rubberlip pleco", and a 7-8 inch african cichlid. The cichlid will be finding a new home as soon as I find a responsible owner who will take him/her(it was a "gift" from a friend who didn't want it anymore). I realize I am overstocked for...

I could actually see the rock that was stuck in his mouth (I should have said that in my initial post). Anyway, I had decided that I was going to net the fish and try to extract the rock with a pair of tweezers. I'm pretty sure that when I was in the process of netting, he started shaking back...

One of my bala sharks apparently has a rock stuck in its mouth. Is there anything I can do to help it? How long should I wait to try to do something. I'd say this happened within the last 2 hours because I didn't notice it when I was doing my water change. The bala is about 4 inches long...

I might be a little late chiming in on this one but, I had been having the same problem recently. I finally decided to get some different lighting. I tried pure actinic because I had heard that plants and algae couldn't use that type of light. I got home and tried them but I did not like the...

Nope, that's the only fish in the tank right now.

I think I found it on cichlid-forum psuedotropheus crabro (bumble bee cichlid) www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=845 if you go to the second picture "large male" it's a dead ringer

I think I agree with fishyfanatic. I certainly don't want to have to start adding various chemicals to the tank to lower the ph. I'll continue testing the water and doing my normal pwc's (which is once a week). If the ph continues to be in the high range I may even add the holey rock and...

another pic

I posted pics in the cichlid forum.

I recently got this tank and cichlid from my buddy. He didn't know what kind of cichlid it was. I'm assuming he bought it from one of those "assorted cichlid" tanks. He or she is about 3 years old and about 6 inches long. Any help or opinions are appreciated.

I tested the ph again today and it was back at 8.8. I also had filled a cup with tap water yesterday and let it sit out over night. The tap water (which had tested at 7.5 right from the tap) was at 8.4 today. I'm starting to think my tap water is the problem. I have tried posting pics of...

Okay, the texas holey rock is getting removed right now and I will continue with my water changes and tests. Thanks so much for the help

So I recently acquired a 55 gallon from my buddy. He had it set up at his house for about 3 years. The tank had aquarium gravel, a large piece of red lava rock, a large piece of texas holey rock, and about 10-15 stones that he had found outside somewhere. The only fish he had in there was a...

I've been a member here for about 5 months now and I finally got a digital camera. I can't seem to figure out how to post pics. Can someone please help?