Recent content by jeffp

Still got any snails? Looking to get around 50 (or I guess 55?), let me know if you have them.

are you shaking bottle #2 when you do the nitrate test? the solution in that bottle can settle, which will lead to low readings.

I've heard mixed stories about nite-out since it actually contains nitrospira but also has nitrobacter which seems to be commonly accepted as being wrong now, so I don't know how well it would work with the two bacteria competing with each other

Rineloricaria sp, also known as whiptail catfish as well. common names are fun!

It's been posted several, several times, but maybe you missed it. No, no one recommends having plants in a tank with a crayfish. They are known for tearing plants apart just because they feel like it. It seems like you might be waiting for someone to come by and say a cray with plants is fine so...

it's just a needle valve so you can adjust the flow to each tank

put a gang valve on each tank. that way you can dial in the amount of air that's going to each tank

flourish excel and flourish comprehensive (i assume this it he flourish you're talking about) are two different things completely. excel is a carbon source, like co2. flourish is a fertilizer, giving plants micronutrients. yeah, they need a better naming scheme

mystery snails need 2 snails to breed and nerite snails need brackish water, so 1 of either would work without having to worry about a huge snail population

why pick, get both!

i would think automatic feeder would be the best too so you can load it up with food small enough for the fry

just wash your hands after. it's not so strong that it'll do damage in the time it would be in contact with your skin

get a bucket or big plastic tub and fill it up with water from your tank. then put all your filter material and whatever else you can fit into the bucket to keep it wet. next, can you actually see where there is a leak and what's causing it? is it a crack in the glass or is it coming through the...

what did your ammonia readings say the entire time? was it always low? and those tests do expire which could lead to entirely wrong readings. liquid test kits are highly recommended as they are more reliable than the test strips. if it were me, i would just break the tank down and rebuild it...

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