Recent content by jimenezlee

Haha, the lochness and godzilla of plecos! :) Thanks all for the guidance.

Yea, by no means is he trying to get the whole list. The bn pleco I thought grew only to 6 inches. Is that incorrect?

Hi, my buddy is just about to finish cycling a 20G tank. I helped him speed up his cycle with a filter from my 55g and is already making progress through the nitrite spike, he's feeding ammonia to 4ppm daily, and is now thinking of stocking the tank. Some of his choices are: red-tailed shark...

Glad to hear the info helped.

Note: when de-gassing you should see the PH rise.

Hard to say unless you monitor the CO2 somehow. An easy way to monitor is to check the PH of your water. If the CO2 is absorbed, then the PH will go down. You can also do a de-gas method where you take water from your tank, measure PH, then leave uncovered for 24 hrs and re-measure. A drop of 1...

Right, and from what I can see it looks as if the gravel cleaning part of the hose is on the wrong end of the flexible tubing. The bulb for manually pumping and starting the syphon is usually much closer to the gravel cleaner piece. This one is almost to where you would put the hose in the...

Hum... I thought that perhaps it had come dissasembled and you had just put it together incorrectly. It must just not be able to create a proper syphon if air can get in anywhere on the hose.

Just wanted to pitch in my 2cents. If CO2 price is what is discouraging you, I went with a diy setup that basically only cost the price of 2 cups of sugar and a packet of yeast and some airlines. It made a big difference with my plants.

Make sure it is assembled correctly. If that blue part is on backwards it won't work, as there is prob a one way valve in there. Also, the large part may need to be on the other end of the hose. Try until it works, after all you need to create a syphon. The split has to be taken care of first...

The only way to raise the fry are to move them to a predator free tank.

The new filter could be seeded faster if some of the old filter material was transferred to the new filter. But U agree that in a couple of weeks the new filter should be established. Without the prev established filter, the new one could only do mechanical, not bio filtration without a full...

I keep angels and at first had 4 angels and 3 kissing gouramis with them. The gouramis kept trying to eat their slime coat and really bothered them. Had to get rid of the gouramis.

What do your plants look like now? Do they grow at all? Do leaves turn yellow, or have any other signs of nutrient deficiency? If the plants get any natural light then strong lights should not be too necessary, but water changes and ferts are where plants should get their nutrients from.

Cool, please let us know if you're successful. I haven't seen any baby RCS in my tank yet, although I think I've seen them mating...