Recent content by kjbuente

Okay, I gravel vac'd and uprooted my plants to clean the gravel. I found some interesting things.... In my wisteria, I found several leafs in the middle that was brown and covered in slime under the leaf. I found at least 10 leafs like that. And in the middle of my anubias plant I found some...

Personally, as a fellow DIY canister filter owner powered by a MagDrive\PondMaster pump. Move the pump so it is pushing. I had mine on the pull like yours, after a week or so I noticed that it was making a ton of noise and when I looked at it, most of the casing had warp badly and was leaking...

I did another test just a few minutes ago. Nitrates are about 60PPM. :confused: But I'd swear that my wisteria grew inches over night... I think I'm going to have to uproot my plants and wash the gravel as good as I can get it with old tank water. I don't think that it will do to much, but it...

Well, there was not a whole lot of gunk built up in the bottom of my filter. But everything is now super clean. Changed out an other 50% of water as well. Nitrates currently at about 30PPM. Hopefully in the morning, the nitrates will stay there. Just have to wait and see.

The last time I cleaned the filter media was last Saturday. Though you do have me going down a rabbit hole now... While the filter media was changed out recently, I think a design flaw maybe my issue. My filter is a DIY canister, There is a way for heavy deposits not to be captured. I could...

I gravel vac the gravel every week. Then once a month I connect my gravel vac to my canister filter,(Pulls more junk out than just gravity). While connected to the filter, I move the decor around to get to the places I normally cant get to. Next I clean or change the filter media so the junk...

I agree that I should of researched some before adding to my tank. I was just one of those days where thinking like that was not in the cards for me. After a massive water change,(~50 gallons fresh to the ~24G volume). And some help from a friend. (Only a fellow fish lover will help in a...

While I was picking up some supplies for my take, I notice Fluval ClearMax. Never Used it before, did not do any research, saw what it removed. Figured that since my tap water is normally high in Phosphates and Nitrates (~30PPM). I figured it could not hurt. The store was closing so I just...

Okay for my DIY filter that I have going now, I had two 200GPH pumps. One before that filter and one after the filter. I really did not like this setup, I just wanted one pump to run this filter. That and I had plans to use the others for another DIY project. So I purchased a Mag Drive 5...

They should call the stuff "Super Evil Glue". Just trying to open an tube of that stuff I always glue my fingers together......

Oh wow, I'm going to have to keep an eye on them. :) Just so nervous, I want them to live so badly and I feel like I'm doing something wrong.....

Thanks! I've have moved them to a 5Gal all by themselves and tons of hiding places to limit stress with a basic bubble filter (Seeded with BB) and I have been feeding them a mix of crushed flake,blood worms,and brine shrimp three times a day. So far they are eating it and growing faster than I...

Thanks for all the help! I'll try to post pics and updates when I can!

Ah.... What do I feed them???? Just crushed flake?

Well, since the babies are almost larger than what the cherry barbs can eat I'm not to worried about that. I think I'll get a breeders net so I can buy some time rearranging my QT so that it is fry friendly. (No heat and filter is currently off). The thing that gets me is the parents are not...