Recent content by lildragonflies

2 koi, 1 marble, 2 gold pearl scale?

I have two angels I bought at different times from two diffetent stores. Both are light peach bodies shiny all over with lavendar dorsal fins. One has a strong gold color on it's crown. The younger one is a peachy/ pale pink all over. I will try to post a picture if I can. Fish are hard to...

I have a 38 gal with 5 angels and 3 serpae tetras. Can I have two or three pitbull plecos? Or is this too much? Also, I know they like temps between 68 and 78. Will they be ok in a warmer tank? (82)

This is great. I would like to do it right the first time so investing in a better lighting system seems like the way to go. Thanks so much!

The bulb says its T8, 17w, 8000K full spectrum daylight. Is that good enough for live plants?

All of this info is so helpful. I have a lot to look into now. All I kn.ow about my light is that it's the long florescent bulb that came with the tank. :p good to know that I can use plain ol gravel so maybe a combination would be good so the plants get some nutrients? Also in this process...

I believe the tank is 18" deep. So from the sound of it lighting is the first thing I should worry about. How about the substrate? What kind should I be looking for? I would like to be thorough but I don't want to get too high tech. For now it seems best to stay slow.

Davemac, was just looking through posts and came across your pics. I'm going to change my tank from artificial to a planted amazon for my angels. I'm totally new so maybe you could give me a couple pointers?

I have a 38 gal tall with 5 angels and 3 tetras set up just after christmas. I am still having issues with diatoms but the tank is stable and the water is healthy and clear. Right now everything in the tank is artificial but I slowly want to change everything out and make it a little natual...

The tank is 38 gals. I just did a pwc yesterday.

I have one large marble angel 4 little baby angels and 3 serpae tetras in my tank. This morning I saw that one of the baby gold angels has a missing piece. The top of it's tall dorsal fin has been nipped off! So my question is is this normal for angels (or tetras) to be fin nippers and... do...

..."get used to scraping the glass every few weeks to remove it. Doing it before a water change will help because you'll still have it floating in the water and can remove a lot of it that way"... Very good idea. Will do.

Awesome. Ty

I will do that. Thanks.