Recent content by lksdrinker

You'd be amazed how different a fish's appearance can be due to various factors. Tank light (style, amount, spectrum etc), ambient light in the room, substrate color, background color, etc etc etc.

I'd do a school of full grown rummynose tetra. They should be a bit too big to end up being snacks for the angels; and they are one of, if not the, tightest schooling fish you can get.

Its probably not a hermaphrodite per se; but I have heard of platys changing sex when needed supposedly.

This sounds about right to me. I'd be truly amazed if a fish was able to fit into somewhere and be unable to get back out.

Beats me. Might be one of those situations where you need to try it and see what works.

It certainly could be caused by that; but I've never bothered examining enough to find out for sure. I've got a current usa satellite led fixture (1 of many currently being used in my fishroom) that crapped out earlier this week. Before over-reacting and assuming the worst I just swapped the...

Tanins are actually quite beneficial for most species. It can be ugly to see though. It will eventually/gradually be less noticeable if you just keep up with regular water changes. As noted above purigen and carbon can help; but they will be removing it from teh water column and not...

In theory you're right. However, the failure rate on the led fixtures in the aquarium world so far seems very very high. Most often its just the power source; but still seems to be happening far too often. A couple of new fluorescent tubes once or twice a year still seems easier (cheaper)...

why are you trying to change the ph of the tank? is something wrong? I'm a fan of suggesting that no one should try to alter the PH. Most fish will acclimate to various ph levels. Consistency is the important part. The actual number doesn't matter too much.

I think you'll live. Take a look at the bottles; one is a bit more caustic than the rest and has a more serious warning on it. Might be one of the nitrate solutions but I cant recall for sure.

both melafix and pimafix are pretty natural. They are barely considered medicines. However, the ingredients (the clove and tea tree oils specifically) are/can be used to euthanize fish in a high enough concentration. They can help for very minor issues like fin rot; but then again so can...

What kind of ram and what other inhabitants will be in the tank? I'd say this is more than enough for something like a german blue ram. They are not very big fish. Might be small for a bolivian ram though.

If you're not there to do any maintenance then I'd suggest no food for your absence. The fish will survive and you wont have uneaten food slowly fouling up your tank.

The quick answer should be no. This is not resealing a tank. This is re-building a tank. Resealing a tank should only be done before the catastrophic failure that is described here. Resealing a tank does not involve separating the panels of glass and removing the silicone there (which is not...

Double check your measurements as something doesn't sit right with me....especially at the triangles. That outside edge can not be the same as the other 2 edges if there is truly a right angle as it appears on your diagram.