Recent content by Medusa Head

Common goldfish or goldfish with normal body shapes are the only problem. Goldfish with compact body shapes (aka "egg-shaped") such as orandas and ryukins go great with plants. The ideal tank for such goldfish is a planted tank. I have four egg shaped goldfish in a 42 gallon heavily planted...

You are correct in that they aren't a permanent fix; the user must correct the issues that are actually causing the problem. However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with also using an algaecide to get rid of the majority of the existing algae. One must be careful however to select the right...

It's too bad you went with majority rule and got a Vortex. You could have eliminated a TON of extra work and fuss by going with a System 1. I threw my PITA Vortex away long ago and never looked back.

I have fed MarineLand Bio Blend foods in all my tanks for years now, with great results. Now, without warning, I find all major retailers have pulled Bio Blend from their shelves. I looked up some retailers on the web and found the same thing. I went to http://www.marinelandlabs.com and found...

That's only what I found out using the internet. If anyone knows some hard facts to correct my speculations please post!

I noticed your thread a while back and finally got around to doing some research. Tropical Science Biolabs, aka TSBiolabs, are the makers of such products as Liquid Gravel Vac and Aqua Flourish, which contains "RNA and DNA" which is somehow supposed to be beneficial. If you go to the site...

IMHO they are overrated. They are hiders. You will NEVER see them. I've seen planted tanks with over a dozen of them in there and you had to work REALLY hard to just to find ONE. There are dozens of other brightly colored fancy plecos available. Take a look at all the different peckolitas that...

If buying a parrot ciclid is wrong, then so are fancy goldfish. By that matter, so are dwarf dogs (like basset hounds and corgis), giant dogs (like great danes), and "extreme" faced dogs (pugs, bulldogs) and cats (persians). All of these are genetic deformities that will cause the animals...

I believe the pH buffer is a phosphate based buffer, hence the high phosphates. Some people over at plantedtank have reported that Carib-Sea said they will replace it. So far however, no one has gotten their replacement bags.

I was going to say there are some big problems with Eco Complete right now so that may be why there was a delay. http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/showthread.php?t=6572 http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/s...ead.php?t=17035 http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/s...ead.php?t=15791...

Complete total misconception. Goldfish do great at tropical temperatures, preferably in the mid 70's. I have been keeping goldfish at tropical temperatures for a couple years now. They do GREAT. In fact, if you keep the fancier "egg shaped" varities (orandas, black moor, etc.), they do much...

Crayfish will eat anything they can catch. I have never kept one, but I understand that they are best with smaller, skittish tropical fish (like guppies and tetras). Larger more aggressive fish (like cichlids) will tear the crayfish apart.

I'm not sure where you get this information. I have kept hillstream loaches in levels greater than this and they do just fine.

They need very high levels of dissolved oxygen in the water. They live in very fast rapids with very high oxygen. It's been my experience that you must run an airstone when keeping balitorids such as hillstream loaches, or they will die very quickly.

I gave up reporting incidents long ago. There's lots of different organizations and lots of online forms, but it seems that it never makes any difference. They are either too busy, understaffed, or have more important matters to attend to. That's been my personal experience anyways. :?