Recent content by Mikedbom

I only have my canister filter and air stone creating flow. Should I add a powerhead? I read Cichlids don't like a lot of flow. Will SA cichlids leave the snails alone?

Thanks for the advice so far. The stuff does swish a little but you have to give it a good disruption. It's a lot like lite crust. I'll check out the antibiotics. Any connection with fin rot or tail loss of a cichlid with this algae? They kind of came on at the same time.

Hey all...been working on my algae problem based on the great info provided by these forums but I have an issue that needs help. I have this algae growth in my substrate that is crunchy-like. I've cleaned it out before and it's back. Water chems are good. One live plant. 3 cichlids and a...

was just reading up on CO2 injection when i read that airstones arent good for plants. i guess i should have mentioned that i have two large airstones in the tank. Should i take them out before i start loading CO2? Can you run airstones with CO2 injection?

I'll check out the crypts. I have some homemade root tabs from my local aquarium shop. Good for three months. The Java fern is tied to a rock and not in the sand. The plants seem to be living still, not growing very fast although there has been some growth. But they are covered with hair...

Not over feeding ... Check Weekly pwc ... Check Not dosing carbon but ferts twice a week. Substrate is sand only. Plants are some Java fern and swords. Nothing crazy. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

not salt water as far as i know. I have the Marineland Double Bright LED Light. I also have a flourescent that I was using at first for the plants but the algae went crazy and its been off ever since. so now just the LED light 4 on 4 off. I would be surprised if the carbon worked, but it...

I don't think that is what this fish had. He never had any warts or anomalies on his fins or body. In fact, he was impeccable. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I scrubbed all the wood and rocks and glass. It took longer for it to come back but it's back. Just cleaned it again last night but didn't scrub the wood down. Glass gets bad quick. Did an 80% wc last night. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

No it was a scientific name. Kinda weird. I thought it was salvini but the ones that store carries are yellow. I should have written it down but I didn't. Lesson learned. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

@Rnord - unlikely to be a heater burn...heater is composite and never gets very hot. @mikem - JD's are what someone else said but i swore the fish store told me they were something else when i bought them. perhaps they were using the scientific name. no doubt was someone picking at him. i...

the unknowns are the two in the front. http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq324/mikedbom/IMG_1252.jpg the big firemouth was the boss of the tank. even though one of these unknown cichlids has become very dark with purple flecks and is now the aggressor, i cant imagine one of them killing the...

it works on my computer but i added a direct link to the image as well. thanks.

light cycle isnt really improving anything so i'm going to try carbon. hopefully this works.

My big firemouth died a few weeks ago and I took a picture of him before he got flushed because there was some weird stuff on him that i've never seen before. I've lost quite a few fish in my years and I have never seen this before. direct link if thumb doesnt work for you...