Recent content by n5xmt

Well, They love rosey reds... no more beef heart. these 2 along with a clown knife and a pleco get along great... had 30 rosey's in their Monday... there are 4 left and these guys have almost doubled in size since the first pics I took... They have awesome personalities, though one is lazy...

I used to raise them in what looked like a cone shaped IV bag... Bought it as a kit at my LFS in California. had a hose on the bottom and when you opened the valve they went down the tube into a container to feed the tank with... for heat, keep the bright light source near the bag and the heat...

cool... Looks like I am well on my way. 55G was started on 1/17 with Bio-Spira, 20G was overstocked and had been up for 6 months... got the fish into the 55 on 1/19 (All but 5... the meat eaters... 2 Senegal Bichir's, 1 clown knife and 2 sailfin Pleco's for cleanup)

This is very newbie-ish, but I am trying to figure out what "normal" values for Ammonia, nitrites and nitrates should be in an established tank (freshwater 55Gal) that is not overstocked and is planted. (2 grasses, a brazillian sword and a moneywort). Here are graphs of my planted 55G and my...

you can also use "PH Down" and add a little, check it the next day, add a little etc till it's where you need to be... just DON'T add more than they say and don't change the PH more than 0.2/24 hours

will tiger barbs attack Betta fins?

and drop in some BioSpira

my 16 year old has a tiger oscar that is probably a foot long or maybe a little more in a 100 gallon tank... he is trained so he comes to the top when you feed him and follows fingers... my son opened the top of the tank BEFORE grabbing the food, and his little friend actually jumped out of...

Don't pet him! you will remove the slime coat off him and that opens him up to infection and disease... I like to let Oscars nibble my fingers...

My setup: Wal_Mart 55Gal glass tank 158.00 (Includes AquaTech 30-60 HOB filter, 2 fluorescent lights for hoods, 200W submersible heater, net, water treatment, but I used Sera's Aqua-Tan... and 2 paks of tetra-fin food) Wal-Mart stand for 55 Gal: 75.00 (Black) 75 pounds of Gravel: 30.00...

That's why as soon as the 55 Gal is ready we will be moving everything but the Senegalus over there... We'll keep them in the 20. is there anything that they seem to co-habitate well with that we could add to the 20 (Besides a Pleco?)

I have 5 in a tank with 2 Dinosaur eels (Polypterus Senegalus), 2 Australian Rainbows, 2 Blood fin tetra's and 2 Blue gourami's... they all get along just fine and seem to stay Within their own groups, though the rainbows and bloodfins do tend to play together.

Found out it's the Violet Gobie

Here's my betta tanks...

Don't know the variety, but all 4 are these: