Recent content by Nolan

Looks great. When I built my stand, I put a piece of decorative trim around the top. This trim also hides the bottom black part of the tank and a bit of the substrate. If you did something similar, you could get away with just gluing the shelf down instead of screwing (or not even gluing it). I...

Oscars can grow larger than 12 inches long, a 55 gallon tank is typicall only 13 inches wide (front to back). The smallest size tank for an oscar is north of 120 gallons (this is the size that extends from 4 feet long (55 gallon) to 6 feet long. A 55 gallon tank will not provide an oscar with...

The quarantined platy and one of the tetras in the main tank were belly up by the time i got home from work yesterday. I turned the heater up a bit and up a bit more later in they say so its sitting around 86ºF now. I also did a PWC (~50%). Everyone else still in there looks pretty healthy, I'm...

Thanks. All the rest are fine, must have brought something with him from the pet store :(.

Yes, i agitate the sand every time i do my water changes. I grab a handfull and put it back down, this releases the air pockets and kicks up any crud that has been buried during the previous week. After that, I swirl the end of the hose above the top of the sand, creating a tiny vortex where the...

Thank you. I have a sand substrate, so when i 'vacuum' it, I hold the hose slightly above the sand and suck up the solid waste from the top of the sand. Any tips for trying to remove the parasite from a sand substrate?

I picked up a couple of platies yesterday, and one is not looking so hot this morning. I'm not sure if it might be Ich? He has white buildup on his top fin and his tail fin (couldn't get a picture of the tail buildup). I removed him from the tank and put him in a small beta tank (1 gal) for...

Make sure you aren't voiding the warranty by opening the thing up. That would really suck.

It is not recommended to stock Mbuna (pronounced boo-nah) with Peacocks. Here is an invaluable Lake Malawi resource, I'd suggest reading through it multiple times. Lake Malawi and Aquarium Stocking Cichlids - Aquarium Advice

Awesome! Thanks. I love the looks of that yellow rock krib. I found a couple of deals on 75 gal tanks but they are only 4 ft long. You think even with the extra depth the 6 inchers will be too cramped?

Most Cichlids are listed with an acceptable pH range from 7.8 - 8.4 (some even higher). I would say 8.0 is fine. Look on the Cichlid-Forum.com fish profiles for specific fish pH requirements.

You can bleach it, just make sure you rinse it THOROUGHLY afterwords. Like, rinse it multiple times until you can small no bleach on the rocks. Also, check out this thread, he washed his holey rock with bleach and it brightened it up as well...

I don't think anyone answered your question and/or if you already got it, but yes "eggcrate is also known as light diffusor". I am fairly certain it was very cheap the last time i check at home depot.

Cookie Cutter - 55-gallons will get you pointed in the right direction for stocking. Also try to google "55 gallon cichlid stock" or similar variations. There are many posts on this forum, and many others like it with lots of information and suggestions.

Cichlid Profiles has all of the "background information" on virtually any cichlid you can name (and a lot you can't).