Recent content by phoenixkiller

Hey everyone, Been out of the hobby for a couple years, with college stuff and work. Hoping to splurge a bit of my savings to pick up a 100 gallon fish tank. I've looked at a lot of large fish to put in this size tank (Which is a pretty wide range of fish), but none captured my attention more...

Get a closer picture, I've dealt with diatoms in the past and could help if I saw it better!

Whassup AA? I have been hoarding plants for a single tank, and I really need to clear out the ones I don't want. No algae as far as I see, but there may be snails. I have 5 rooted crowns of Dwarf Sag, some leaves are having trouble, but all plants should be fine with a week or two of love. In...

>>>>>>>>>> HRS -- Homemade Riccia Stone <<<<<<<<<< Hey everybody! Some time ago I acquired a large amount of slate stone which I was planning to use for an eel tank (To make some caves for him). The tank didn't work out, and the neat stone slabs have been sitting around for a while. I was...

Bro, we're ALL nerds. This is like Nerd Central. But same here, I'm always up for a chat!

C'mon guys, what happened to people chillin' on the chat room while surfing the web? I remember less than a year ago there were Friday nights with 10 or more people chattin' it up, and now I never see more than four. Even to the guys that don't really chat very much, try it out once a week, we...

A very strange phrase, isn't it? It's implications, I mean. Of course, the adults and even the seniors criticize it to no end, and yet... there seems to be no escape from it! It's a lot of rubbish when you think about it, really. I went to a band concert tonight, and every conversation between...

I know, just throwing in my opinion. Shrimp come with plenty of cons, and skirting disaster is just not in my book haha. But by all means, get some tetras or something. I might just be overparanoid.

And to that I agree. Otos are good, but neon tetras have mouths made for eating. So yes, it is possible to have a healthy colony coexisting with fish, but why take any risk at all? Shrimp are fantastic in themselves!

IME generally is a strong word. I just personally don't like risk things on account that they are "generally" safe.

Depends on the type of sand and how deep. The deeper it is, the worse the bubbles. Once a month or so just stir up the sand a bit, make sure there is no buildup. Easy peasy.