Recent content by rjb0333

anyone have it, does it look cool, is it safe, which kind is the best? I have lots of nooks and crannies in my tank and i thought it would be cool to light them up so if anyone has any advice I would love to hear it. Thanks

Ah that is unfortunate, I hated the confines of a dorm room when I lived in one.

Thanks for the help, I don't know if this makes a difference but it is defiantly the most aggressive fish in the tank. I also have in the same tank an Oscar, Jack Dempsey, Pink Convict and a Fire mouth Cichlid. It chases around all of the fish but takes a special interest in the pink convict.

My dad and i have custom built 2 now and its surprisingly easy, I am sure there is plenty of info available on the web and it only takes a moderate ability of wood working and an elementary school ability to measure. Here is a pic of the simpler of the two, message me if you would like further...

Picked this up at the LFS and they said they thought it was a convict but they were not sure. Just wondering if it is and if not what is it?

thanks for all of the advice/help my girlfriend might kill me if the (pretty pink one) dies

Well thats a bummer, will changing the water without testing hurt the fish. The only reason i ask is that i pretty much broke the bank on the tank and the setup, cant afford the AP kit for about a week. Thanks for your help again, hopefully this will break my chain of bad decisions that almost...

how often should i change the water and how much should i take out to keep the fish alive but keep the tank cycling, i have a liquid test kit called the Mardel 5 on 1 test strips they measure Nitrate, Nitrite, Hardness, Alkalinity, and pH. Everything seems to be fine except the pH is between 8...

I have purchased some cichlids on advice from the LFS but everything has gone to hell, i posted something in the unhealthy fish section. I am now concerned that if they survive will they grow fast and if so how much larger should the gars be when i get my larger tank, i have a very hardy...

I have a 38 gal tank that was sitting in my basement and like the real smart person that I am I went to the LFS and got advice on how to set it up and what to get. In the end I went home with an under gravel setup, 2 power heads pushing 290 gph (I think that might be a little excessive) a 200w...

thanks for the advice, any ideas on a similar fish to the gar that wont grow quite so large

I am setting up a tank for the first time (38 gal) so far i have purchased an under gravel filter and beefed it up with 2 power heads (combined flow of 290 GPH) in addition to using the 2 heads that came with the set up. I was wondering if this set up will work for me. After cycling my tank i...