Recent content by ryana

Thanks for reply. Weed long thin and strappy - mine grew to 2 metres plus, hence need to trim. I'll ask at shop - had it in tanks since a child and always just called it ribbon weed! It lasts longer than the rest. It's in my profile pic. Water tested at shop (specialist fish and tank supply) and...

Nice tank Brandon S. Interesting stock and imaginative planting - start saving for that 55 and show pic of that planting. Do you know how to stop weed rotting, or do you just replace it regularly?

My blue dwarf guarami Just lost my blue dwarf gourami suddenly yesterday after over a year in a very settled community tank (20 gall high). Reading first post on this thread, I may have stressed him when I trimmed the ribbon weed at the water change a couple of days before. Didn't think of that...

Interested to hear how the glass cats go. They sell them here (Aust) but are said to be delicate. Also, how big are yours going to grow?

Just lost blue dwarf gourami this morning - found him hanging in tank, slightly swollen stomach. Moved to quarantine and he was gone in 2 hrs. Just like that. Was happy for over a year in 20 US gall high tank with 4 black widow tetras, 6 neons, pleco and 2 cories. Acknowledge slightly...

I lost him this morning after two years. No explanation.

I love ghost knife but they grow to 2 foot plus, and are carnivorous night feeders. Every morning your elephant nose could be missing a bit ....

Filter arm on now in proposed betta tank with agisted neons - all happy, huge difference in flow. Back to 20 gall high tank now to sort out population. Just getting conditions right for dwarf gourami. That arm will go on too, but I've been ratting around in there too much lately, rearranging the...

betta and filter Thanks. That corresponds with the advice I received from my LFS today. Will advise how goes when get fish. Must return to "I know what you did last summer" on TV after a hard hot day of fish research. I know I'm too old for this movie (my teenage son left in disgust) but it is...

Betta and filter It is a power filter, small for small tank - inside tank on 3 suckers, sponge and activated carbon inside. Options of air hose (tiny) and spray arm. Small and easy to use for a beginner. Intake grill at bottom, outlet spout at top, just below surface. I might try pantyhose...

adding a dwarf gourami? Thanks for reply. I have same tank setup as you, it appears - also have 5 gall cycling for a betta. Just working out how to control filter flow with blowing up the motor. Plan on a betta and know I shouldn't worry about it being lonely but still ... And I don't want a...

betta and filter I have 5.6 gall tank which is cycling at the moment in anticipation of a betta to come. My filter is a Hailea HL-BT200 internal filter which works well but I would also like to control flow. I'm nervous about stuffing something in the outflow or putting something over the...

Reply to mandy2936 from another mandy. I have just started a 20 gall high tank, moving a rather scrappy but happy population from a smaller tank, and had the same questions as you. I already have one BN pleco, one male sword and just added new neons to make a total of 9. I have one remaining...