Recent content by ScottS

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I think that's good to know, obviously as a long time member with your status, you probably wouldn't want to risk a bad rep and can be found for advice. :cool:

I was nervous, but local availability was VERY limited and I'd not had the best luck. I've ordered twice from Grey Wyman (wetspotcx on aquabid) with pretty good success even with 2 day delivery. I recently ordered 15 Cardinals, 10 Black Phantoms, 3 Cory Trilineatus and 3 Otos from him. Just...

Figures, I added a Crypt recently. I had some corkscrew val, but I think I bleach dipped it too long in my paranoia of snails one day taking over. Lost a Java fern the same way, but I see it must have spread as I have two small starts in the tank. Makes sense though. I'll try Vals again...

I've missed that discussion in my research, thanks! It was sold as a freshwater light from Nova, so I presumed it was okay. I was surprised it wasn't one 10k and one 6.5k when I received it though. Maybe it would be best to swap out a 10k for a 6.5k Since I switched to RO, I've had great...

Just measured my phosphates, I'm showing not much if reading this right: You can see where I scraped the rock with the edge of the siphon. It comes off, but not easily. Here's a Crypt that is pretty new to the tank and you can see the algae starting to gather on the edge.

That figures, I was trying a low-light, easy beginner plant tank, hence the anubias. I recently added a crypt as well. I had some corkscrew val in the corner, but I think I bleach dipped it too long in my paranoia over snails. It's best described as clumpy. A siphon will pick some of it up...

The wood was real, the plants were obviously fake: I've since tried my hand at a planted 46 gallon bowfront.

I had a relative try mixing small tetras and a betta in a small tank. It didn't turn out well for the tetras. That said, maybe a small full body tetra is the trick, but they're not going to provide the zip you're looking for. Serpae are feisty and have good colors. But you have to have...

Did you throw all those fish in the tank without cycling it? If you're having a spike in ammonia, I hope you're doing daily water changes to keep it under control.

A hifin pleco is not the same as a clown pleco. I've had three clown plecos. The first one did a bang up job on algae and would eat slices of cucumber. The 2 I have presently are worthless when it comes to algae and I've had the cucumber slice last for days untouched. They appear to prefer...