Recent content by Soupy97

I am a fan of apistogramma, but I want something bigger around 5" or so

Ok. What if I were to skip the gourami and add only a single firemouth? I guess it just comes down to the personality of the fish I get.

No problem. I painted the back of my tank black and I like the look of it.

I'm not sure where to find the green plastic but if you painted the back of the tank black the black plastic wouldn't be seen and it would look just as good (IMO). Just a thought.

I have a 40 gallon breeder with 2 blue gouramis, 2 keyhole cichlids, and 1 BN pleco. I wanted to add another blue gourami and 2 firemouth cichlids. I was hoping that having the five fish will spread out some of the aggression that is associated with them. My tank is densely planted with lots of...

Well I would run it for about a month or so but I think the most effective thing would be to take the filter cartridge out of the HOB and place it into the canister near the bio media. This might help with transition quicker. I would then take the cartridge out about a month later, Maybe a...

A bacteria bloom is the result of an "upset" in the cycle of your tank. If you feed too much a couple days, or maybe a couple of plants die, or pretty much anything that could produce more ammonia in your tank than usual, will cause it. What happens is that there is a regular amount of ammonia...

Well it might not be a bacteria bloom, but a couple of things make me think it is: -Your tank is only 1 month old so your water is not very stable yet. This would make a bacteria bloom much more likely. -Your filter is not catching the particles. During a bacteria bloom, the filter will not...

By water parameters I mean your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate readings from when you test your water. Your ammonia and nitrite should be at 0, and your nitrate should generally be fairly low (>50 or so). If your readings are not similiar to that, you may have a bacteria bloom. If you don't...

What exactly are you wondering? I feed my pleco cucumber regularly and my other fish will pick at it occasionally. I have tried zucchini as well which is just as good, though my pleco prefers the cucumber. It is good to feed a varied diet and include vegetables.

I figured that they got to big, but I was looking it up and most people were saying the minimum recommended tank size was 30 gallons. So if he was only going to have one or two, I figured I would throw out the option.

How long have you had the tank and what are your water parameters? It could be a bacteria bloom

Ok thanks for the help

I know you said 1 fish, but I think a pair of kissing gouramis would be really cool

Well the amount of aggression from the tiger barbs is usually related to how many you have. Size doesn't play as much of a factor. If you have a ton of them, they will usually just focus on harassing each other, while just one of them in a tank will most likely try to destroy everything.