Recent content by spankerbob

Was the rock fully cured? You may have also restarted the cycling process, the brown algae is usually due to poor water quality or the tank just being newly cycled, thats what mine did at the end of its cycling process.

I have purchased many things from petmeister, and I like the site. It is a bit limited but there prices are competitive. I also get stuff from fosters and smith, they are another big site with lots of stuff even fish and lr on there liveaquaira site. Any way I have had pretty good luck at...

Not to hijack your thread, but anyone ever have a bubble tip anenome split twice in a month? I got one from my lfs, it was about two inches across and then after a week it grew and split, the two weeks later the bigger half grew agian and split. I like them and all but I do not want a tank full...

I have a U tube and it never looses siphon, I turn the pump off at least once or twice a month to clean stuff, the water level in either side of the overflow never drops low enough for it to loose siphon no matter how low the tank water is, they are just designed that way. Besides that if it...

I just vac the gravel twice a month, but I am sure some one has told you by now that the ugf will build up poison areas around the outside of it in between the it and the tank. The emperor 280's should be able to keep the tank clean, but if you plan to get cichlids, some varietys are very messy...

I still talk to people at the lfs who believe that their water is sooooo perfect that they don't have to change the water at all. I do weekly water changes from 10 to 20 percent on both of my tanks.

You need to get rid of that under gravel filter, just as the tankgirl said the duritis builds up not just under but around the edges of the filter were there is no water movement. the duritis under and in the filter should be broken down by the bacteria with an adequate amount of water movement...

I was giving my oscar live feeders and he developed pop eye, so I then stopped and went for strait dry food. I did try frozen blood worm cubes for a while but they tend to be very messy when they are not all eaten.

I don't mind the sw and fw chat I go both ways.

What lfs are you going to? I would not want their advice. I have never had any luck with the ugf. The stagnant water around the outside of the grating turns poisons as duritis build up over time.

I've never known tetra to live very long either.

I would not worry about it, I used to live in an old aluminum sided trailer that looked as though the sixties spit it back up, and I had my hundred in it with no problems, My parents live in a "manufactured home" that was built a few years ago and I would have to say that it is probably better...

I have had two clown loaches for about a year and they have barely grown at all, they may be 2in each. They love to eat the food that drops to the bottom and burrow under stuff. good luck

This is serious stuff! My uncle has his own tank maintenance business and he was not using glove and got cut some how which was then infected with some fish oriented bacteria that caused partial paralysis in his face. I know it sounds vague but I don't know the technical terms, but it was not...

I use IO it is ok, the ting I don't like is that it does not dissolve very fast even at 80f, I still have to stir it about with my powerhead. Is it worth trying something else?