Recent content by T Dawg

Dip in your elbow in and let them bite the arm hair?

My house is flimsy, the cat can wiggle the tank. Not implying heavy,just more than her.

We keep a small bucket empty and a sponge filter in the aquarium. When we need a QT we dump some tank water into the bucket and move the sponge filter over. If needed the sponge can be ditched.

Also don't have to worrie about weak fish getting stuck to the filter intake.

This is the perfect situation for a sponge filter. I leave one in the main tank and when the hospital tank is needed I drain tank water into it and move the sponge filter over. I can chuck the sponge or disinfect it with the tank if needed easier than a full filter.

My Nitrates are typically not measurable, but I understand not everyone has as low a starting point. When I was testing I found above 5ppm I saw behavior changes and once I hit 10ppm I saw an increase in Algae, so I see 5ppm as put off the water change... As for guppies, as long as the tail is...

All of mine only have one stream of bubbles that go straight up the central tube. Between the tube and the filter there are holes or slots (depending on who made them)that permit water flow thought the sponge. The movement of the bubbles cause water movement. If you post the make or model of...

Like a house plant, if the roots outgrow the pot size they need to be repotted. Some plants with slow root growth may go years, others may only go months. You can sink the pots in the gravel, but will want the top of the pot slightly above the gravel for firts and nutrients. Some plants need...

You may be heaver and make the floor move and jiggle the tank when you approach.

If you can try and get it as soon as possible, I found it took a few days to get the correct amount to come out consitently. We had issues with settling and moisture. When we have others feed we preload pill containers. Much easier than explaining the mess we feed. We have an auto feeder...

Perfect at 0/0/5? What at 5 is perfect?

Just add snitching to the list and it is the same here. Modifying the plumbing beyond comparable repair counts as a renovation, and requires a permit. Technically it is unlawful for you or anyone on your behalf to do anything to your house that is against code, and can invalidate insurance...

Is that not a code violation?

So anybody got some good swag they are planning to sell at the March 7th auction? I'll probably be flogging some filters and Endlers.

Without plants the weekly water change and occational canister maintanace had been keeping eveything happy, but I have seen levels nudging up faster between water changes now for the past month which lead me to suspect that carbon pack was doing something useful after all and is now saturated...