Recent content by Teknofilechik

Win. Thanks for the tip.

There's only 2 fish in the 29gal and one in the 10gal, no new additions planned for the next year until I move. The nitrates spiked up to about 50ppm and they're down to 30. Next change should drop it farther I'm doing changes every day.

I've personally never had much of a problem with water quality until I went on vacation. (Ma must have overfed them and not changed the water because the nitrates were high and the gravel was dirty. Still doing water changes to fix it.) If the pH is fine I think I'll just throw in some coral in...

The pH on both tanks is 7.2, but I'd prefer it be closer to 7.8. I'd like to avoid baking soda to avoid any pH swings that could kill my boys. Also, my tap water is about 7.2. I keep water changes below 20% so adding new tap water to the tank wouldn't be a big shock. How would I go about...

Posting so this stays in my 'current' tab. Personally, I'm cichlid-obsessed and I would use that tank to breed them!! But that's just my opinion. I also got a wicked cool image of a 500g planted tank with schools of tetra, guppies, swordtails, mollies, whatever small colorful fish I could find...

The pH in my cichlid tank is lower than I'd like, and I was thinking about swapping out the gravel for crushed coral or shells. I have two questions. First, my cichlid likes to move around the substrate in the tank to his liking. He shifted ALL the gravel out from under his caves and put it in...

Sorry ma'am ;D.

Yes sir, only kit I would trust.

Turns out my suspicions were correct, and my test kit expired. Parameters are a little outside normal, nothing to worry about. Another 30 bucks to dump into my tanks :P

I had heard that opaque barriers were better, because it doesn't stress them out, just wanted to get confirmation :). Now I need to figure out where I can set up the 20 gallon tank! Haha, go me. >.<

Betta babe, just curious, do you use a plastic or opaque divider?

Kinda looks like it too. After minor research on the Internet, what would you suggest? I've dosed the tank with antibacterials and anti-fungals before (and yes, I remembered to remove the carbon), and he is active and healthy, less now that his buddies passed away but still active and eating...

Right now I'm not stocking any new fish. My fish are old, and in a year the ones surviving are being moved across the country (unless my mother can take care of them). The big cichlid is almost 5, and the little one is two (?) I think. The Betta was an impulse buy because I can't STAND seeing...

Don't think keeping a golden Mbuna and a Betta together would end well...

The cichlid is in the ten gallon until he gets a bit bigger and needs the 20 gallon. I suppose I could swap them sooner. I could take a picture and post it if you'd like. He seems perfectly comfortable, if you think it's too small I could move them. I'm actually off to Petco right now because my...