Recent content by tfoster7189

True, but you wouldn't want a huge fluctuation in ph when doing large waterchanges. If the water from the tap is around 7.0 while the aquarium is 8.2, doing a 50% waterchange will drastically drop the ph to around 7.6. Using baking soda will help make up the difference for the new water. I...

Sorry to hear about your loss with your new aquisitions. A couple of things could be going on with your tank. A couple of questions for you. (1) If you vacuum the substrate, are you doing the whole bottom at one time or are you doing half of it per week? If you are doing the entire substrate...

You kind of lost me with the media bag being placed in a pluged & filled overflow chamber. I take that you are running HOB filters or cannister. If so, you are going to want the filter syphon to be in the overflow chamber so that you have water moving thru it and the media bag. If you don't have...

I agree. Looks good! Yes, plants don't typically work out well in an AC tank, a lot of hobbyists find that there being uprooted all of the time can be very aggravating, but it looks as though you have them anchored fairly well with your larger rocks.

I agree. With most A.C's, the aggression level of the fish will rise once it starts to reach sexual maturity. To help spread out the aggression the tanks are usually, either crowded or are aquascaped with a lot of rocks. The purpose of this is so the chasee can lose the chaser among the other...