Recent content by Toirtis

Skip feeding for three days, do 30% water changes each day, and they will disappear.

Thanks....apart from keeping aquaria, I am also a very avid fisherman.

My home had many aquaria in it before I was born, so they have always been around (my grandfather began keeping aquaria in the early 1930's, and my father in the 1950's, so aquariums were a standard part of our life)...but I received the first tank of my very own when I was 4. Although I was...

Fish bait nightcrawlers are usually good....anything you catch, make sure is coming from land untouched by chemical fertilizers/pesticides/etc.

After 4 decades, and to the degree that I have been in the hobby....well over $300k, I am quite certain.

Got one better. Find somewhere you can purchase this stuff (I get mine through a guy whose company cleans carpets): Ultra Chemical Labs It is a food-grade, non-toxic, acid solution that will dissolve even the worst calcified deposits like magic....been using it on aquariums and aquarium...

Get a good canister...the HOBs just cannot match it. That being said, if you really want to use HOBs, buy a pair of Aquaclear 110/500s....nothing matches them for flow-rate, media volume, and media customizeability....they are workhorses, and properly maintained, should give you many years of...

Sorry to the OP, but I really must agree here. Trade him in for a trio of Otocinclus.

Years ago, I did a 400 gallon aquarium with black sand, and the only two inhabitant species were a large school of cardinal tetra and a large school of albino Corydoras...no darkening...they looked simply stunning. Growth and growth-rate are directly effected by three major factors: 1. Quality...

Calgary, Alberta

Just picked up some of this uncommon plant at a local auction, and am wondering if anyone here has had any personal experience with it.

Muey cool...congrats!

Certainly seems like it is an osmotic regulation issue....could be bacterial in origin. Have you ran water tests lately?

No thanks...we have more than plenty...in some areas, as many as 1000 in an area the size of a football field...and they poo everywhere up here too.

Impossible, even....for $75, you can bet it is not a true zebra.