Recent content by Txredneck29

Well a little over a month ago I was given a nice 100 gallon Bowfront tank. I set it up with just sand and water and HOB filter for the 3 weeks I had to go to work. The day I was to return home the wife calls and says the tanks leaking slowly but couldn't tell where the leak was. So she drained...

I was heckling around today trying to locate a actual fish store not just a general pet store and I may ha r sound a good one that claims to be excellent with Cichlids on the north side of Houston. And had great reviews so I'm hoping to make a stop in there soon and see if I can find someone...

**UPDATE** Went today and picked up a marineland emperor 400 HOB filter (before any fish go in I'll have one more of these and a Fluval fx6) just needed something to get the water moving around. Also picked up 60lbs of white sand for the bottom (will be adding more). Going to be a long process...

Well I have been doing a LOT of reading tonight and have changed my mind with all of that. And now sticking to rock sand combo to try and match their natural habitat. Just having a tough time choosing which to go with. I didn't realize so many different types were out there. But. Seems so far...

Well I chose them because I was hoping to get a nice saltwater look out of a fresh and seems the colors on these are amazing. When you say over stock how many are we talking? And I have to find somewhere to even buy some lol Sent from my SM-G900V using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Well after getting hooked doing all this on my 10gal tank I got a 40 and did a lot now I have also got a 100 gal bow front tank. Everyone kept telling me about african cichlids and after looking at them I have decided that looks like the fish I want to go with in my 100 gal. So with that said...

hmm i need to look around in my area for this very thing see if i cant find some locals as well,

My better half will sit in front of our tank for a good while just watching them swim around d she loves it and all the colors in ours we have just fell in love with it and I want to do something g exciting with the 100 gal also thought about having fresh but making it seem like it's salt as...

I've seen a lot of planted tanks but I'm not sure how all of that works either as well.... like is there special sand, lights and fish for it and gona be a lot of learning on it.... we have two small live plants in the 40g and so far they seem to be holding up pretty well but I've been noticing...

Oh wow. Very true I've been trying to slowly look things up every day trying to learn more and more about it all. I've been able to find a lot of great info on here so far and I got a lot of help with my fresh tank from here as well.... a lot of great info from good people on here Sent from my...

Hmm good to know. Never knew that. I may end up having to stick with a fresh setup just for the ease of it... my better half is home even when I'm gone for the 3 weeks but I'd like to keep it simple for her as well haha. She does a great job on our 40 gal setup Sent from my SM-G900V using...

I've been trying to read up on all the sump stuff and all the other types of filtration. But it's way beyond my knowledge level I guess I'm just not understanding it all I need to go by my buddy's and see his setup Sent from my SM-G900V using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I was thinking about running two of the marineland penguin 350 HOB filters and A Fluval fx6 filter on the 100gal but that's when I was still on the mind set of just staying fresh water.... was told can never really have to much filtration and with that setup would be waaaaannt more than enough...

Well that's what's hard for me on maintenance some times because the work I do I'm gone 22 days at a time and home for 20 so my frech water 40 gal I have now I run a marineland penguin 350 HOB and a Fluval 306 canister filter and it seems to do a great job I have 2 sets of lights on it one is a...

Ok so a while back I started with a small 10gal glofish tank from petsmart didn't tank long to get an addiction. About 2 Months later a friend of mine was getting rid of a 40gal tank so I was able to get my hands on it and now have had it up and running for about 4 months with no issues. But...