Recent content by Usmarksman91

Good size tank that's the type of tank I mix Africans and Americans in lol :D

Red fins can be moderately aggressive and yoyos have been pretty mellow both from first hand experience

What are your thoughts about the modesta and yoyos aggression?

Hey what type of filter Is it? And just wondering, is the lava rock crushed up or in small peices?

I like lava rock and +1 to the above comment about the delicate fish they will rub into it and could lead to infection and what not but besides that the only other downside is that you should try and shake em up when you hydro clean or do water changes because they trap a ton of detritus and...

They are cool lights, just a warning with the eBay lights I've used some I actually refuse to install tanks for people unless they buy name brand because twice on me they have either over heated and blew up or just blow up, they do work well though. I'd reccomend a custom cooling system so you...

Just throw food in it to get bio going. I didnt catch that you were using Mara

Did your tank levels end up balancing out and it was just he was too far gone or was your water just doomed no matter what you did

And I have him with even more aggressive fish than what you have, hes a good size though but he's not scared of the cichlids or anything else.

Red tail sharks are nocturnal. Eventually he will start hanging out. Mine comes out a lot because there's a ton of caves and walls and the rock walls sort of provide a shadow for him.

Doesn't last as long as cycling the tank on its own though your tank is gonna be fine soon. How does the Cory look?

Yup, I once had a 180 with 8 7" oscars and 4-5 green terrors, got rid of all the oscars at once after the tank was well established (grew the oscars from when they were maybe 1") and went through a very whacky week of ammonia spikes from the dying bacteria.

I'm really starting to think you put too much living bacteria in and since the bioload is so light with the one Cory that it is dying, I've seen that several times before man you really only need a small amount of living bacteria to handle the bioload of one fish. Whatever the case may be...

Hey guys, first off my name is James, I haven't been on a fish forum in over 5 years so I decided to join one again and this one seems pretty good, I set up custom reef tanks, build custom reactors, so hopefully I'll be able to give out some solid advice while also being able to bounce ideas off...

Good luck man keep me posted, by the morning the water should be much healthier. (Just realized its 5 am in my area)