Recent content by yorkite

Not sure if that question was directed to me or the other poster, but that's what I had laying around as scraps from house projects, that's all....If I'd had plywood, would have used that.

I have cinder blocks in my basement, it is concrete with carpeting. I painted the exposed sides of the blocks with a gloss black (for water resistance as well as aesthetics), and threw a sheet of 1/2" particle board the full width of the stand down first. I figured if I ever moved the tank...

That is EXACTLY the kind of info and answers I was looking for!! Thanks!

Would it be unwise to gravel vac 1/3 or 1/2, clean some of the glass, and clean one of the filter sponges all in one day? Just lookin' kinda nasty in there, with a good amount of debris floating around. I have 2 mollies and 2 platys in there, among other fish, but the mollies and platys...

It's been running for about a month and a half, and I just got all the nitrites and ammonia to zero for about 3-4 days, with about 10 for nitrates. I understand you don't want to clean filter media in anything but tank water. Being so newly cycled (or still slightly cycling), just not sure...

Been cycled for a couple days now (still keeping a close watch on it though by testing), and I'd like to get things cleaned up in the tank now that I think I'm in the clear.....It was a fish-in cycle, and all went well with no losses. I'm running a Cascade 700 canister filter, and a custom...