Search results

I have adjusted my stocking and added 6 Boesemani Rainbows and 2 Turquoise (more of those soon). I also added a few small BNs. Just wanted to share some pics and a quick vid. Not the best quality, but still working on my aquarium photography. Same pleco in both photos, there are 3 in...

I have two Marineland Magnum 350 canisters both running on a 75 gallon tank. One is outputting to a DIY PVC spray bar that is about 2/3 across the back of the tank, and the other is outputting to the supplied nozzle that came with it. I was wondering if I made a single PVC spray bar the whole...

I have a medium (i suppose) planted low tech tank, but I'm not getting a ton of growth and I'd like to work on that. Tank specs below. Black Diamond substrate Finnex Stingray 48" Dynamite diy root tabs Jungle Val Corkscrew Val Reg/Bronze Crypts Ludwigia sp Rubins Bacopa monnieri Ludwigia...

I have a fairly new 75 gallon tank up and running, and I've discovered I have a bully problem. The tank is moderately planted with some driftwood and pots as well. The first thing to go in was a group of 10 Red Eye Tetras. They were in the tank for about 2 weeks and doing fine, although very...

I have some DIY root tabs for sale. These are size 00 gel capsules filled with Dynamite Flower & Vegetable fertilizer. The Dynamite is a great slow release fert that has a great balance of NPK along with micro nutrients that other ferts don't include. Great in the home aquarium for both low &...

Got some new fish today. These came from Aqurium World in Lafayette, IN. I got 10 Serpae Tetras and 3 (2F & 1M) Opaline Gourmani. They look fantastic and seem to be getting along with my 10 Red Eyed Tetras.

Took my [3 y/o] son to Petsmart today because our 75 gallon finished cycling this past week. He picked out some Red Eye Tetras as his favorite. We got 10 of them and brought them home tonight. Did a drip acclimation and dropped them in the tank about an hour or so later. Flipped on the lights to...

Went camping at the Indiana Dunes State Park and found some neat driftwood while hiking around. I had to break it off a larger trunk of wood, and there is some "live"/"wet" wood still in the trunk and I wasn't sure if it was safe to use, or if it would rot in the tank. I also found a couple...

My ammonia is converting just fine....pretty quick too. The problem I'm having is with the nitrites. I know they are converting because I am getting large nitrate levels in my tank; however, I cannot get them down to 0. I actually can't get them back on the test chart. I did a large water...

So my cycle is going well, I have plants coming, I'm searching for the right rock structures and driftwood, and now I have begun looking at fish to stock. I have a few ideas, but I'm going to need some input as well from the vast knowledge base here. 2-3 [BN?] Plecos 6-10 Kuhli Loaches 20...

I've been having great success with my cycle so far, but I'm not 100% sure what to do now. I can convert ~3ppm ammonia in about 24hrs but my nitrite is off the charts at over 5ppm and the nitrate is up around 40-80ppm. Should I do a 50% water change to get my NO3- and NO4- back to lower levels...

I have my tank cycling right now so no water changes for me; however, without a glass top (coming soon) I'm suffering from water evaporation. I'd like top top it off but wanted to get input before I do. I have about an inch of evaporation which probably equates to a few gallons. Should I...

So I filled my 20gallon up last night using a Python. I proceeded to hook up the filter to start the cycle. I decided I wanted to top off the tank to stop some of the noise from the discharge so I grabbed a bucket and dumped some water in. After the fact I thought about what I did, and that I...

I bought a used 75 gallon on Sunday that was a tad beat up. The previous owner had an aquatic turtle in it so the silicone was a bit tattered. Spent a few hours stripping and cleaning all the old silicone off and then spent another 45 min or so taping it up. Here's where the fail comes in...

Hi folks. New to the scene from Indiana. Started looking into the hobby when I went to get a fish bowl for my sons county fair goldfish. Tanks are beautiful and I think I'd like to have one for my son and I to have a fun hobby together. Looking for my first tank and reading all I can but still a...

So I'm looking for a fist tank to build for my son who is 3 years old and has taken a liking to his county fair goldfish. I would like to set him up a nice community tank in his room. I found a tank and stand on Craigslist ( http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/for/5190568973.html ) and would like...