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Heyas! I picked up 3 bunches of (what I thought) were low light plants @ my LFS last weekend and wanted to confirm their IDs. Here's the pic: Larger version here if it helps : link Anyway, from left to right - Anacharis - Corkscrew Val - Java Fern (has yet to really 'get happy') -...

Heyas! I was @ the lfs yesterday and they had two of these guys for $1.99... and I couldn't pass them up, as I had some 'cory spots' to fill. :g: They were labelled @ the lfs, corydoras elysssomethingIcantremember - can anyone confirm for me? So far, 'the net' hasn't helped me...

I've an interesting situation developing that I only recently figured out... but first, I have to warn you - I don't do 'short posts'. :g: My yoyo loach has been in the tank for quite a while now, but over the last few months has started looking very very overfed. At first I was worried it was...

Hey hey! It's been a while since I posted here, but I'm having a weird problem... my anacharis looks horrendous. :( No ferts, wpg is 1.0, substrate is gravel only, @ 10 hours of light a day (with the bulb that came with the hood, now that I think about it... could that be part of it?), no algae...

So I got ahold of some spirulina wafers a couple weeks ago for my pleco, cories and yoyo, and am now wondering about how much to feed them. 1 clown pleco, 3 cories, 1 yoyo, and about 12 ghost shrimp chow down on 'em whenever they're near the wafers, but the gold barbs absolutely attack the...

I stopped @ a 'Feeder's Supply' store omw home yesterday just to look around, considering a small school of danios in my already overstocked tank (yeah, I know; I doubt I'll get 'em. ;)) and was surprised at the advice I got from the ''fish' employee. First off, I told him my dilemma, that I...

So I'm looking over my tank last night, noticing that my anacharis is all growing like weeds, and I see that a handful of the plants, maybe 6 total, have some odd root growth on them. I suspect this is 'normal', but I thought it was kind of odd... Right in the middle of the image, that root...

I've moved my angel out - got some store credit waiting for me @ my fav. lfs - and am now in the 'choosing' process for my gourami 'show fish' replacement stock. I've narrowed it down to maybe two, but the colors, oh the colors. :P I'm trying to decide between a lavender and a snakeskin, and...

Greets! I've 6 rummynose tetras and 4 gold barbs who think they're related and school together. :P I suspect it's because of the lone angelfish I have in the tank - safety in numbers an' all. Once the angel moves out, I think maybe they'll split back up a little. I was wondering what's the...

Just a quick post to show off my angel and rummies/gold barbs: 1024x version here. (Sorry about the dirty glass; this was before maintenance.) 1024x version here. They're growing, albeit slowly; I think they're a little scared of the angel. Also, a weird note: they school together...

Before (also before I upgraded my lighting) After :!: This weekend was finally the time to get 'planted'. As you can see from the image ( 1024 wide image here ), I added lots of anacharis, a java fern (to eventually hide the intake - I think I lucked out on such a nice plant there) and a...

I have a 30g long, with a 36" flo light on it, which figures to 1.2 wpg. I've heard plenty of people here say that some plants (java, anubias, anacharis, crypts) will be fine at that light level. I've also heard/seen a lot of info that says otherwise lately. (lfs advice/internet) Basically, I...

Greets! It's been a while since I've posted and now I've finally gotten my lighting up to "very low" (1.0 wpg) and have started considering plants. While sketching out a rough idea of what plants I want were, I realized I hadn't taken my HOB flow into consideration. Part of the reason I wanted...

Heyas! My wife called me omw into work this morning, to tell me that my filter is 'making noise like when you start it after a water change and it doesn't have enough water in it'... that's as much diagnostic info as I have atm, and was fairly sure the tank would be fine if I had her unplug the...

Heyas! I lucked into hosting an Orb Weaver last week and got some great pics I wanted to share - here's one, with more @ my flickr site. This spider, the 'Black and Yellow Argiope', is also known as a 'Garden Spider' or 'Writing Spider'. Generally, the female is larger and has about a 3"...

I got my new hood! This brings me up to 1.0 wpg and I'm ready to look into some low level plant experimentation. :grin: My question is this - should I get plants in asap, to help prevent algae build up from the additional light or just limit the lighting times until the plants go in? Also...

Heyas! After almost 6 weeks, I got a reasonable pic the 'new' pleco - but I'm not sure what he is and am curious about his adult size. He was listed as a 'common pleco' at the lfs, but I've never seen a common this red-orange in color : Ideas?

Greets! I picked up 5 gold barbs this weekend to fill out my stock list... my tank is now stocked. (And soon enough, my MTS will be full blown :lol: ) Check out this pic: Those are the gold barbs, on the right - orange in color with black spots and a green strip along the sides; pretty...

Heyas! I just got an e-mail forward from a retired Army type @ work and these two pics were attached; and I don't doubt the validity... but look at that mouth. :cringe: Sucks for him that he tried to pass thru an electric fence, though. :| I'd guess it's length (if that fence is a...

No, it's not a major motion picture. http://www.enfreaks.com/shownews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1120009197&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& But it's downright hilarious (if you've played the game - if not, it's only mildly entertaining.)!

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1409156.htm weird! I wonder what it really sounds like...

Another trip to the zoo this wknd; we stuck to the "Herpaquarium" this trip. They did have a few turtle/fish tanks, but none that yielded any pics worth mention... That family season pass sure is paying off this year! :) The Louisville Zoo has been bragging about this guy for months now. I...

Heyas! I work about 30 miles from home, so I spend a lot of time in the car. Since modern radio is teh crap, I prefer to listen to audio books. Currently, I'm waiting for book 7 in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series (highly recommended!). While I'm waiting for that, I'm also waiting for the...

Am I alone in this? For the last three days, AA takes that long to load (here @ work - at home it's normal). IE 6.0 :\ Is anyone else having any problems like this? Has anything changed on the AA end, or is it likely on my end? :|

Greets! I realized tonight, just before a PWC, that I hadn't tested for anything in a while. This got me wondering what I should even test for! :? I've had a temperature issue the past few days (air conditioner went out) and that got me wondering how that would effect my water quality. I...