What Works for Me May Not Work for You

[zpromoter]

-10% wc in 30gallon convict tank weekly
-50% we in 10gallon planted weekly
-Prefer sand to gravel
-Use Tetra Aquasafe Conditioner (Used it for years, why change)
-Super fine sand in 10gallon planted
-Use DIY co2 and dose ferts twice a week
-Leave fry in convict tank (they eat them after a month=no extra fry to rehome)
-Test water perams every two weeks in con tank, twice a week in planted tank
-Use HOB filters

 

[Cole99v]

My only thing is I hardly test my water, and I only do water changes half as many times as everyone says you "have" to. Never had any problems and I only get drastic when I have a problem.

 

[Eupterus]

I've been using bottled well water for water changes. Which is highly unusual.
But I figured since I am already driving to my older fish, I might as well use the better water source. That way I can almost always rule out water quality problems.
It does mean that unusual circumstances requiring extra water changes will use up the water supply.

 

[BioHazard]

Awesome thread! Sometimes people get way too 'my way is right and everyone else's is wrong' on here. Especially when it comes to stocking!
In my case, I'm a bit of an overstocker.
I also am bad about getting fish, then trading the, back to the LFS. Since I have very limited space (only a 20 gal), my stock is always 'evolving'.

 

[I Ate A Cake]

I absolutely hate sand.

Shallow gravel, or even bare bottom is best.

I rarely test my water.

Driftwood helps everybody (I love it).

I swear by sponges that are cleaned and/or changed every week or biweekly.

A 2.5G is too small for any fish, SW or FW.

I don't name any fish.

I use HOB filters, and have never even thought about a UGF.

Fry = Survival of the fittest (when it comes to livebearers).

I feed once a day.

I have a red light where my tanks are (in my room), so when I stay up later, I don't bother the fish.

 

[Big Mike]

I use carbon, always have and always will. I haul buckets and love it. I do 5 gallon WC's-every 5 days on my 30, and every 2 days on my 55. I have an Oscar and a common Pleco in a 55. I dont have a quarantine tank.(If I did it would be my NEW tank within a week or two) I use gravel.(I think bare bottom tanks are ugly) I overfeed. I can honestly say I have never lost a fish yet.(except the CAE my Oscar ate and the Whiptail he bit the head off.)

 

[BioHazard]

Also...

I wouldn't freak out if some one put a betta in a 1 gallon tank, as long as its filtered or heated.

I think every tank should have plants and real driftwood.

 

[dundadundun]

i'd shoot an oscar that killed my farlow... while it's still in the tank. then i'd leave and come back in 2 days and call my insurance company. :jaw-dropping:

 

[Big Mike]

i'd shoot an oscar that killed my farlow... while it's still in the tank. then i'd leave and come back in 2 days and call my insurance company. :jaw-dropping:

LOL!! ya I was bummed.

 

[CrimsonBlush]

I rarely test my water
I use a bucket for water changes (I would love a python though)
I feed whenever. (Fish don't get fed at certain times of the day. They don't in the wild anyhow!)
I do 50-70% water changes weekly
I use fine play sand and didn't really have much of a problem with floating when putting it in (not the normal play sand, this stuff is fine)
I use an incandescent hood with compact florescent bulbs