Search results

Nice plants!! Wish I could get mine growing like that.

Really? Did you fertilize the substrate? If they grow as readily as you say, that kinda ruins my experiment... I may have to try Vallisneria. Thanks for the heads up!

Your tank looks amazing! You did an excellent job scaping it. Do you fertilize? CO2?

Still no signs of the roots taking hold. I'll keep the thread updated.

Okay, I planted the swords (kind of) and took some pictures. The first two are pictures are one of the swords I planted. I didn't want to disturb the sand too much, so I ended up shoving the bit of the runner attached to the plant into the substrate, with the roots still on top. The roots will...

You really are only going to be able to keep one goldfish in there. Goldfish are massive poopers, and the reason you have that green water is because the nitrate levels are plenty for the phytoplankton to thrive. If you cut down the source of the nitrates, the fish, it will be much easier to...

Okay, I should be getting hold of a camera today, so hopefully pictures by tonight.

Hey guys! I've been away from the forums for a while; it's nice to be back! I've been planning a deep sand bed in my African cichlid tank for a while now, and I think I'm finally prepared to try it out. I have about three to four inches of fine sand as a substrate, and the anaerobic layers have...

+1 I'm not sure what an ammonia reducing substrate is, but for the purpose of removing ammonia, all you need is the biological filtration in your filter. Welcome to AC!

I may not be married, but I think this has "BAD" written all over it...;)

I was thinking the same thing: inverts and/or guppies. I'd like to try something outside of Africans, just to see how I like it.

I love peacocks! I can't wait for mine to grow out!

Hah! I found them! I had thought that they had all died out, but they're STILL in my 10 gallon! They're hiding deep in the gravel and in the filter. I'll try to get a picture, but they're tough little things to catch.

It's an Aqueon quietflow 10; it has a cartridge of floss type material that contains some carbon (LONG gone by now), followed by further bio media, and finally a diffuser grid for oxygen exchange. I believe the model on the tank has a flow rate of 100gph. I have it on both of my own 10 gallons...

He doesn't really want the fish or the tank anymore, so I'll take it over for him. I'd be happy to have another tank! First order of business is to get the nitrates down, which I've already begun with a regimen of small, daily water changes. I'll check on the filter, but I doubt the cartridge...

I'm not sure where to put this, so I'll just post it here. My brother has a 10 gallon with three black skirt tetras. He doesn't have any plants, but no algae either. He hasn't done any water changes in over a year (!!!), even after trying to get him to do so. Anyway, today I decided to test...

Africans from lake Malawi don't need/like a whole lot of current, but it's more of a preference thing, so they'll be fine. If you see that they're uncomfortable, just make some changes to either the positioning of your outputs, or to the power of them. I'm actually planning to downgrade my...

I know that the poster of this quote is long gone, but if anyone ever wants to know... Goldfish in the typical tank require higher flow because they are MASSIVE poopers. The high flow is needed to quickly deal with the ammonia in their waste. However, in a proper DSB, the aerobic layer does...

I've been thinking about that, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up going somewhere like that to get the rocks I need. I really want to jump on this so that I don't have wait again with an unfinished tank! I think I might also invest in a pleco...Among other things, I'm a master algae grower.

Hmmm. I just started looking at FWDSB tanks and accidentally found this thread. I've been wanting to do a similar setup for my Peacock cichlids, but I'm still in the process of learning and relearning everything involved in such a tank. It's something like uncharted territory for me, with all...