Always seem to be making changes, added some black barbs as the older generations of tetras dwindle. I'm told they are too young but they'll change as they mature unless they are females then they'll remain striped.
LOL yeah I bury them and the corys expose them again. The hood and the T5HO help subdue the shimmer it is way too distracting in the living room. My daughter thinks it's cool compares it to a room with a disco ball. I don't like the view over the tank either but it's not an angle I'm usually...
So I decided to upgrade my tape strip LEDs in my DIY tank to a BeamsWork DA180 fixture.
I think I worked out the kinks in the video. In order to see the captions added you have to view from a PC it won't show from a mobile device.
I used this TFH article to guide me but haven't found the ones I am looking for locally. I don't think all of them on the list are plant safe but I'm not sure.
http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/10-big-beautiful-barbs-for-larger-aquariums-full-article.htm
I just realized your in Central Jersey... How far are you from Piscataway? That's typically as far south as I go since I work there =) I know someone already suggested NJAGC you don't have to attend meetings but we do recommend our community to be active in our private forum. I'm anti-social...
Well we recently had our local club meeting here for NJAGC which I'd like to take a minute to promote.
This section is open to the public and has some write ups about our meetings if you are NJ looking for an aquarium plant club check us out. http://www.njagc.net/wp/category/meetings/ We also...
It is Echinodorus parviflorus tropica a small form sword it doesn't get much bigger than that for me. It was crowded before pushed up against the glass a few leaves have BBA on the tips but the twisting or what appears to be deformed leaves seem to be normal for me as the leaves get bigger...
Thank you. I have a love hate relationship with crypts keeping them in pots makes my life easier for maintenance like scaping tight groups, keeping them from becoming unruly (popping up all over the tank), using mineralizing soil just in the pots in an established tank, and sharing/selling...
It's been a while decided to give the tank a new look for the new year being a little more fish friendly. Not sure on a foreground have to think about this one may try crypt parva again if I'm being spontaneous of the top of my head.
Thank you. Well I don't have highlight demanding plants in my tank any more the only exception would be light penetration for my foreground and although slower not terrible. The outside bank of lights are the ones on and they are staggered. The lights are on 7hrs a day. The bulbs have fancy...
Well it's been a while since I've done a video of the scape so here it is.
I reduced my lighting from 4 80w T5HO to just 2 80w T5HO to see if it would help control BBA and seems to have helped on the Buces although not completely gone. Trying to trim the Anubias nana petite hedge is a real...
Thanks.
Keep in mind your container can be shallow would make it easier to hide. We go through a lot of thin sliced deli meat and sherbert ice cream so I have an abundance of those plastic containers...LOL
Thank you. Beware of the B. skeleton king. The B. dark skeleton king had been on my radar for a long time but the attractive features to me was the emersed growth with the noticeable veins. Submersed growth was a totally different plant which I didn't care for and the other problem from my...
So I've packed my buces to one side of the tank in hopes of it being more impressive.
Having them scatter kind of focus on how poorly they looked than having together. I do have new growth and the B. theia 5 seems have recovered completely while many of the others are still slow going. I've...
FYI I've got my first Rainbow..... I had no idea they are such slow growers I've had this one at least a year and I still can't make out what it is. I must of gotten stowaways eggs on a plant and as a fry it was eat my A. borelli fry. I'm not sure what to do with it but it seems to hold it's...