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Definetly sword for the first one... and it looks like Rotala might be it for the 2nd, but I'm not 100% after looking at different pics. Thanks guys!   I have pretty decent lighting (LED) which I can customize to add more power or some blue if needed... Think I can get away with no CO2 and just...

Just bought these 2 plants yesterday and am not sure what they are...     The one on the back with red leaves...   Thanks!

Here is the new boy in da tank. Yet to be named, suggestions welcomed.

Ok, so here is the new one... He is still a bit shy and nervous, a little hard to feed him, but my tetras don't seem to like bloodworms anymore (they jump on flakes like there is no tomorrow though), so that leaves him the time to get to them if he's hungry. Let's wish him a better fate than...

Well, I went ahead and bought a new one. This time, I put him in a breeder box inside the 10g. This time I can make sure he'll eat for a couple days before letting him go freely around the tank. Will try to post a pic tonight.

So I bought a Crowntail Betta last week and put him in my 10G. He hasn't really eaten since I got him and spent most of his time patrolling the back of the tank. In the past couple days, I found him hidden more often than not and sometimes, just sitting flat on the gravel. Today, I found him...

Hello, I recently bought a used 55g that came with an Aqua-Tech 30-60 filter among other things. I want to make it a mbuna tank and am now looking at buying a 2nd filter because obviously, this one won't handle the load alone. Therefore, I'm wondering if I can keep this one as a "sidekick" to a...

Very nice write up... It's like you just summarized everything I have read in the past week or so as I'm looking at building a mbuna tank with my new 4ft 55g tank :) Many thanks for this, should be pinned!

omg, I spotted this thread when it first started...Thought it was funny, then I go away for a couple months and it now has 2100+ replies... what in the world did you lovelies all talk about? I'm sure someone here can write down a nice little recap :shifty:

They are having a blast there! :good: Is that kitten litter you have as substrate there? How do you like it? Is it possible for fish to dig into that if they like to?

Wow, how do they manage to build such beautiful aquascapes is far beyond my knowledge... Those imitating land scapes are truly amazing. Inspiring yes, but far beyond my reach, hehe.

Just a huge WOW at the contrast the albino cories are making on black sand! This will definitely be something I consider for my tank. Very nice Dieses! Now if I can only find a place to buy black sand to fill a 55g without leaving an arm and a leg in the process...

Ohh, I didn't even realize I was in the planted tank journals forum. I didn't want to put in the african forum since i'm not sure yet what i'm doing...but if a mod can move it into the right place, that'll be perfect!

Well, I ended up buying the 55g I thought was 65g because they said it was 24" high...but it's 21". It is plenty big enough for my living room...gf would have freaked out if it had been the 90g...haha. I started a journal thread here ...

This is my first journal as well as my first attempt at setting up a decent sized tank without an excuse of being completely clueless about fish keeping. Recap : Last december, my gf wanted a betta fish for xmas, so I went and bought a small bowl, some food, dechlorinator and a betta fish...

Just curious, why don't you have it anymore?

Good points, I sort of expected you to say that... And I suppose it's not any more time consuming to maintain a 90g vs 65g either. Just a matter of how it'll look in my living room. Either way, I wanna say goodbye to buckets for maintenance. Décisions, décisions...

Went to see it last night and that thing is a #138## swimming pool... Don't think i'll take it, the 18" depth is a bit too much for my living room. But I found a 65G (advertized as 55G) that has the same dimensions (48" wide x 24" high) but only 13" deep. Sounds like a perfect size to me!

Hi, I just found a decent deal on a 90G with stand, filter, heater and a few more things... I was shooting more for a 55-75G type of tank, but this is the best I found for the price so far. Question is... Am I gonna be overwhelmed by the amount of work required to maintain such a beast? I'm...

I introduced these fish last weekend and noticed white spots on one of them the next day... is that ich for sure? Most spots have disappeared since as only one is left I think. I never had to deal with any kind of disease, so i don't have any medication or salt right now. What do you guys...

Nice read, good to see you percevered and can now be proud to have a nice big tank running smoothly :) Just wondering why you think your cycle isn't over yet though... if you're ammonia and nitrite are both at 0, you are done imo. You will always have some nitrate in the tank, this is why you...

Well, the poor thing was already pretty much dead when I got home from work the next day... He was stuck on the filter intake and couldn't couldn't even swim upright when I freed him. :sad: LFS said their is no warranty on fish...not that I really care about the $2.50 replacement cost, but...

Yeah, the plan is to get 3 more next week, just didn't want to add them all at once. I'll call and see if they'll take him back, and if they don't, i'll try the breeder net thingy. Thanks!

I just bought 3 Neon Tetras today and put them in my tank. I noticed after a few minutes that one of them wasn't swimming around like the other 2... figured he was stressed a little more. But later, I noticed he was swimming at a 45 degrees angle (his head toward the bottom). Then when I looked...

WCMM's are White Cloud Mountain Minnows. Usually a temperate water fish, but sold to me as tropicals back in my newbie days (still a newbie, but a newbie who has read a lot about fish now) :) I'm thinking about turning it into a betta tank with a few compatible tank mates...so guppies are out...

Hello all, I'm back after a couple months of living in suitcases, backpacks and boxes. Finally moved in our new house last week and ready to get back to building a nice tank! The fishes in my 10 gallons didn't enjoy the ride as much though. The plan was to move out of a condo, then temporarly...

Would be interesting to see how it looks with higher levels of ammonia after 3 hours. If anyone has some ammonia used for fishless cycle and is willing to make the test, that would be great. Say raise it to 2ppm, test it and let the test tube site for a few hours to see how it evolves.

Ok, one of my minnows died this week after spending a few weeks not really eating and letting himself shrink to death basically. When I fed the fish, he'd go for the food to take a bite, but didn't seem to grab any. Now that he's gone, I notice another one is doing it. He sees the food, takes a...

So what you're saying is that fish are like women?

How long are you letting the ammonia test settle before you attempt to read it? I found mine always has a greenish tint to it until 5-10 minutes later. Then it becomes easier to tell that it's yellow and not green. Seeing your results for so long now, i wouldn't be worried to go longer without...

It took me a whole month to finally read some ammonia when I cycled my 10 gallons with 3 fish. Then it took another 2 months to get some nitrates... i never read anything but 0ppm of nitrites throughout though. My guess is if you're not overfeeding and you keep doing daily water changes, then...

For the past few weeks, i've had one of my WCMMs who kept getting skinnier and skinnier... I thought he was getting bullied by the others, so I sometime isolated him from them to feed him. When I dropped some flake above him, he'd go for it, but seemed to kinda miss his bite and then just ignore...

As people above are saying, your tank isn't cycled, so yes, the water changes are a must if you want to keep the fish alive. Here is what's happening from my understanding. Your water was clear before you added fish...this is normal, it is clean water in a clean bowl. When you added fish, they...

I went over 2 months without any nitrate readings... I never really had a nitrite spike and I had 3 WCMM's. Once I had those zero's across the board, I went ahead and bought 3 more wcmm's. 1-2 week2 later, I had close to a 5ppm nitrate reading. I didn't even have plants at the time either. So I...

Thanks for the tips everyone, so far so good here, they are very active all the time :good:

I just put a zucchini in there and 3 of the 4 are stuck to it since... :thumbs: Should I let them eat as much as they want or should I remove it eventually? How long can I leave it in there before it starts to rot or something? Update : All 4 are now there...I have a feeling they could suck on...

So I stopped by this LFS that's held by a pretty old woman in my city. She is also selling all kinds of oldies clothing and ornaments... but she has a nice set of well planted aquariums and I saw these otocinclus that looked healthy. I asked her for how long she had them and she said 15 days. I...

I'm looking to buy some Otocinclus and I was messing around with some bioload/stocking tool to see how many I could get in my 10 gallons and found that only the Vestitus was really a good fit. The others seem to have a higher bioload as my stocking level and filtration get out of the "comfort...

You need to host them somewhere like Photobucket and then post the link to the image here with <img> tags. As long as you have an internet link to that image, you can post them here with the img tag. Using the image icon at the top of the editing window will add the tags for you.

I believe dead leaves produce ammonia, not nitrite... so you're on the right path :good: