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Yes, if I place the order online they deliver for free to my house!

Ok. I yield. I've decided to put my pride away for a bit, and just get a new tank. I know several of you have suggested that I should do that, and my own wife keeps asking me why I'm wasting so much time instead of just getting a new tank. My pride was getting in the way, but I finally relented...

Thanks for the pics! Your tanks look amazing, and they certainly have evolved from a couple of years ago when I last saw them. I love that they all very different. The 10g is incredibly lush... If I manage to get half that density I will be extremely happy! I see you are still using that...

Yup, that is exactly what I plan to do :) I don't know about 2 months, but when I was a kid I only spoke Spanish. I didn't start learning English or French until I was a bit older. Well, the fumes coming out of my sand were so strong that they could have made me see dancing fairies. Maybe you...

I don't know about radioactive, but definitely scary! The sulfur smell was so strong I actually did put on some gloves and a mask 😷. Don't need any flesh-eating bacteria on my hands :oops:😁 I believe he meant Baño 🙂 Edit: @JennySolano: if you think the picture was scary, you should have seen...

Yes! Mine was wet, tightly packed, and "protected" by a thick carpet of algae. I don't think I could have used a plastic cup, in many places I had really dig the trowel into the mess! On a very good note, though, I managed to get what must have been over 40 pounds of wet sand, algae and other...

You have received great advice above, but I just wanted to clarify: if you are on municipal tap water you should be using Prime (or a similar dechlorinator) with every water change. Municipal tap water is chlorinated, and the chlorine kills beneficial bacteria, making it impossible to cycle your...

Hmm someone promised us pictures... Just sayin' ;)

I love the fact you are using materials around you. Looking forward to seeing the tank with all the plants in place. With that much light you could get some nice growth!

I don't have anything to contribute regarding the infection/disease itself, but am I the only one that finds the zero nitrates test result surprising? The tank is only lightly planted, well stocked, and water changes are only 25%. Wouldn't there be at least some nitrates? I could see zero...

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear about your Betta. With the very knowledgeable people here (I am NOT one of them 😆) if anything similar ever happens again you'll get plenty of help to deal with it!

I managed some progress today. I used a gardening hand trowel to dig out as much sand as I could from the tank (along with all the other gunk that was in the sand). :sick: I tried to save the two plants that were there, but unfortunately I couldn't. The sand was quite compacted and covered by a...

Ok. I'm going to derail the thread for a moment with tank-related stuff 😄 After procrastinating for a few days, last night I took out the driftwood. It is attached to a piece of slate which was buried under the sand. I took it outside, hosed it down to get rid of all the sand, let it sit...

Hey, I resent that remark. Whiny, yes. Little, yes. But toddler??? Nope. I'm a whiny, little, full grown adult! :cool:😆 Ok. Enough procrastinating. I'm off to work on the tank for a bit. It's been a few days...

That is very cool. Do post pics if you can! Next time sometime tells me dogs are better than fish because you can't do anything with fish, I'll send them here 😁

Welcome! I'm also new to the forum, but getting acclimated quickly. Very friendly folks here!

Welcome! Like yourself, I'm also new to the forum, and also returning to the hobby after a break.

First of all, I am sure you are journal worthy. I started keeping my first journal from day 1, and I hadn't even started my first tank yet! I have seen from your posts that you have more than one tank, so you are already well ahead of where I was when I started keeping my first journal. But...

Thank you for saying that! :) My native language is Spanish and I was born and raised in Venezuela, but I attended college and grad school in the US, all my professional experience has been in English-speaking companies, and I have now lived in the US for almost 30 years (first in...

Hopefully the more shaded tank will make your cories wander around the tank a lot! What cories do you have? (I don't think I've seen a journal about your tank? If you have one, just point me to it!)

Ok. This is one for the native speakers, which I am not, but I think I can explain at least part of the phrase. "Goober" is just another name for "peanut", so if I were to write this in more formal English it would be: "Those are not goobers, they are just peanuts" I'm not entirely sure of...

I agree the fish are certainly more important than the plants. The main reason I kept plants was to improve the quality of the tank for the fish! There are people here infinitely more knowledgeable than me, but given my experience with this plant I wouldn't stress too much about the light yet...

Looks great! For those of us who are "plant-challenged", what is the grass you have right next to the rocks?

The plants look beautiful in your tank! It's funny you choose the same red plant I did. You obviously have great taste! ;) I'm no expert (not even remotely close! 😆) but your light seems much brighter than the one I had, and the fluval substrate contains lots of nutrients. I would guess your...

Is that a threat or a promise? 😆 Just kidding. Can't wait to see them!

It is definitely not so. I don't have CO2. When I first planted that red plant I wasn't even adding anything fancy in terms of nutrients, just Flourish (and my substrate had some laterite). I didn't even have a particularly good light. I was very surprised the plant did so well in my tank (and...

Thank you for the explanation, makes a lot of sense!

Yeah, i read that too. I'm definitely not ready to take that leap. I make enough mistakes, I need to be as safe as I can wherever I can! 😁

So you temp acclimate, and then net the fish into your QT? That's too easy. You shouldn't find easier way to do things. Where is the fun in that? 😁 Imagine there are many things we do "out of an abundance of caution" when first starting that eventually get left behind. I remember I used to...

Thank you! It's been long overdue! I actually spent some time reading my old journal... a LOT of time: that was quite an active thread, and we weren't always exactly on topic 😆! It was a good refresher, and I took notes of a few tricks I learned along the way but had forgotten... (Are you still...

Unfortunately I need to stick to this size tank. I built the stand to fit it perfectly, so the stand cannot take a bigger tank, and I don't really want to have to buy a new stand. A bigger tank would also likely mean a bigger filter, light... The expenses can build up quickly! I'll keep it...

Nah, just a plain Aqueon 29g. I'm almost certainly going to get a new one, I'm just waiting to see if anything goes on sale on black Friday. Cleaning it is really just matter of pride.

First of all, in no way was I offended. I fully understand the question. The short answer is that I was facing very serious medical issues. I didn't know when I was going to leave the hospital (or even if I was going to leave the hospital!). I won't repeat the details (they are on my...

I don't want to derail the thread, and I do see what you mean. What I was trying to convey with the joke is that many people could not do this, for $100 or at any other price. The way I see it is that instead of taking the time to learn to do this themselves, they are paying for his expertise...

Sorry for the back-to-back posts, but I just saw on one of your other journals that someone thought charging $300 for these nano tanks seems excessive, given that your cost is $100. This reminded me of a joke (sorry for the detour, but seemed appropriate): A fancy machine at a manufacturing...