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Besides my cell phone, I bought my first camera on June 16. Took me 2 days to learn how to use it, a Nikon CoolPix P1000. I want to take macro photography but have found I’m mostly taking wildlife and sunset pics so far. Here are a few that I’ve taken over the past week. I’ve got a tripod...

I have been keeping neocaridinia in a 5.5 gal successfully for going on two years now (wow, time flies). I use RODI water as I have a well with very high iron for which I use potassium salts and a product called Iron Out for my tap water. Get yourself a TDS meter. You can buy them cheap off...

You might have a problem keeping any fin-nippers with your gouramis. Also, I think they are not compatible with the water parameters of your soft water fish. It will be a tricky balance if you plan to remineralize your RODI water to find the exact place where both types of fishes can...

In that tank I’d keep one acara and one bristlenose, and perhaps the cories, and nothing more. That is a big enough load in a tank that size. I would not keep a pair of acaras in anything less than a 50-55 gallon. If you insist on the white skirt tetras, stay on top of water changes, for sure.

……and, those common plecos grow to almost 2 feet long each, so those definitely need another home if they are going to live a good life.

The fish in my local big chain fish stores never look very good. I order fish online and have never had a bad experience. The same goes for aquatic plants in the big chain stores. I do have one small LFS that does have a good supply of tropical fish and I do shop there when possible, but if...

I have always been of the opinion to NOT let any of my hardscape lean against the aquarium glass for fear that the pressure over time may cause a leak or rupture. Do any of you let driftwood lean against the glass, or how about a piece of slate leaning against the glass for your angelfish to...

I keep scuds in my shrimp tank and my colony continues to grow. I’ve never seen scuds eating my tiny baby shrimp. In fact, after I added some Thai micro crabs last November it seems the scud population has decreased. I use a turkey baster to harvest from my shrimp tank to feed scuds to my...

According to a master horticulturist whose videos I frequently watch and take notes from, with java fern, amazon and crypts he recommends longer periods of low light (10 to 12 hours). He also suggests to use an “all-in-one” fertilizer and suggests that Seachem’s product is too weak. Perhaps...

I appreciate the offer :) but I only had that green water problem once and it was almost 20 years ago, way back when I had goldfish. I kept lots of floating plants for them to eat and none of my fish eat any of my plants now. I’ve got duckweed in two of my tanks now. There is a lady with a...

I would love some in my aquariums. Tell me how many you want to get rid of. I’ll give you $3 each and $20 for shipping if you think you can package them up and get them safely to Michigan. I’m OK if you want to wait a couple of weeks for weather to warm up a bit. We’ve got temps in the teens...

If anyone cares to read the article on green pond water, it explains the science behind how the beneficial bacteria eliminates the green water. Works in a pond, works in my aquarium. Problem gone.

I think what you are experiencing probably happens to all shrimpkeepers at some time. The reasons for why are many. The water parameters can certainly affect them but it doesn’t appear that you’ve noticed any evidence of that. Shrimp usually only live for a year or two, depending on the temps...

You and your wife have a lovely routine with your fish tank it seems. We do the same thing here, usually with the tank in the library. We sit there and our 3 dogs lay at our feet or beside/on us and we watch the aquarium while the automated lights slowly dim down over a 2 hour period. It is...

Wow, I don’t recall seeing something like this before. I hope your fish do well in that kind of location. I haven’t had a TV in over 20 years myself but I know some people do like listening to their TVs at a loud “theater-like” volume. Some movies with explosions and crashes can certainly...

There are many things that can cause a snail to die. Dirty tank water or improper water parameters/temperature, chemicals, overcrowding, food scarcity, predators, parasites and diseases, insufficient oxygen, accidents, contaminated food, salt/copper in the water, fish medications, and so on.

If you do want to keep amazon sword (Echinodorus bleher) you just need to use root tabs or some other capsule-type fertilizer that you can press into the substrate and I would add more substrate until you have closer to 2-3 inches. That will give the sword plant a good place to put down roots...

Yes, I was going to say the same thing about a coating or something on the pools to help keep the water safe for kids. I thought about using a pond liner or something in one of those kiddie pools, but figured a regular storage bin or trash bin might be better/simpler. I was thinking of...

In my goldfish tank I had plants they could eat, anacharis and duckweed. I also had some amazon sword and java fern which they did not eat. I had some trailing houseplant (philodendron) coming out of the top to help with excess nitrates too. I found an old picture to show you an example...

I did find this, for pond keepers and using bacteria to get rid of green water. Goldfish and koi are commonly kept in ponds and I had 2 goldfish in a 30 gal aquarium. https://splashsupplyco.com/3-steps-to-get-rid-of-green-water-algae/

Believe what you want, it may or may not make sense, this was my actual true to life experience. It worked completely and totally. Added it before I went to bed. Water 100% normal and clear the next morning. I was amazed also, figuring it was going to be much more of a problem to get the...