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Lol, Sis and I got it done... enjoying some salmon and mushroom risotto. When I get back downstairs I will get a pic. Of course one of the DW pieces is currently floating but what can you do? I am sure the eels will love the floating island. I also bought a spay bar adapter for the FX4(/6)...

Got the sand, it's 4pm though not sure how much I will get done as I still have to throw dinner together. Plus these are 50lb bags I have to get downstairs and somehow lift up into the 120...

Just got done pulling loaches out of my 125 and dropping them off at Fish Planet along withe 3 large bags of bolbitis. Got 25% off 3 bags of Red Flint sand for the 120. Now on our way to Beyond the Reef so Sis can pick up some sand and rock for our 38 gallon saltwater tank upgrade.

Well they haven't changed as my 2nd day shipping is also "whenever the feel like filling and shipping the order, it will be 2 days from then" Bugs the heck out of they don't respond to emails or my voicemail.

Just to get everyone up to date...the 120 SA tank pretty much died off due to heating failure. I had one opaline gourami, the school of 6 Buenos Aires, one broken line and one diamond tetra, half a dozen Corrys, the 2 whiptails, 1 red lizard and 1 royal Farowella catfish, my BN female Mrs.Muir...

So I would not recommend aquariumplants.com. I paid for a second day shipping when I placed the order earlier in the week on the 8th hoping I would have it delivered by Friday. Other than the initial order confirmation I have not received any tracking information or any plants. I had sent an...

Yes they were. Very sturdy compared to other bins.

So I placed my (large) order. I will wait and see if they will respond to my delivery request. Having it shipped 2nd day to my Sister's work so its not sitting outside and asked if they could ship so its not delivered on a weekend as the office is open but with limited staff (Sis not...

They have an option to add a heat pack when shipping, will be using that if/when I purchase from them. Looking at some ebay sellers too...but the prices and selection at aquariumplants.com are the best so far.

Congrats Gary!

Thank you, that is good to know as they have a lot of the crypts I am looking for in stock.

Planting too deep will result in the stems rotting in the sand/substrate. As recommended above; plant them to base of the plant where the rockwool was. Being crypts don't be surprised if they melt, they do come back but have to pout about being moved first, lol. Also its a good idea to remove...

So I have a 120 gallon (2'x4'x2'; LxWxH) that I will be re-scaping basically from scratch. The tank currently has some small gravel with an assortment of very small (under 3") green wendtii crypts. The substrate will be replaced with Red Flint sand, medium grit. I will be moving my eels, two...

Thanks Tom. Thinking it was the heater...

Well more wonderful news. Went downstairs to make some RODI water and looked over at the tanks. The 120 was a cloudy stew with over 80% of my stock dead. Not sure WTF happened from the day before. Lost my pekoptia, sultan, sabaj plecos. Lost my wood cats, the cichlids, my expensive black...

I lost 2 more fish, my possum wrasse Sparky and my yellow clown goby Lemonhead. Am 99% sure it's the aptasia paralyzing them as Sunday I shut my circulation pumps off to help Lemonhead who was coasting as he could barely breathe but not really swim or move otherwise. My blenny, the Hawke and...

I made a nice filet of sockeye salmon, sauteed an assortment of mushrooms in butter, olive oil and some rice wine vinegar and boiled some cheese ravioli which I drained and tossed in the pan I sauteed the mushrooms in, topped with parsley and I wish I took a pic. It was very good. Costco had a...

I make a cream sauce with mushroom soup and add the canned tuna with juice to the sauce, I also add shredded cheese. It adds a hint of tuna which is perfect. I LOVE mushrooms so cut up a bunch of cremini and sauteed with onions to add to the dish. I also added broccoli florets this time, have...

I have some red rooted floaters in a 10 gallon and a 20 long. The 10 gallon has regular water in it and the 20 long has r o d i water. Both tanks have strong lighting as well as the Fluval stratum substrate. I have been taking half a tank worth of red rooted floaters to my local fish store for...

Make a tuna casserole Sunday to take to work for lunches, it tasted really good today. Not sure if the flavor has gotten better from sitting or I was hungry today and everything tastes good when you're hungry, 🤣

The banjo cats are very elusive. I see them very rarely, they are a joy to see when I do see them but they're kind of lazy and don't do much activity. Though I don't ever regret getting them. The whiptail cats on the other hand are out all the time and are very active especially when there's...

Been to Shed Aquarium, they have elephant nose in a giant tank with tons of plecos... royals, Titanic, common.

IME most fish go nuts over them. I have to dump a lot to get some to the bottom of the tank for my cory. Even then it's hard for them to fight the plecos, banjo cats, wood cats and upside catfish.

Thank you Matt, it means a lot. He was an old man, glad to have him for so many years.

Cycling with fish or without fish as a personal preference. I always prefer to cycle without fish it's not hard, the hardest thing is finding the ammonia as it has to be free of anything else other than ammonia. You can usually find it if you have a local Ace hardware or true value store. There...

I have horrible news, my albino BN male pleco of over 17 years has died. RIP Ghost, you were a great pleco, a wonderful breeder and a fantastic father to over 500 offspring. I am fortunate to have an creamy yellow albino daughter and a beautiful midnight black son from two of his breeding's...

That's a beautiful tank Tom. You did a great job setting it up and those are some beautiful angel fish.

Sorry for your loss and python issues. A faucet that will work for a python attachment is wort the cost. You may be able to find an attachment that will allow you to use the current faucet.

The best medicine for ich on my experiences is NoxIch. They took it off the market but are bringing it back. Oh look, Walmart has it listed...

It up takes a lot of nutrients through the water column so a fertilizer in the substrate would be beneficial but not necessary. It also likes higher levels of CO2, but again it's not necessary. As someone mentioned it does like iron which will keep the leaves redder. It can grow emmersed as...

Yeah the correct impeller is probably the problem. Glad you can order a new one. And the meantime if you had any ceramic or other media that you were housing the beneficial bacteria in I would keep that in the tank and an area of higher flow like if you have any bubble wands or any current...

No, it would not have any bulbs because it's a stem plant. Stem can and will grow roots over the length of it's stem along the nodes where leaves grow. This means that you can cut it in half, pick mthe leaves away and replant it in the substrate and propagate that way. Stem plants can become...

I have several large tanks (120, 120, 125) so my prep is that I use my python (not hooked up to the water faucet), and will use gravity to drain usually 50% of the tanks into the basement floor drain. During the first part while it is draining I will also clean the gravel. Gravity draining is...

That would be a timesaver in getting a waterfall feature. I have always entertained the idea of building a paludarium tank. Time has always been a deturant. Now I find myself enjoying my saltwater tank more than my freshwater...maybe something for the future.