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Very nice platies and you sound like you know your fish. You might consider becoming the forums Platy expert and answer people's questions that will arise about these fish. The next time I read a thread where someone is asking about platies, I will refer them to you.

This will bring a smile to your face. She is Russian.

You can pretty much post what you want here...like this image below, just keep it clean.

Welcome to Nuno in Portugal from Utar in Texas.... :hi: While English is my native tongue, I still can't use it properly....lol..

Here is pics of my 55 gallon with my Angel fish Nina and Pinta Above the 55 gallon are framed ribbons and the American Championship title for a Rottie named Brough from back in the 80's. He was my Mom's dog and she hired a professional handler and she is in the picture with Brough. One picture...

Your most welcome, look forward to seeing you around.....:hi:

It's a fantasy book and I have been writing on it for ten years now...lol...but I plan on finishing it one day.

23 x 5 is 115 watts so 100 watts is close enough, 5 watts per gallon rule is not a hard rule. You can round up or down considering which way is closest to the size you need. Just makes it easier to remember and use because it is a good round figure. But and there always is a but, sometimes it...

That's ok but a safer number and way easier to use is 5 watts per gallon.

Sitting here right now writing this, lol... but my brother called with a computer emergency at his house, so off I go to fix his computer after I have my morning cup of joe and get fully waken. But by that time I might decide to do something else because you never know with me. I have a book I...

No that will not work for you goldfish!!!!! Goldfish are very messy and require a very large tank to fish population size. Tank size footprint is very important, the tanks they are in now have a larger footprint than that expensive junk your link shows (Sorry to call that junk but that is all...

Sgooosh is correct the temp settings on aquarium heaters are rarely correct, so you will have to adjust it according to what your thermometer is reading. The safest rule for heater size is 5 watts per gallon, so 100w is good for your size aquairum.

Sorry to hear your local water is so bad you can't use it for your aquariums. I am lucky that I have really good water and don't have to do anything thing to it. I wished I could help you but others have already given you great advice, so good luck, and hope it all works out for you.

I use the double sponge filters and the reason I do is because the sponge filters will house plenty of beneficial bacteria. So when I setup a new tank I take one side off the used sponge filter from an established tank and add it to the sponge filter in the new tank. This will help the new tank...

You should remove them because they will multiply and you will end up with hundreds of them.

Thanks for your replies. Like I said before, I learn more about fish keeping here on threads like TFF then any other place on the web and thanks for the complements on my aquarium, I am proud of it. The 55 gallon shown here is my most successful aquarium in the past 5 years of fish keeping and...

I am for it, let me know what I need to do.

@Essjay good read, thanks for your reply. I have had to experiment with different plants to figure out what works best for me. I once bought all the plants shown in this image at one time for a person on the internet. The plants all arrived in great shape but everyone wilted away and never grew...

Thanks for the reply, yes I was thinking the same think. In nature a large lake or pond will do what some refer to as roll over, now I am not completely sure what that means, so I guess it is the bad water being exchanged for good water from top to bottom. In an aquarium a filter like my...

Thank you for the reply, also for clearing up butterfly betta. I did some research on butterfly betta and didn't find much to help determine that he is. Yes he has two tails, kinda strange that I didn't notice this until I took the picture I posted here. I have to watch him close to see the two...

Sorry to hear that.......:(

Thank you for your reply, and I am now understanding the silent cycle and what it means about having to be patient and adding fish slowly and staying well under stocked is probably a good idea. Thank you for your reply, for now I am leaving every thing as is and maybe when I next clean my...

@eatyourpeas thank you and I hear ya loud and clear. I love my Angels one which is my sig pic, don't want to endanger them.

Yeah Max, I forgot, when I setup his 20 gallon long it will be his tank, and I will heavily plant it. But for now and until I have his tank fully realized he will have to stay in his temporary tank, which I still want as a shrimp and tetra tank. My lord that MTS is really bad, does anyone know...

@mcordelia thank you for the reply and food for thought. So here is how I see all this and concerning all the people into and just starting fish keeping. Only the most experienced of us should attempt to do a planted silent cycle. So many beginners, and I am at fault in the past get in a hurry...

Kinda refreshing to know that the expert of experts who wrote the book can still learn a few things.

Very good thank you.

I have read if and when the Walstad Method is achieved all a person needs to do is add water due to evaporation. Personally I believe this to be wrong, because over time the chemistry and ph will can change significantly from the water source. I believe a person can slow down on weekly water...

I started to ask questions about this on someone else's thread, so decided I could learn more about it and started this thread. It was said by some very experienced people that a fully planted tank does not need a filter with bio-media in it. It was also said that in doing a planted cycle that...

@mbsqw1d thank you for the info, very interesting, learning something new everyday. But that is why I love forums like this one, I can learn stuff that I just can't any place else. What about water movement, the canister flow helps with this. I do have a wave maker and long bubble wand, so maybe...

@Essjay and @Retired Viking so you are saying that I can remove my canister filter/bio-media and let the plants do all the work. Makes me kinda of nervous, especially since everything is going stellar with my tank. You guys have the experience with this, so now I wished I had never spend money...

I used a python for years, but found it to be slow and a waste of water. So I made my own water changing system, probably similar to others out there in DIY water changing systems, but want to share so maybe someone might pick up some ideas along this line. I find this way better than using a...