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These are stunning! I can't believe Finley started out without any markings at all; he looks amazing and his home looks amazing. I can't wait to see more! :)

I bought a couple of shrimp. Jarvis had the time of his life hunting them down. Poor little dudes. :'( I think I'll just keep cleaning by hand until my tank matures some more.      Those poor shrimp. ;_;

I think I'll just do what I can to get rid of the algae myself before bringing in any new stock. I've heard good stuff about H2O2 in algae removel. I called my LFS and he said the only species of shrimp that would do more than just regular maintenance is the amano and I'm hoping to get my hands...

Oh that's strange. I just posted the image codes so they'd show up in my post but I guess you can't see them? The algae looks a lot more like brown algae than blue-green algae, based on the pictures I've seen others posting. Are the instructions the same for dealing with brown algae?   How good...

Here you can see it on the leaves and the rock next to them.     Here you can see it stuck to the thermometer.     And here you can see how dark the rock has gotten; it used to be light grey. I can't believe I let it get this bad. :(       I've read that certain kinds of small suckerfish can...

Ok I'll try and snap a picture. There is evidence of a weird brown dust on some of the anubias, as well as a dark kind-of-slimy algae on everything else.

Hey guys!   So I'm pretty new to the whole cycled tank game, and am having a little trouble with some algae.   I have a five gallon planted tank with CaribSea Ecocomplete substrate and one betta. The lights are on a timer which has been cut down to 8 hours a day but that hasn't made much of a...

Thanks, Blondie. :) This is the best argument I've seen against keeping bettas in little bowls. I feel bad for making him live in one for so long!

About a month ago I posted in the help thread double checking that I had everything I needed to start up a tank for my betta, Jarvis. I thought I'd share the set up and transformation pictures--he looks so different now!               The Before Shot...   And after!          

  Hahaha oh man I would love to have more than one tank. Considering I'm as green as they get I should probably wait and see if I can keep just one under control.   I looked at some zoomed in pictures of the Fluval and some reviews and I believe there are actually two intakes: one little one at...

Yeah it's driving me a little nuts. But I'm using the time well I think and doing as much research as I can. Once it finally gets here I should be ready to dive right in and hopefully not make any mistakes haha. I gave my boyfriend his birthday present about two weeks early--maybe he'll return...

Thanks for the info, Meeresstille. I guess at this point it's just a matter of which substrate I prefer the look of. I am a little worried about getting sand caught in my filter; I haven't heard of that ending well. I'm thinking some frogbit might be nice to float in the tank, if I can get my...

Thanks for helping me out here. :)   Yes the tank I'll be getting used LED and also has a pretty good lid. Jarvis would have to have excellent aim to get out of the slot on the top, but I figure I'll either drop the water level a smidgeon or put on some cling wrap just to be on the save side. I...

I don't know about water condition yet but I do plan to fishless cycle the tank. I'm impatient to get Jarvis into a better home but I don't want to torture him haha. Everything I've read has said the API testing kit is well worth the investment and I don't want to cut any corners. I've poked...

Hey everyone! Get ready for a wall of text and a fair few questions.     I am in my final year of college, and keeping a fish as a pet is kind of a tradition here. So last January, armed with good intentions and very little knowledge, I picked up a little red betta I named Jarvis. For the last...