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Your best bet is to go to a garden supply store, or your local fish store (LFS) and buy the slate. Then you can stack it however you like. I have caves that are 4-7 inches high and make all sorts of condos. They've never fallen except in the case of my cobalt zebras deciding to wage war on...

Happy day....I live in Canadian Retirement Land, otherwise known as Florida, and our water is famously hard. I have had corys in my tanks for...well...ever, really, and they don't seem to be bothered by it in the slightest and I can get a good decade out of the corys. I understand that there's...

Happy day...I concur with reducing the lights and adding some plants. I'm not sophistimicated like the others when it comes to Latin-name dropping, but one might consider adding the plant world's version of the Incredible Hulk: Java Fern. Unlike Hulk, who resists any form of bondage and just...

Happy day...I have a few of them, too, but I haven't worn ties in years. I do have a piece of artwork that I bought from him that he signed...wrote a little bit from Terrapin on it, too. It so amazing that, after all these years, the joy still flows. We were so, so very lucky.

Happy day...I use an android tablet that goes to and from the office with me. It connects through bluetooth and once it is set up, you don't really need to go back into it I used the settings below from the YT video I linked. In the spirit of science, I have designed an experiment that I...

Happy day, In a soon-to-be-posted journal, I'll be engaging in a dramatic re-enactment of the building of my 9.6gl UNS tank tank, complete with all the poetic license that one can...well...license. In the meantime, I wanted to share a few comments about this light, which I have placed on a UNS...

Happy day....this first bit is totally random, but you might want to check out the Ohio Fish Rescue guy...some cool stuff there and he seems to be really well-connected into the local hobby circuit. Anyway, I am way too rough on my tanks to go with acrylic and I know that if I put even the...

Happy day...I'm more of the 30% water change every couple of weeks, on account of having a lot of plants and not a lot of fish. I totally agree with the gradual light issue and I use some $5 timers on both the room and tank lights.

Happy day and welcome aboard! Thank you for sharing the pictures. I've often said that my fish have a wrathful god, so don't you worry one bit about the mistakes you make, you'll learn from each and every one of them. On balance, I would say that my mistakes come from: 1. Rushing 2. Not...

Happy day....I'm one of those people that says "Do nothing....the fish knows what to do." If you wanted to really do something, consider searching on the words "how to breed zebra danio" and see what you come back with. There might even be a youtube video about the topic. That would be the...

Happy day, I live in PBC and I probably saw the same videos as you...the clear water one with the jewel cichlids and stuff look great, but I've not seen those little canals in PBC. I've pulled out mosquito fish, baby tilapia, gars and baby peacocks using a small aquarium net and thrashing...

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Happy day, I've been tempted to make a more realistic and inexpensive hardscape that reflects the true nature of many areas. Its just hard for me to want to drink Budweiser and use the empty beer cans that way.

Happy day, My experience is that they are rather shy and in highly-trafficked rooms, will stay hidden, nestled among the plants. I couldn't get them to take any prepared foods, but frozen works as does live. Its quite possible that...oh yes...now the memory comes back. I had them in a 20...

Happy day, As long as today is Unasked-For Opinions Day, I learned that fine art hung above the open top of an aquarium is likely to become owner-modified...that is to say.... not so fine...over time as the material upon which said fine art is placed absorbs the humidity rising off the tank...

I have two Ultum Nature Systems 5N tanks...roughly 5 gallons, and in the next few days will either buy a 9.6g Landen or, possibly, the 11.3g Hydra Aquatics. Not because I don't like the UNS tanks, but I became annoyed with the vendor and UNS over answering the simple question of "who sells the...

Happy day, Totally agree about the Red Root Floaters, Damn Duckweed and other floating plants being a good idea. 6-7 buckets? Manually? Well...I'll provide an unasked-for opinion. I've bought a lot of things in my life, most of it eventually simply becoming stuff my wife refers to as "your...

Happy day, People on Aquabid sell them. Also, you might have a local fish society and people who have them are usually eager to pay someone to haul them off. That last part might not be entirely true, but once you have them, you always have them.

Happy day....I think I'm allowed to link to a product. I've been using this dish and eggs for 6 months for my Dario Dario: Brine Shrimp Hatchery As soon as they hatch I just dump them in the tank. There's a handy little mesh thing they provide.

Happy day...well, what did you expect to happen? You throw a bunch of young, frisky, nubile critters into an area that they find suitable for breeding and blammo, unintended pregnancies happen. Oh wait...I think that's called university. Well...how about just letting the quarantine tank be...

Welcome aboard! You'll find people here to be warm, friendly and inviting, and some of them are frightfully smart. Post up the pics!

Happy day...I think you have a gender reveal party in a dry, wooded area with a long, rich history of catching fire and then reveal the genders with pyrotechnics. Seems to be quite popular here in the US.

Happy day, Just after moving into my office about six years ago, I heard a scratching at the back door of my office and this little fella was there. And almost every day since, he comes between 2-3 and scratches on the door. He's grown a fair bit since, and has survived some cold snaps and an...

Happy day, My wife's son experienced a delay in learning to speak. We brought in therapists and teachers and whomever, but he just wasn't interested. He'd make animal sounds, and do sign language, but that was about it. Then, when he was three, we took him to the National Zoo in Washington...

Happy day, I was in DC when Howard called People's Express to book a one-way ticket to the 14th street bridge. It was both hysterically funny and entirely tragic. I remember the hero, who wasn't wearing a cape or tights, who went out onto the ice rescued two people from the water and then...

Happy day...not sure what totally defines oddball fish, but you might be pleasantly surprised by the fish along the shoreline of your local lakes/ponds. The best part is that since they are native, if they grow too large, you can always toss them back. There are plenty of YT vids on how to...

Happy day...this may be an unpopular opinion that's scientifically wrong, but I'd not do any. You have a beautiful planted tank and it could be wedged into any of the fern roots or a crook in the wood. I have no clue what the ammonia spike might be in a 110L, but reasonably, as it rotted, the...

Oh well, see, that's just a statement about the type of pub you frequent. You generally know you're in the wrong sort of pub for these types of quizzes if there's a stage equipped with a non-fishing pole in the center and features people of negotiable affection engaging in calisthenics that...

Happy day, That's a very pretty tank and I look forward to building one like it soon. Is the tank acrylic or just bent glass?

Happy day...after giving this fish several unnerving stares over the weekend, and comparing against various images online, I think I agree with Rasbora Kalochroma. Just goes to show you can trust some things you read off the internet. Thank you!

Happy day...it receives indirect sunlight and it has certainly helped the greenery in the jar. I think getting lucky with scooping muck with visible life in it is key. When I saw a little critter move across the glass, I was pretty pleased. Whatever it is that is slowly breaking down the misc...

Happy day...so this was from the dollar tank at the LFS. It didn't look like this to start, of course, but this is how it looks now. I'll try for a better picture, but its not such a talent of mine. It is notable for the three spots and the fringe of white on the tips of its tail.

Happy day, As a kid I used to be an assistant manager of an LFS with four locations. This meant I could keep the oddballs that no one ordered but arrived in the boxes, anyway. And so it came to be that I acquired a pair of belonesox belizanus, a livebearer type of pike from central America...

I thought so too, but then I saw similar ones and was thinking...well, maybe mine is just probiscus-enhanced: https://images2.ratemyfishtank.com/photo/12/650x500c/16000/15809/8063-11-chinese-algae-eater-u8iIsL.jpg...

Happy day, Congrats on the evolution from a silent cycle to a fishless cycle. You are not experiencing a problem, unless its your blood count that's gone haywire. The aquarium into which you are pouring your heart, soul and money has presented you with an opportunity for success. There is a...

Happy day, Turns out 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way was on last night, so no way to attempt pictures of the main tank. I did capture this one of the snarling beast that owns the cichlids. If possible, zoom in on the nose. Aside from it being a nose that only a mother could love, I have no idea...

Happy day Wills, So I spent a few hours in the middle of the night watching assorted and sordid videos regarding nano-lights and dirt tanks. I learned so many things I hope to soon forget, like PAR values at one inch below the surface vs bottom of the tank, the role of the pink light, the...

Happy day, Thank you for taking the time to reply. I saw this in my search, and I admit to being hesitant about it, but I'm not quite sure why. I have a Fluval Flex15, and while the tape line across the top inch of the tank is annoying, it functions quite fine. Do you know if the light...

Happy day, I've never used sand as a substrate, but how did you know you were getting anaerobic pockets in the sand?