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Had a male Pearl Gourami who became quite friendly with one of my male angelfish. He would rub up against the angelfish in an amorous fashion and the angelfish did not seem to mind at all. They hung out like this for over a year. I separated them when I established a gourami tank but in...

I was looking at the curly things, I believe @GaryE is correct.

For the cost of a fluval canister filter you can get some usable consumer grade microscopes. I bought my grandson one of those $50 usb digital ones. Yes it had poor resolution and really no correction for chromatic aberration, but it was good enough to reasonably dyed onion skin cells. I...

I find filter material that has larger pores more effective, I believe it is because the biofilm on the filter substrate that removes any particles.

It doesn't look like any fungus I have seen growing but I wouldn't say it is not a fungus. I would take a sample and look at it under the microscope.

My experience with Vals is that liquid CO2 adversely affects them. In my experience they do better if you plant the roots then slightly pull the plant out so that none of the crown is buried. Mine seem to do OK with moderate light levels.

Agree with @Back in the fold, I get very clear water using a sponge and bio media without charcoal. I haven't replaced either in years, but I do rinse one or the other every second week.

In my experience I have gotten blue green algae when a tank is newly setup and when it gets older. If your tank has been setup for 4 years you might have accumulated nutrients deep in the substrate. Every time I do a deep clean on a tank, I find it amazing how much material is in the bottom...

I had a lot of success hatching brine shrimp but no success raising them up. Will watch here for more info.

https://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2024/08_Aug/080924b.asp The state of Oregon has an issue with these. They are a source of Zebra Mussels an invasive species in North America.

There are a number of locations in British Columbia where I have found fresh water sponges, but I have never seen any jelly fish or polyps (Cnidarians) in our temperate waters. It is interesting that the more complex Sticklebacks have re-colonized our streams and lakes after the ice ages but...

Most aquarium soils are not meant to be rinsed, you may have damaged its structure, if so you may have to start again. I have used soil a couple of times and it has taken over two weeks/month for the water to clear up. Frequent gentle but large water changes can speed the process up, as can...

Tank wise I cannot think of anything that would be a problem. What kind of fish were you trying to keep in the tank, do you know what kind of water you use (in particular how hard is the water), how much activity is around the tank. Although it is entirely possible that the water is being...

I use a similar idea on my Fluval except I use a fine filter bag over the intake with a spacer inside to keep the flow at the surface slow, ie the final diameter is 2". I find the fish keep it clean so I don't have to.

This is Achak. He is 10.5 months old. He is a log walking super dog. For him the most joy he gets is out of walking along logs. You guys coming? Hurry up. Swimming sucks but wading is good on a hot day. I prefer the high road when I have a choice. Dad makes me wear this stupid...

The non-albino runts seemed totally normal other than the size, every albino was deformed in some way, and only about 1/4 of the albinos survived the fry stage whereas about 4/5 the non-albinos survived the fry stage. I tried to look at my past posts but did not find the post I was looking for...

Been long a while since I have hunted, you are totally right, Elk are strong grazers and Deer are often browsers.

I experienced a large number of runts and poorly formed Angels on my last breeding. It was a breeding of children from one of my earlier breedings and I expect that the original parents were already inbred too much. I ended up with a number of albinos and smaller than normal fish, often with...

Always a good idea to check out where you plan to hunt. When I worked in forests I got to know where the animals were generally, but you still have to check out your hunting areas. Will watch for new posts indicating your success. Elk can be pretty good eating, with all the sagebrush do they...

I would take my time and try to get the little guy out of the net. I have never raised otos but I have had plecos get caught in nets. I would turn the net so that the sides are away from the fish with the exception of the point of attachment. I would then try to move the loop of the net over...

I wanted to grow moss in my shrimp tank and went through a lot of effort to get it. Once it took off I just wanted to get rid of it. It was very messy, Java Fern is good, Java Moss just seems to plug things up.

I don't believe backpressure was the cause of the valve leaking, likely just wear and tear, but I could be wrong. I just plumbed in a sink to use for cleaning the dog and filling tanks and for it I got a delta laundry faucet using traditional values with the hot water side feed through a...

Most HOBs manage to work with the intake and outlet on the same side of the tank. I am sure one can get it to work with a canister as well. The flow on my canister will easily push the water to the far side of the tank and from there it will flow back if that is where the intake is. My...

Barbs are just boring to me. Never cared for them. Though never raised them either so who knows maybe they have some hidden appeal I will never experience.

I purchased a new heavy duty sewing machine from amazon that was so well used that the thread had removed some of the chrome finish on the guides. I to sent it back. On another note I would like to know how well your heater works for you. I found my E300 to report poor flow unless it was...

First time I heard that but fits with my experience, I still like to do large frequent changes and control which fish live in which tank because I don't believe in a natural environment that the concentration of urine in the water would ever reach what occurs in your typical aquarium.

I have a number of angels and water change events are a big deal for them. If I am going to get any of them breeding it will be after I change the water. The process seems to trigger them to re-establish their relationships with the other fish in the tank. I have no evidence, but I often...

In my 75 I change water weekly to every other week, typically replace 75% of the water. Slightly overstocked on this tank. Softwater tank doesn't require any adjustment to the water. In my 20 gallon shrimp tank I change 50% of water every 3 weeks. This water has to be adjusted for mineral...

If your nitrites are anywhere near the concentration of the nitrates then you have other issues. It influences the test but doesn't really matter. Put it a different way I personally wouldn't be concerned if the nitrates appeared higher because I would be changing the water anyways if I had...

Just check on the heat. One of my pumps can get pretty hot, I wouldn't want it to start a fire.

I do like the hillstream loaches, would consider setting up a new tank for them. But I don't need more responsibilities now so I will continue to enjoy yours. Wouldn't have considered them till reading about them.

Some of us prefer pictures to video. Hard to study details of video without viewing frame by frame. A badly focus video is not any better than a badly focused photo. Sorry @Magnum Man, interesting posts, maybe not so focused pictures. :)

When I was using it I used full dosage.

I tried that fertilizer a few times about 2 or 3 years ago, ie Thrive. I found it elevated my nitrates about 10 ppm but also seemed to elevate ammonia to 0.25 immediately after dosing. I no longer use it, though it did seem to help the plants. Did not seem to affect anyone in the aquarium.