its a must have for anyone

[nightlife20]

yup bogwood.... so gotta love this stuff... and rainbow slate its in both mf my tanks an even the one i just sold...

 

[Opcn]

I like it, I love it, were can I get some of it?

Opcn

P.S. is that a stuffed owl I see?

 

[Cheese Specialist]

That's mopani but I'll let you away with it!!

I agree, wood and plants are a must in my tanks. Wish I could have sand in them all, don't know where to get it.

 

[nightlife20]

is that a stuffed owl I see?

nargh lol, its a china owl very expensive had it for a moving in present lmao

 

[Inchworm]

Hi nightlife20

I really do like that wood! Do you get it at your lfs, or somewhere else?

 

[nightlife20]

got it from me lfs, it was stuffed behind some smaller peices and some rocks... oh and dont forget the bags of gravel lol.... think somone was hideing it?

 

[Adrinal]

nice piece!
and ya bog wood is like 2mill X more beautiful than most art in the gallerys.

 

[Inchworm]

nice piece!
and ya bog wood is like 2mill X more beautiful than most art in the gallerys.

When it comes to beauty, it's hard to beat Mother Nature!

 

[nightlife20]

i have an eye for these kid of things... when i set up a tank i have a rough idea what i want it to look like before i even start buying things...

also i did a very bad thing today....instead of waiting and doin my fishless cycle i used three of my old fish... old as in iv had em since i started my first tank up...
so in my big one atm i have
1 swordtail
1 danio and one platie...



im a bad person ) but i want it done



berate me later

 

[Inchworm]

...i did a very bad thing today....instead of waiting and doin my fishless cycle i used three of my old fish... old as in iv had em since i started my first tank up...

...im a bad person ) but i want it done

Hi nightlife20

Cycling with fish does not make you a bad person. Whatever gave you that idea?

People have been cycling with fish since the hobby first started and it's the way most people do it still. In fact, if I were to start from scratch, I'd use fish, too. The method works, and since you know how to monitor the parameters and keep them in line with water changes, your fish will face a minimum of risk. Just go slowly and keep the process under your control.

If you remember back to when you joined the forum, I taught you some ways to accelerate the process. Since you have another tank established now, it will be much easier to get this one up and running.

Just to recap what I said earlier on, the main goal of cycling is to establish colonies of beneficial bacteria in your tank. To do this, you can either start with a bare tank and some fish and wait for nature to take its course, or you can put some bacteria in that you have grown in another tank.

Every surface of your aquarium has bacteria clinging to it. This includes the filter media, the gravel, the glass, plants, and decorations. Any of these things that you move from your established tank to the new one will carry bacteria with it to seed your new tank and help move things along.

You might even want to run your new filter in the old tank for a week or two (along side your other one) so that it can fill with bacteria from there before you start it in the new one. If you do that now, by the time it's ready, your fish will have provided your new tank with some ammonia to feed them.

If you want to use gravel from your established tank, keep in mind that most of the beneficial bacteria resides in the top 1/2 to 3/4 inch of gravel. Simply take a cupful or two and sprinkle it over the top of the gravel in your new tank. From there it will spread.

Good luck with the new tank!

 

[nightlife20]

i remember some of ur old posts hunni!!! ur one of the reasons i kept into this hobby u were so helpfull


my bf also blames u for keepin me in the hobby lmao

but i did take some of ur ideas on board... i took some of my filter media out of my old tank and put it in my new filter (well one of them)...

so stuff does sink in

couldnt do the gravel thing tho as im usein sand in the new one.... *wonders if shes got an old pair of stockings...hmmmmmmm*