Recent content by 5150Jim

I want to put a canister filter under my new tank. Yes I got one more tank today. That makes 5 tanks in 30 days but my wife is in favor so I couldn’t pass it up. It was a Tetra 55 long (I call it a show tank) but also I did the math & it is 48 x 12 x 20 so it should be call a 50 gal. Why Tetra...

I got a new Vortex diatom filter the other day & I ran it for 1½ hrs in my 44gal tank & then for a little over an hour in my 29 gal. I might preface this with the fact that I had a diatomaceous earth filter back in the 70s & never killed any fish so do freak out. My question is as a rule of...

The wife & I decited Not to get Steatocranus casuarius but that is very good info TNX... And may I steal your signature line? It is so true. So many fish choices, so few tanks...And not enough disposable income!

One of our 4 tanks is a 5.5 gal & all we have in it is 2 African Dwarf Frogs. We only set the tank up on 3/16/14 but yesterday I saw algae starting to grow on the silk plants. So my question is if I put one of my Chinese Algae Eaters in there do you think it's a bad idea. I have done some...

I was told at PetSmart that the Hi Fin Pleco doesn't get as big as a standard Pleco. Was I told a story? I did see something about a Hi Fin that was 18". Also why real driftwood?

I have a High Fin Spotted Pleco in the 44 & I have been thinking about using the rest of the black sand that we bought (they only had a 5 lbs & a 20 lbs at Petco so we got the 20) but was thinking about using it in the 29. I think it would look really good under the castle also. And I have a...

I have been working on a background for the 29g but my wife doesn't want anything behind the 44g pentagon. Back in the 70s I would take pieces of Styrofoam & used a small propane torch to burn holes & then I would use enamel spray paint (which also melts the Styrofoam into some cool designs) &...

Very cool. TNX... My wife thinks the Buffalo Head is so ugly that it's cute. And the Kribensisnis something she wants for our cichlid tank. TNX again, Jim

On Thursday & Friday on last week my wife, daughter & I went to San Francisco to Alcatraz, Aquarium of the Bay, The Exploratorium & California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park & while having lunch at Academy of Sciences we sat next to what I would say was a 2000 gal aquarium & shot a...

I do have pix of my tanks. And TY for the links. I'll check those out. Here is my 44 gal (and it took a few trys to make the jpeg small enough to fit.     And here is the 29 g Then here is my wife's frog tank. And you can tell a woman decorated it. It is beautiful.  

I started enjoying aquariums in the 70s. I’m sure you all know this tune. I started out with one & before long I had more. Ranging from 35 gal regular (the 1st tank) to a 55 gal show (someone gave me) & then a 100 gal sq. that a friend could not take with him in a move to other state. Well then...