Recent content by Abbeysdad2

FB reminded me that today was Byron's birthday. I post it here because Byron was such a wealth of knowledge and support on this forum as I'm sure many will remember. RIP my old friend. You may be gone but surely not forgotten.

First let me say that I'm no expert and don't play one on TV or websites! But I have been in, and out (mostly in) of the hobby for about 50 of my 70 years. So no expert, but learned a thing or two. 😊 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥...

Just relax. You could do a 50% water change every day and it would be great...excessive, but great. So what about 50% every other day, or twice a week, or??? So what's sufficient? No one really knows and it varies widely based on water quality and whether or not it's a planted tank. I used to...

No, in a continuous system (like I've seen Discus breeders use) fresh water constantly flows into aquariums and overflows out the other end. This ensures the freshest water possible. Although perhaps admirable, it's not very practical for the home aquarium. Having 'said' that I also know of...

I used to be pretty meticulous about water changes and filter cleaning. I used to do about 50% water changes and filter cleaning weekly like clockwork. After reading some interesting material that suggested that frequent filter cleaning was counter productive. After all, beneficial bacteria...

I was using Chrome as my browser. While in Facebook I saw someone had messaged me. As soon as I clicked on it I got a screen indicating there was a security breach so Microsoft locked my pc. It looked legit but it clearly was a scam to get me to call a bogus support number and who knows what...

Hi all - Like a bad habit, I'm back! I had to register anew as Abbeysdad2 as I got hacked and lost my stuff. I'm still missing my old friend Byron, but life goes on ... well for a time.