Recent content by alexvpaq

that second video with the invisible filter, it looks like a great idea but how much pull does it really have?! will it really pull much crap or just work mostly to filter and transform the bacterias? 

ended up doing that, it worked, thanks ! The full tank is now used, not just the left side :P 

Alright lol. For more info... This tank was fishless cycled then housed a large 4-5 inches long P.Clarkii crayfish, that managed to push the lid of my tank and run away. Into a wall of my house to be spotted, tried to lure back. Didn't work, she actually never came out from inbetween the...

Yah, definitely snail eggs, seems like they are currently going at it a lot recently in my gf's tank too they're popping up everywhere.

I have NO clue why they do it, I have two male guppies (don't want them to reproduce since it's only a 10gal) There's a CPO with them and the water parameter are all okay for guppies if only a bit harder than I would like it to be but I can't really do anything about my tap water and it's still...

I found a really good website about those recently and I really want to share the information  : http://www.petshrimp.com/hawaiianredshrimp.php Essentially, these shrimps are an endangered species from hawaii often wild caught. They are very very resilient and need very little to survive but...

When I say melted it's more like... it dissolved in the water over time. Currently temperature is around 72-75°F. We're also in the process of making it a lot cleaner, previous owner didn't seem to take much care of it since her boyfriend likely was the one who took care of it and they broke up...

My girlfriend received a planted 10gal fishtank from a friend of her and she has a fluval 204 canister, The sponges are good, the white ceramic noodleish things are good too but there are two of the three filter emplacement full of charcoal.  BUT, the bags that are usually holding these charcoal...

Here's another update for anyone interested. Ammonia finally went down, I added some, nitrite and nitrate are still low but slowly increasing. My water got extremely cloudy it's impressive and there is a white thing growing on the branch in my fishtank and I have absolutely no clue what it is.  ...

Managed to find the name of it : Crangon septemspinosa  

I've lived by the Saint-Lawrence River (Fleuve St-Laurent), Québec, by a town called Rimouski for over 20 years and it's the first time I've seen these shrimps. Their camouflage is incredibly good which is a good explanation to why I had never seen them before. They are obviously living in...

My patience is really suffering these days. I'm considering getting a heater just for the cycling part to maybe raise the speed of it happening.  I have still to top up my ammonia once. I'm at around 2.5ppm still.  nitrites are low  around .1mg/L, but it has been higher than that like...

Yeah that's what I heard of too so far.It must not be a fish that sleep  or stays at the bottom / needs to be a non-agressive fish ( when the cray molts it is at risk), It needs to be quick and agile to stay away easily from the crayfish and similar water settings. There's a lot to look for...

However, I want to get a crayfish (Procambarus Clarkii) in that tank. I have no plans for a fish yet. Going through this whole fishless cycling to add a live prey to my future crayfish would be ironic and moronic on my part lol. I will likely consider it eventually but not at the moment, I'll...

Yeah, I kind of like it too. It gives some character to the tank.