Recent content by CA Archer

I am fairly new to planted tanks. I started one back in April of this year, did a lot of research on easiest plants for beginners, lighting etc. I wanted a low tech tank so I do not use any CO2. I have 2 Anubias, 2 Java Fern, Dwarf hairgrass, a driftwood centerpiece with Java moss, a tall plant...

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Good to know I don't have to worry about them. I was wondering why they never seemed interested in anything I put in there for them, guess now I know why, they are not hungry :)

Thank you for your reply! I had no idea that they would eat other things in the tank besides the algae. Seems like everything I have read said that Nerites would only eat algae, not plant detritus or fish food. Certainly makes life a whole lot easier not worrying that they will starve, they have...

I am new to having Platies and snails. I have a 20g planted tank with 3 Nerites, a few bladder snails and currently 4 Platies. My tank has very little algae so I have been trying to provide my snails with algae wafers to make sure they get enough to eat. But no matter how much I feed the Platies...

Red Racer Nerites! Really beautiful and will only breed in brackish water.

I have been cycling my tank for about 2 and 1/2 mths now, all my numbers are where they should be, just haven't gotten around to getting any livestock yet. My plants are getting established and growing nicely. I used a quality aquarium soil, have both planted and non planted plants. Everything...

Hi everyone, I am in the process of setting up a 20g planted tank. I have not had a planted tank before (had a 100g cichlid tank about 30 yrs ago using city water) and have never used well water, always city water, so new to that as well. I am a bit concerned about the fact that we have a UV...

I live in an area that has tons of Manzanita that I would like to collect and use in my 20gal tank. I watched a YouTube video that showed how to collect dead Manzanita, along with how to clean it. One question someone had asked was whether or not the pieces he used were too old and decayed? Can...

I am just getting back into having an aquarium after many years of not having one. This will be my first planted aquarium, started small only 12 gallons. I have been watching youtube videos on a method of cycling called "dark start method", to me it sounds like a pretty fool proof method of...