Recent content by coolfishguy12

Ok, I've been doing partial water changes every day until the Kanaplex arrived. It came in the mail yesterday, so I added the first dose last night.

What about the large mass on his side? I assumed it wasn't injury because of the fish I lost to dropsy a week ago.

My German Blue Ram has had a cloudy eye and protruding white mass for some time now (see pictures). Two weeks ago I posted asking for help on the issue and decided to treat with herbal tonics (pimafix and melafix by API). After the recommended dosing I saw no change so I purchased some...

It is a mature tank with ammonia and nitritite at 0ppm, and I keep nitrates around 10-20ppm with ~25% water changes every 3-4 days. The pH is a little high for ram cichlids but after doing research I've decided not to fight with it because they've been doing fine as it remains stable. Thinking...

Here are pictures: He's also lost colour, any idea what this could be? In the past he had growths near his mouth but I think they were harmless as they went away on their own.

Hey all, ended up putting some wood screws in the sides and some L-brackets on each of the shelves. Also put a cross brace in the back.   Here are the screws in the sides at each shelf. I’m going to put another bit of stain on them tonight, the pic makes it look like they are a lot more...

I just got a new table to hold my fish tank. It wasn't made for a fish tank so I'm paranoid that it is going to fail. I've had it on there for about a week and I'm convinced the left side is bowing out. For peace of mind, I'd like to reinforce it. My idea was to put a single 2x2 at the back...

bumping htis?

Hello all, see the attached photos of white bumps that have appeared near my male Ram Cichlid's mouth.   I don' believe it is ich because they protrude quite far. The first one showed up about two weeks ago and the second bump just started to form. I'm not really sure how to proceed with it. Can...

After doing a little research, I think they are in fact crypts (cryptocoryne lutea to be specific). See the better photos below, note that the second one was from when they were fairly juvenile.    

I've had these plants for approximately 3 months.   At about the 2 month mark, I added root tabs. I've also been adding other species over the course of the three months. All the other plants seem happy, no explosive growth but that's not what I expect with my low-tech setup.    Nitrates are...

  Originally, the leaves on my swords grew in nicely. It was only recently that they started growing in distorted.

I've got four of these sword plants, they were doing fine when I first put them in the tank. But now new leaves grow in distorted (ravelled edges, small, orange/red tint on the edges). The existing leaves seems to be thriving but new growth looks weak?   I'm not sure if this had anything to do...

Not necessarily looking for energy efficiency, I just want a cost effective way of getting moderate level lighting.

I recently bought a 10 gallon starter kit that came with a 14w 4200k Hagen Sun Glo T8 flourescent tube.     I was considering upgrading to an incandescent hood with two 23w 6500k Sylvania CFLs     Would the upgrade be worth it?    Has anyone had any experience with that type of Slyvania bulb?