Recent content by dR3ws3r

I use RO water with equilibrium in my tank. I suffered through this whole PH issue on my own. I personally believe that measuring PH in low alkalinity water/zero alkalinity water to be futile. Without buffering, the PH of the water can swing wildly from low to high with the blowing of the...

i have set up my old tank a 25 gallon cube, 18" x 3. I cleaned it out, replaced the substrate with sand, and put what surviving plants I had remaining back into the tank. I once again have a cyano problem in this tank. I've read that the basic problem is light, nutrients and flow. My tank...

Yes, ran water into the bucket, stirred it up, then dumped the dirty water. Repeated that for like 30 minutes.

Hi all, I've done many tanks with gravel in the old days and aquasoil in more recent times, but never did sand before. So I went out and bought some CaribSea sand, put it in a bucket. Rinsed it for like 30 minutes with running water then dumped it in a 25 gallon cube. Filled it with water...

Thanks, I've used that stuff before and still have some packets left. I will try it out and see how well it works on this bigger mess. Drew

Hi, I have a 25 gallon that I had to abandon for 3 months. I took all the fish back to the fish store, but left the plants. A friend came over and filled the tank weekly for evaporation purposes, but nothing else for maintenance. When I arrived last weekend, many of the plants were still...

I can't say absolutely, but it is really unlikely as the tank didn't move too far. There is nothing around the tank or below (in the basement) that is mechanical. As there had not been any jumpers for quite some time, and now there have been a few, I was surprised. Which led to my post...

Hello all, I've had a 25 gallon cube set up for about 2 years now. Mostly just neon tetras in it. Well planted, decently scaped, plenty of places for the neons to hide or keep shaded from the light. Things have been pretty stable for quite a while and I had about 15 neons in there. Over the...

Thanks for replying. For #1, I feel comfortable doing plumbing. I'm pretty handy with that stuff, have done plumbing on remodel's before, but never for a fish tank. I'd hate to mess something up and have a noisy system, or use the wrong type of connector, but I suppose there is enough...

Hello all, I am considering setting up a reef tank in my home. I have had tropical fish sporadically for most of my life, and the marine experience would be totally new to me. I watch a lot of videos, and have watched a bunch of the BRSTV infomercials for better or for worse. Two questions...

I see the same behavior, much more aggressive in the morning, much more communal in the evenings.

So things appear to be a little better today. There isn't as much chasing, and the group appears to stay together for the most part.