Recent content by Gemtrox42

That's great to know, thanks. I've got a canister myself, but I can angle it to create more of a current. The head (is that the right term?) of my outflow is fan-shaped, maybe they'd benefit from a more concentrated flow?

They've been doing this for months I'm afraid. Here's a video I took a few days ago

The same tank in the same location has had mollies, swordtails, guppies, dwarf and pygmy corys, cardinal and neon tetras, dwarf gourami and honey gourami in it before, and none have even flinched when approached. There is a background! It's a poster with a photo of dense greenery, and is very...

I have a school of 8 celebes in my 29g, who I absolutely love. The problem is, I can't say they think the same of me! They're rather easy to disturb, flinching whenever someone walks through the room, and will often panic when someone walks up to the tank, darting around for cover and sometimes...

Just picked up a beautiful pearl gourami for my centerpiece a few days ago, but unfortunately just noticed her tailfin is quite different looking than images I found in my research. I'd like to know if this is indeed a deformation, and if so whether this might be a long-term health issue for her.

Thanks, looks like I'll have to go DIY on this.

I'm going to run some tests to isolate the problem. But angling the outtake valve up has apparently caused enough disruption to dissipate the majority of the film.

Oh, so they're basically the equivalent of a filter placebo? Also, I'll go back and check using a separate container with the rings, but my pH did drop after I removed them and changed the water. OK new problem, I test my water with an API test kit. I'm using the high range solution because my...

My bad, it's actually a 220! I'll update the op. Thanks for the catch. I have duckweed on the surface, so I've been angling it to minimize the disturbance. I'll try removing as much as I can. I also have a mesh wire mesh guard around the filter intake that's to prevent shrimp and snails from...

I have a 30gal and switched from an HoB to a Marineland Magniflow 220 canister filter approximately 5 weeks ago (Im only using the provided media, no custom stuff). I left my HoB running for a week, just to help get the new filter up and running. For the first few weeks, it was working like a...

Thanks everyone for the great advice! I'm positive this is going to help.

Ok, I'll give it a go. It's on for 10hrs/day. I was thinking of reducing it to 8 and halving my dosage of Flourish (currently it's the recommended dosage for my volume of water according to the label) in conjunction with the water changes. Do those sound good? Lastly, if you take a look at the...