Recent content by harpua2002

I agree that you should skip the betta. Danios are not good tank mates for them. Your danios will school loosely since they are all the same species. They won't care that they are different colors.

Your tank should be fine in a few days to a week. I've started several tanks using the method that you used, and it's never been an instantaneous cycle, but instead very abbreviated. You'll just need to do enough water changes to keep ammonia and nitrite under .25 ppm. For stocking, I like idea...

Looks good! What kind of sand is that, kinda looks like aragonite but I can't tell from the pics (aragonite wouldn't be good for an angel tank). Anyway, keep an eye on your water parameters for a week or so. Sometimes a substrate change can bring on a mini-cycle so you may need to change some...

IMO that's a little on the heavy side... I'd go for one keyhole and 2 Bolivians. :)

I don't have a problem with them. I have one that I bought in my newbie days that I have had nearly 6 years. It's a cool fish with a ton of personality. I have grown to appreciate natural looking fish so knowing what I know now, I wouldn't purchase one, but I certainly wouldn't flame anyone else...

I use pool filter sand in 2 tanks. It's really cheap and the grain size is a bit larger than play sand, so it's quite easy to clean. Basically, you just need to stir up the "gunk" and then use your gravel vac to suck it out of the tank. I once bought some Estes black sand... it looked nice...

Hey everyone! I just joined the site, looks like a great place. :) I've been keeping fish for about 6 years now and have learned a ton since my newbie days. I'm one of the lucky ones who is married to another hobbyist, and we currently have 5 tanks running. We're recently married and each had...