Recent content by Ibrahim

Is there any way to test for copper in water? I've been running a 20G for a few weeks now, the water reads as follows: PH: 7.4 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5ppm temp: 74F the fish in it are fine, but sunday I picked up some 3 p. bridgesii. They seemed alright, but by the time I got home...

I've been reading diligently about h. formosa and I've decided that this may be the fish for me, for now, anyway! Thanks a lot for the suggestion, Neale, as well as the source! I'm really looking forward to my tank of heterandrias and will keep them with either some shrimp or a tiny bottom...

Thanks for all of the help, it's really appreciated. Neale, when you say biological supply house, what exactly do you mean? Do you know of any websites or anything where I could find them? These tanks are going in my studio, not anywhere public in the house, so looks don't matter, as it'll only...

Ah, sadly I forgot to add my location. I'm in the US, I live in Detroit, Michigan. I've already mailed in my application/dues to the ALA, too. So should I just wait and see what's available? I would love to get some ameca splendens or something of that nature. This isn't going to be a...

I'm getting into the hobby again, and I'm looking to take on a livebearer breeding project. Guppies and platies don't really interest me, endler's did for a while, but I've decided against them. Right now I'm kind of leaning towards girardinus metallicus, but I'm completely open to suggestion...