Recent content by ilwayne

Hypothetically, let's say somebody gave you a 50 US gallon tank and free reign (money is no object) to outfit it. You have to get filtration, decoration, lighting, the whole shebang, though. Obviously, opinions are going to vary widely but I'm interested to hear all of them. Get technical and...

Well the fish is dead, but I still am very interested to know what caused it. Not much of an "emergency" anymore, though. The black coloration wasn't patches and wasn't even external...it was almost as if my neon tetra suddenly became a black neon. The entire "silver" portion of the body...

Tank size: 30 gallons (US) pH: 8.4 ammonia: 0.00 nitrite: 0.00 nitrate: 40 kH: 300 gH: 300 tank temp: 78 Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): neon tetra in the tank has turned black along the head and top of body. Fins are ragged, tail fin...

I've never done a planted aquarium before and don't have one currently, but I'm seriously considering setting my 30 gallon (US) back up as a planted aquarium. I've read this forum through and been reading books and articles for a week now. So now I'd like to ask a few questions and reveal my...

I've spent the past several days researching planted tanks and have been considering doing one in my 29 gallon tank. But what I'm reading says I'd need a minimum of 60 watts to adequately grow plants and all the flourescent bulbs for the 30" hood are 20 watts, so even if I go to a double bulb...

I know the first answer is always my LFS but the nearest non-chain LFS is six hours away from me! I tried the chain that's only an hour away but no more. Though the fish aren't OVERTLY diseased, we've been having huge issues with swim-bladder disease and cysts. Is it going to be ok for the...

I added some Tetra AquaSafe and retested and it came out the same, so I went and got some different kinds of bottled water, tested them all, and wound up using distilled water. I started the fishless cycle yesterday, so here's hoping.

Hi all! I'm Mari. I live in west Texas. I got my first aquarium when I was ten, a little 2.5 gallon desktop jobbie that were so hot back then. I had at least one and sometimes as many as three aquariums running constantly for the next 8 years. Took a decade long hiatus from fish-keeping...

I'm planning to start a new tank and considering the luck I've had, I wanted to check and see what kind of water parameters were acceptable. I'm not finding anything out there about the subject. My tap water, straight from the faucet, doesn't seem to be the best in the world. It maxes out my...