Recent content by JordanOsborne

1. I kept a small school of ottos in my planted aquarium. They are kind of boring to watch because they spend most of their time sucking algae, but they are very pretty to look at. 2. My planted aquarium has hundreds upon hundreds of red cherry shrimp. Our neon tetras, mollies, guppies, and...

I'm not sure what kind of advice you are seeking. Can you be a bit more specific with your question?

Looks nice! We keep live bearing fish at my home and we have more mollies & guppies than we know what to do with.

Your tropical fish will have no problem adapting to a 1/2 degree temperature difference.

my peppermint shrimp completely destroyed my aiptasia

So I'm using flourite black sand as the substrate in my aquarium and I'm looking to add a background to the glass. The aquarium is filled mainly with driftwood and a few flat stones. What color background would you guys use? Do you think a black background with black substrate would look the...

oh that sounds excellent, can you link me some that you would recomend? i'm not familiar with a quality brand

It's a hagen glo t5 HO 2x24w and i don't think i can remove the reflector. What exactly is an arc pod? Lights are on for 7 hours per day

My 20g long aquarium has 2x24w T5 HO lighting over it and I am having horrible algae problems. I am not supplementing any Co2 and would like to reduce my tank to a low tech - low light aquarium. However, I simply cannot find any lesser lighting solutions online. Where can I buy a single bulb...

So I'm maintaining a 20 gallon long aquarium with some java moss & anubias. I have 48w of T5 HO lighting above my aquarium and its just way too much. I'd like to reduce this but I can't take 1 of the bulbs out of the ballast ( water splashes from the surface up into the lighting area ). How...

Ooh I really like that Ceratopteris thalictroides (water sprite) I'm really thinking hard about going to the pressurized Co2 route now. I have the money to invest in this, I just don't know much about it. What would be some other good fast growing, high light demand plants for my set up...

Hello! I've recently overhauled my aquarium & was looking for some opinions on my aquascape & I had a few questions regarding some of my plants. My tank is a 20g long. For filtration I use a 150gph filter & a 240gph powerhead. My lighting is a T5-HO 2x24w with giesemann midday (6000k) and...