Recent content by Kaliska

I have plenty of planted tank experience but not led experience.  What would be a medium lighting level on a 10g?  I was looking at this http://www.amazon.com/TrueLumen-Aquatic-LED-10-Inch-4-12000k/dp/B003XXE9LW/ for a 10g, betta, planted tank.

Some species can live in freshwater long term but it is not preferred.  In their natural habitat they move along different salinities.  If you want them in a community planted tank though there's not really a way around it.  From the aquaticles   I believe there are other species but that's 2 of...

Do you have them in brackish?  I believe all species do best in brackish water with some only tolerating freshwater but I'm not certain and species ID is tricky.  I had a brackish tank of them.  Getting close up pics of the tiny things for other people to ID was frustrating.  With lots of hiding...

I mentioned that I bred paradise fish and sparkling gouramis and whether bettas can be done the same in a large tank.  I'm not sure why that's confusing?  I'm putting the livebearers in for the fry and not being as likely to be attacked by bettas but like I said in the low circulation they were...

Asking this on 3 forums I have not gotten any response directly to my questions.  Forge ahead using instinct and hope it turns out right.  Not the first time.

Malaysian trumpet snails and other burrowing aquatic critters can really help maintain sand and put only as thick of layer as you need.  Otherwise you have to vacuum the top and stir it yourself frequently.  Snails will go crazy out of hand if you overfeed.  Plants have a harder time in sand but...

Not sure if anyone has tried this.  I took the very aggressive vinca minor groundcover that will grow in most any land conditions including lots of moisture and I put it in water.  It was a conversation I was having with some people about using fast growing land plants to help with nitrates by...

Planaria will usually go away on their own and are mostly harmless.  They tend to make a big population explosion, freak people out, and then fade away.  I just had it in my 40g.  I added some river rock from a natural stream and I guess rinsing didn't get them all.  If you added plants or...

Ramshorns are one of the worst for plant eating.  Pretty but I found pond/tadpole snails to actually be less of a tank problem even though people hate seeing them.  Most snails don't eat the healthy parts of the plants if they have enough food.  Not enough for species that can breed in your tank...

I can't use the tapwater.  It comes out 4ppm ammonia, 10ppm nitrates with lots of biological matter that made a protein slick in my tank and used up my purigen bag far faster than I've ever seen.  I have no issue making what I call fake water.  RO with everything added back in.  I did for a 90g...

You asked for it.  Pics cross 3 photobucket accounts over the years.   I am a little adhd and many tanks don't have pics of them finished.   My first tank 55g went through a variety of community fish.  Loved the congo tetras and they would breed for me in the main tank but always ate their own...

I got my 40g breeder pretty much cycled, my nitrite kit might not actually be accurate, but the fish I wanted to put in are no longer available for the year.  We bought a betta just on a whim and were planning to give him a 10g but since I don't have money to do much else with the tank I figured...

I kept many tanks for about 10 years with several freshwater including fully planted with co2 injection as well as brackish and a saltwater nano.  It's been another 5 or so years since I had one setup and now I have a house I can devote an entire room to tanks.  I have many plans but I have to...