Recent content by lilaliend

I was looking thru one of the plant stores suggested on the forum and came across this carpeting plant. It looks very nice, but I was particularly interested in one of the benefits... "Additionally, riccia is a great nutrient/waste sump that can help remove harmful amonia, nitrates and nitrites...

Hi, Just wanted to give my 2 cents, even though you seemeds to have finished your set-up. I have a large 75gl tank, with a dual bulb, 48" shop light fixture hanging from the ceiling overtop of it. Total distance from the very bottom is about 34"-36", over 50% more then that 22" max. I have...

Well… I'll see if I still have that half a bag of sand and try that. Nobody has answered about differnet types of sand though. I.E. CaribSea has all kinds of sands with different fertilizers, stabilizers, etc. and I wanted to know if anyone used anything in particular. They have an african...

Well I bought a bag of playground sand from Home Depot before to set-up and Hermit Crab habitat for a friend of mine. Since I had the sand I took a bunch of it and tried washing it out. I wrapped up a big in a piece of cloth and tried rinsing out the more finer parts. I did that over and over...

Plants?? YES!! They had quite a bunch of stuff, lots of red plants to contrast the more common green plants as well. If your planning on going, make sure you have a large open tank with room to spare, and lots of money :) :) You're gonna want alot of stuff

I visited my not so lfs store this weekend, Aquarium Center in Randallstown, MD. I HIGHLY recommend that you visit if your anywhere within and hours dirve. It's like a fish superstore there, LONG isles and isles of any fish you could think of. I counted 7 different kinds of plecos, royals...

Mine are pretty hardy little guys. I had them in a 10 gl tank with 5 gold tetras and a tiny red flame gourami. I had a whole bunch of cabomba in half of it. I was keeping them there temporarily till I got my big 75 gl. ready for them. It currently had 16 tiger barbs that would have surely...

My pleco if very very shy and always leaves a cloud of mess from whereever he was sitting when he sees me walk by. I had to crawl up to the tank to take this one :)

Nice Camera ;) but… what about the settings? Shutter speed, ISO, etc. I've tried a few different things, but still haven't gotten pictures quite to my liking. I can't use the flash unless I sit at a heavy angle to the glass, but then the shutter speeds have to be higher and everything comes...

What was the camera you were using?? Method of takin pics? etc.... inquiring minds would like to know :)

I've wanted to order fish online, but the I look at fish that are about $6-$10, then look at shipping and it costs $25+. I just can't see the balance in order em, unless I'm order a ridiculous amount of fish, or something really expensive.

tear-scar, Do they have pinkish bellies?? It could just be that they're both Females. The females are much duller, especially the black stripes. The males have much darker blacks and more vibrant colors. Another insteresting thing, if you have two males in a smaller tank, they'll get ALOT...

Bolivian Rams are close, but merely 'cousins' of blue rams. For specific's look up their scientific names. They're of the same genus (Microgeophagus), but two different specific species. The German Blue's are of the Ramirezi species, whereas the Bolivians are of the Altispinosus. German Blue...

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Sure I can... it's not a big difference though. The Balloon rams are actually just a hybrid of the German Blue Rams (which are from venezuala, so I don't get the whole "german" part). They just have shorter, rounder bodies then usual... "dumpy". I guess they add more of a 'cute' aspect to the...