Recent content by lowcontrol

Thanks for finding him for me. I know it might seem weird, but not knowing what he was would have bugged me for a long while. I have upped my water changes for the time being, and as soon as finances allow, a bigger tank is next on the list. Im thinking a 120 or a 150tall, depending on what I...

Thank you, I try and learn as much as I can about my fish, and kinda learning as I go. I'll be adding that tidbit about the pits to my internal database. :) I saw that, and I am currently looking for a good place to get some wood from. I wanna find a decent sized piece so I can remove most of...

Phew. I was getting a little worried. The little pits here and there from the Oscars being Oscars had me starting to get a little paranoid lol. I will do some more research into that spirulina to see if that what it was Even though he passed, not stopping yet because I would hate for the others...

The rocks were added to raise the ph some because of the other cichlids that were in there (I do know that Ocsars are cichlids but it was easier from a description standpoint, but thank you for making sure I knew considering its my first tank :). Now that they are gone though, I do need to redo...

Awesome angle on the angel Ludwig. He looks good. Same for your shrimp Ellie, he looks awesome as well.

He was making it difficult to take a decent one for verification. lol    

Thank you very much. I don't like a dirty tank so I work at keeping it clean especially with the bioload in that tank. 15-20% water changes every week, and keeping up with the filtration system maintenance is the biggest part.

This is my very first tank. I bought it almost a year ago as an already established tank.  It is a 55gal. When I originally got it, it was WAY over loaded. Three cichlids, two oscars, and two plecos. Guy was just gonna dump the fish and sell the equipment if I hadn't of got it from him. I was...

I am currently using the API Cichlid pellets. It says on it that it is for "All Cichlids".  Here are the pics of the Oscars heads as best I could. Those water puppies wouldn't stay still. haha   Sorry for the large pics, I didn't resize and post them only because I wanted to make sure as much...

Thank you for your condolences. I am gonna make a post in the next day or so to show off the rest. I love them. It is a 55gal tank. When I originally got it, it was WAY over loaded. Three cichlids, two oscars (a tiger and a Lutino), and two plecos. Guy was just gonna dump the fish and sell the...

Sorry, I know I should have posted the exact readings. I am using a liquid test set, the API freshwater master test kit. PH - 7.6 NH3 - a little darker than 0ppm but not near 0.25ppm NO2 - same as above a little darker than 0ppm but not near 0.25ppm NO3 - between 5-10ppm

Thank you for the movement. I wasn't exactly sure where to post it becauseof the dual nature of the post. While it is too late for him, he passed last night and I found him this morning dead, I still wanna try and figure out what happened so it doesn't happen to my other fish. I did forget to...

I bought my first tank a little under a year ago, got a good deal on an already established tank.  One of the fish was this guy. I know it is a cichlid, but thats about it.  Also today when I went to feed the fish, he just kinda sat there floating just above the substrate, didn't even try to eat...