Recent content by mnlymandan

Thanks! (for the info and the complement!)

  i did not know that. will that be enough light for my plants though?  i have baby tears, amazon swords, micro swards, anubias, and frog bit.  Thanks for the tip, That is interesting.  I wounder why that is?

No prob! glad i could be the helper and not the helpee for once!

Will do!

i dont see why it would hurt anything.  i change decor in my tank all the time.

Thanks for the advise! i think im gonna try it!

i have 1 three spot gourami, 6 rosy barbs, 6 bronze cory, and 5 Bolivian Rams. (plus a few snails).  it is a moderately planted 55 gallon tank fyi. it looks like this:

i think those are eggs, that being said, they are not from an apple snail (probibly a different snail species not sure what one).  gestation period very between species but probably within 2-3 weeks (just a guess)

no, the tank does not get any natural light.  it is in a windowless basement. sorry i forgot to quote prior to posting.

everything i have read suggests that you put your tank lights on a timer and put it on roughly 12 hour cycles.  some things i read also suggest varying that based on actual daylight hours in the region your fish or plants are from.  my question is this... how important is this?  right now this...

Most recently i added some more driftwood,  a couple more plants, 6 coreys and 5 Bolivian rams.  I did have to take out one of the gourami who was getting aggressive with the rams but the other gourami seems fine with them.  this is where i am with the tank currently and i did manage to get a...

    Thanks, but i didn't know tanks had a shelf life.  how long do they usually last?  i always figured that glass and silicone would last forever. After that i decided to redecorate.  over the course of three weeks i changed a third of the substrait with my weekly water changes. (what a pain i...

i cant really start at the beginning because i didn't think to take pictures from the start.  that being said i took the first pic right after i joined the forum and i am starting this thread to track and share my tanks progress.  First a bit of history:  my father had a 55 gallon aquarium that...

Welcome!  has your tank been cycled yet?

Welcome!