Recent content by MuddyWaters

Well, Magnum Man, I can't believe it but I think you nailed it. I have had tons of angel fish over the years and tons of neons/cardinals, and have never had a problem with the angels eating ANY fish, much less cardinal tetras. I went away for 2 days and all but one are GONE. Not dead (or not...

OMG!!!! Man I hope I don't have the same. I've been lucky w angels, I reckon. So far so good, but I'll keep an eye out. Thanks!!

Hey all- update: I've had the tank going for a couple of weeks. I set it up and planted it. Gave it a week or so with that. Then I got some cardinal tetra and a few silver hatchet fish. I put 2 sponge filters from a seasoned tank in there to provide the bio-bacteria while the permanent...

OMG I just saw this. I have such trouble with glass algae in a couple of my tanks. I dialed down the blue a little bit because I've seen others do that, but I never really thought about why, so it's still pretty high. I think I will turn that blue down to nothing. I wonder if it would hurt...

wow that is beautiful. It's like getting a look into a hidden glade from a deep forest.

Oh, wow this fish is so gorgeous! So these are smaller than Chili Rasboras? I have 10 of those in a 3 gallon tank with some crystal red caridina shrimp. They have plenty of room in that space- those guys don't move much anyway- although they will come running when they see me- "food!" I...

I do use Bug Bites flake and a kind of cross between flake and pellets that Tetra makes. Also Hikari makes something that's kind of like a pellet but is shaped like a worm. I also feed them tubifex worms (freeze dried), and various frozen foods including a home-made food I make and baby brine...

Hereditary Creepy creepy creepy...

I have used the EI method, or some wacky variant of it, for a couple of years on my 75 gallon freshwater tank. I've kept it heavily planted, use CO2, and have had great success with plant growth, and for the most part, they look good. However, I have been constantly plagued with algae, either...

Thanks for hanging in with me on this discussion. I have never had problems getting my plants to grow. They grow fast and have good color, etc. The issue has always been that along with that, I have lots of algae on the leaves of the slower growing plants, the glass and hardscape. Anyway-...

I would much rather have hillstream loaches than plecos....just personal preference. Back to the EI discussion: Here are some somewhat random thoughts I've been having about it. You seem like someone who's pretty tuned in with it, so I'd love your input. I did a lot of reading prior to...