Recent content by Mza36

so you arent trying to get rid of the snails? are you using any medicatiions for any reason becasue some can be harmful to inverts. just curious but have you noticed any plant destruction from the ramshorns, as i heard they eat plants. i find them almost everytime i buy plants and i remove them...

i think it would be pretty cool and probably create more refuge if you used the curved design. that seems like a humongous tank, and i would love to see any pictures if and when you get started. have you thought of making a journal for the project so people could follow.

i have pygmy cories with Apistogramma cacatuoides and they seem to be fine together. the male cichlid sometimes pecks at my mountain loach when feeding, but thats all ive seen him go for so far.

i recently acquired 1 male and 2 female Apistogramma cacatuoides (cockatoo cichlids) and am hoping to breed them as well. theyre awesome fish so far. private caves such as bogwood, rock, coconut shells and ceramic pots are needed for each female, and the recommended ratio seems to be 1 male to 3...

im thinking of picking up about 6 (all i saw at the store) of these guys for my outside pond. i have 3 small goldfish in their now, but do you think when they are bigger the goldfish will eat the minnows? also any suggestions for keeping them outside?

I bought a nice group of 10 Y. sidthimunkie's about a week ago (5 for $30) and introduced them to my main tank. I didn't notice however until about the 2nd day of having them that a few of the fish had some white spots which are most likely ich. i have been back to the lfs and have seen that...

i purchased some endlers a few days ago from my lfs and noticed while acclimating them that one of the females seemed to be giving birth. now a few days later the female still has the protrusion but seems otherwise healthy.im also wondering if it could be an eggsack but i dont believe this is a...

from my experience, rubbing it off the leaves isnt so effective. and even then its only a real temporarily solution. id first try some otocinclus or algae shrimp in my tank im having the same problem. i recently added an E. bleheri which grows pretty fast to try to outcompete the algae. i...

i would try some anachris. its easy to grow plant even when its not planted in the substrate and its relatively cheap in my area. (in fact i got a big bag of someones clippings for free). of course as we all know be sure to never introduce plants, especially anachris, into a natural ecosystem.

.... i just checked the bloodworms and found a leech in it (there seem to be about 4 w/ the bw) and saw that he had some little leeches on him. i just hope that the rogue leech that got in wasnt prego!! i just saw on the web that some people keep leeches as pets and feed them liver (and some...

wow thanks for the responses. i do feel a little better now. the leech was def smaller than one inch and i am almost positive it is the only leech in the tank. however, i found at least one more leech in the bloodworms last night so i can only pray that little guy didnt reproduce or something...

Problem i was feeding my fish today with a new batch of bloodworms i bought at the lfs. i usually chop some up in my hand and drop them in for my small emp tets and guppies but this time i noticed a flat leech!!! i think it is a leech because it was kind of oval like other people in the forum...

all you really have to do is let them be and maybe roll them over occasionally if you have low flow in your tank so they get light all over(although they are low light plants i believe). they are an algae and do not root. i recently tied mine up to carpet some wood and i left it for about a...

i just got a us 60 gallon tank thats been stashed in my grandpas office forever. basically its going to need a new light system as the hood wont supply the wattage i feel the tank needs. it can take a 40w bulb, 32 inches long (the tank is 4 feet long). i havent decided what plants to keep in the...

i was researching a little more into this and google claims that there are three different forms including free floaters, ball forms, and attached to rocks. does everyone use these hair net things or has anyone actually attached the algae?