Recent content by ninjatsu

So I woke up this morning not expecting anything like this to happen. What happened is my heater must of shorted out or I have NO idea how but overnight it heated the water to 100*F!!!!! So my first 8 month tank ceased to exist today. :shout: RIP Blue Ram 2x High-fin tetra 3x Swordtail

This is my first tank in the hobby so don't be to hard on me. :shout:

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I currently have a 10 gallon tank that is going great right now. I have started to experiment with live plants and decor, but now I want to upgrade a something a bit bigger so I have more to work with. I am wondering what if I would be able to use my Marineland Penguin 100 filter and 100W...

For the last couple weeks I have had a problems with this black coating on my decoration and live plants. I have only been into this hobby for approx. 2 months so I am completely stumped on what it is. Setup: 10 gallon Marineland Bio-Wheel Penguin 100 filter 15 watt 5500k light (runs 10-11...

For the last couple weeks I have had a problems with this black coating on my decoration and live plants. I have only been into this hobby for approx. 2 months so I am completely stumped on what it is. Setup: 10 gallon Marineland Bio-Wheel Penguin 100 filter 15 watt 5500k light (runs 10-11...

I'll set out some tap water and test it tomorrow and get back to you. Thanks for the help so far :good:

My decorations in the tank include a castle, artificial plants, and small bogwood bought at LFS. I soaked the bogwood in water for 4 hours before adding it to the tank. Maybe should have been longer? I use API to test the water and used high pH for the tests.

I recently decided to take up this hobby that always has interested me. I decided on going with a smaller tank to begin with because it will have to be transported on occasion. Through careful research I decided to go with Dwarf Puffers and maybe an oto? (I haven't decided to go with...