Recent content by Oakensheeld

Good advice, I've got a canister filter with a small circulation pump thanks.

We have that but unforfortunately it's not black. And i really dont want the tan dirt. still gonna go with sand but I'll have to findsomethingt

@Byron is there any chance you would have a link to this and you are talking about because I just went to both Lowe's and Home Depot and they do not have it any colored sand at all or on their website I'm just curious to maybe what you were using

Yeah I'm not to worried about that right now, for now I just want to get the tank optimal for my fish... I hope my holey rock doesn't ruin it but I guess I got over zealous

So play sand or pool filter sand just curious as to the differences in these? Is it in to add a bit of soil underneath it for the plants? I plan on keeping the holey rock because it's so expensive. 350$ for the bunch I have but I'll make it work, the kuhlis love it because a few pieces I have...

Now that's helpful! As is everyone else but I am printing this and bringing it home. Thank you. I think I'll take out my aragonite and put in play sand this weekend...

I'm afraid to start the cycle process over again, if I drain the tank the fish have no wherwhere to go for a few weeks

So do you think sand or the black carib sea substrate designed for plants is better?

And I didn't just go to a Petco and ask advice I went to my lfs who has been in business 30 years. I can't for the life of me figure out why they would tell me aragonite is ok, if it's not. I can keep cichlids but I am considering ridding of the eel and just keeping cichlids if it's going to be...

Kuhli loaches and red jewels. I've done a ton of reading on this but couldn't find a single thing about substrate or aragonite, that's why I'm here. with 8 fish in a 65 gallon tank I would think I could add more.... eventually but I might change the substrate depending on desire. The fish are...

I Would like to maintain a community tanks cichlids guoramis or other compatible fish. Mostly cichlids, they may be aggressive but in numbers I know they're better. The lfs told me that aragonite is good in cichlid tanks. And somehow my ph is 7.6-8 according to my kit which isn't bad.

I didn't mention much did I? I am testing with api master kit, my ph is 7.6-7.8 my nitrates and nitrites reading 0 for the most part and the tank is around 4 weeks old I put fish in it 3 days after establishing it like a dummy. I have a fire eel 6", 3 cichlids and 4 loaches. This is in a 65...

Ok so my first problem I would like to ask would be substrate questions... I went to my LFS when setting up my new 65g aquarium, I asked what substrate should I put in to give my tropical tank a marine look, I told them I wanted a kind of sand and asked about pool sand and they said absolutely...