Recent content by Piti

This is an idea i've been thinking about for a while. There are some problems, as you may also notice, but here are the ones I need a bit of advice on. 1. How to get water from bottom to top (with filter) and maybe flow 2. How to keep fish from getting into next aquarium (Maybe a glass or...

I also have Rainbowfish and in the tank, and if youve ever seen rainbowfish feed :-) The trap seems like a good idea, might make 1-4 of them (varrying in size) in order to catch the fish... and refilling till i get the right ones (check every hour so as O content doesnt kill them in the bottles.

I'm looking for hints, tips, suggestions on how to catch a specific fish in an aquarium... I moved most of my BF tetras, but... 3 got left behinde, because it was like 2 hours of me trying to wait for them to swim in the perfect position for my net... But I cant figure out how to catch these...

Temperature, Pressure, and Hummidity all wiegh on evaporation of water. So do windspeed... and waterspeed...

I noticed when I did a long term move from a tank upstairs to downstairs, that all of my amano shrimp had went from a translucent white to an electric blue. When they got the heater and filter back on, they were back to being thier normal colour. Anyone shed some light on this phenominom?

Washing sand is annoying i agree but I totally disagree with plants not liking sand! ALL of my rooting plants (as in I have floating ones too...) Have made an extensive root system undernieth my sand. A plant and a bit of water will crack a gravel sidewalk, if it can't get past some sand, then...

That's kinda what I thought. Is it worth sticking to a LFS or will a home hardwear store work just as good (if not cheeper) then. Can you also explain why for my sake. :shifty:

my wife and i are having an argument about what type of lighting we should use for a 5.5gallon tank and we also have a cheap budget. should we get an underwater tank light?? or an LED clip on light out side the tank?? or should we get a hood with light included for the tank?? any opinions?? my...

Couldnt be a female swordtail?

Where it broke from. What ended up in my foot. Blood :-) The foot The mesurment You make it sound like things happened on purpose. It chipped, i didn't notice, and stepped on it. If a ML heater explodes (before given notice for the recall they had) I lost all my fish, water damage...

I can post pictures, but they will be exteamly graphic... So while cleaning my tank, the glass lid broke, (I didnt see it did) and when I went to walk away a one inch sliver of the lid ended up in my foot... Does anyone know if Marineland or the lfs I bought the tank kit at will do something...

Maybe some soap from the cleaning materials got in the tank? Easy mistake to happen... Clean bucket with soap, then mistakingly use for tank water (even a week later sort of thing) Or some other form of poison?

In the past month my kit's light went on the frits (got it replaced and added a new one too) the ML heater got recalled, and I found a $30 DIY co2 project works 4-6 times better then the name brand $60 kit. What it made me realise, is that maybe instead of buying the kits, I can custom make the...

It appears I will not be doing this till I convince my wife that it will look better :-( But thanks anways. (My probible next project is going to be probibly making a planted betta housing unit (5 gallons total, each co2 + Filter + Plants) Uugh... that will cost like $100cnd

Ahh cool, this all sounds to easy. Off to hd tommowow (family day today) Should be intresting seeing those fish in a pond like enviorment :-P How do liverocks and sand work to filter an aquarium then? Do they have constant flow inside the rocks and whatnot? Or is it just something that only...