Recent content by TallTree01

Thanks Ch4rlie, good to know that my tank is a wee bit bigger than I'd previously thought. Seem to have a habit of buying weird sizes. ;) Interesting suggestion with the whiptail catfish, I don't know I've ever seen them in my location though. Will keep an eye out regardless. Those cories are...

Howdy folks , Been a while since visiting this board, new children really constricting my spare time. TFFs had some changes it seems :) . A few weeks ago my most recent "micro aquarium" - home to various shrimps and small fishes over the years - started spewing nasty chemicals after the light...

As she is a new fish it is to be expected that she is shy and reluctant to go nuts at new food in a new environment. Give her time and she'll come around I'm sure.

Whoops my bad, yes the guppies are perfect for that aquarium. Thanks Eagles, I must have skimmed over that part.

It would be best, in my opinion, to find a larger aquarium for the species you have obtained. All will unfortunately outgrow your 20 gallon.

I found neon tetras to be very loose shoalers unless they were under stress. If you want a tighter more actively shoaling fish I can reccomend harlequin rasboras and rummynose tetras. I have a group of rummies at the moment and it's seldom you see them scattered around the tank and not in a...

This looks spectacular. Great job! :good:

That looks a fine tank. All the species are peaceful as it gets really. Best of luck with your aquarium!  Don't be alarmed if you don't see the loaches very often. I've had mine a couple years and I still only see them snaking around once or twice a day. :)

Have wonderful holidays guys! :)

I had troubles with my Vallis too. I got so fed up with them I cut them down to their stumps as all their leaves were dead or dying. From there they grew rapidly and covered the rear of my tank. They really hate moving tanks so so often they die in new setups and people give up. Give them a few...

Yeah I'll probably add some more plants down the track, already one of the plants has died. :D The 2 keyholes layed eggs again today ( or yesterday I don't know tbh ). I've taken about 5 eggs from the nest as gently as possible and separated the eggs in a net fry breeder thingy so they don't get...

I'm having the same thing right now in my mini tank. I've had it before in newly set up aquariums and it goes away with time. I believe it's bacteria or something colonizing the wood. Nothing to worry about in my experience.

I didn't find my aquasoil Amazonia to alter pH much stuff all. What I did while fish less cycling my tank is leave it to seep ammonia out until the ammonia consistently read zero. It took around 2 weeks I believe. Then I continued the cycle as normal and finished it in a further couple of weeks.

Waters still a bit cloudy but it already looks nicer than the old tank did. Not too sure about what plants I bought, they seem like the sort of plants that I will kill with my toxic brown thumb over the coming months. They look good for the time being though. Not sure if I want to fertilize this...

What would inspire a person to lay freshly killed fish across their face? I don't understand. Forget ethics, that'd be gross.