Recent content by Uberhoust

I have grown a lot of vals over the years. It seems to me that the older rosettes seem to lose vigor over time regardless of the nutrients in the tank. I will take a runner and place it in the substrate where I want it to grow and after it establishes I remove the parent plant. Most of the...

Either mom is gone, or he has gotten up because someone disturbed him. Most of the time they just lay on the ground and wait for mom to return. Mom still might return.

Impressed with the deepness of the color. That is quite a nice platy.

Was wondering what those were but had no clue.

Not exactly what you are looking for but I had always wanted a high current tank with various species of the genus Stiphodon. The males can be very colorful, but what really sets them apart in my opinion is their behaviors, they seem to like to play around in the tank and they have really cute...

I like to only use materials I collect in my tanks. For caves I have used logs and stumps that have rotted centers and cut them in half using a chainsaw. A band saw would likely work better but I don't have one of those. Below the large central angel is one of those pieces I have cut. It is...

I don't use Aquaclears anymore, I prefer the canister filters now, but when I did I too encountered the issue of the AC's not starting consistently after a drop in power. What I found helped the situation was to ensure that the tank level was above the bottom of the siphon pipe, the one that...

I use three different foods, typical Tetra tropical flake, an Omega flake food, and Bug Bites. I use a different one for each consecutive meal. Supplement with mostly frozen bloodworms, and brine shrimp with occasional live mosquito larva. Bug bites is the favorite flake food for my Angels.

I don't think the glowfish suffer because they are genetically modified, other than they are likely the fish most likely purchased as someone's first fish, and therefore likely to suffer more before they realize what is entailed in properly caring for their fish.

Most anything outdoors, typically self-propelled, hiking and walking dog, sea kayaking in rough water, photography, bird watching, rock hounding (I don't do anything with them). Used to do a lot of climbing and caving but joint replacements have curtailed those activities. I also play around...

I always like to see the wild forms of fish that have been extensively breed into different varieties.

Without a lid: - Grow emergent plants - easily look at the fish from above - Light penetration better - Increase evaporation losses - Increase risk of fish jumping out - Increase risk of other foreign material entering tank - Increase risk of water damage to lights With a lid: - Less...

I would love to come to Australia and would like to see the snakes and birds. FYI we have scary animals too. I have been charged by bears 3 times while doing forestry work, treed once by a female elk defending her calf, which I never saw. For some reason I don't find animals scary, other than...

I don't think it is too much a stretch to get nursing fish. Fish slime contains lipids and some proteins so it can and does in the case of Discus, provide a food source for fry. If you consider mammals they didn't start with nipples, as well other creatures can produce food for their young...