Recent content by wgoldfarb

Glad to hear you are feeling better. I love this tank. As you may recall I am originally from Venezuela, so both of these rivers are "local" (although I sadly no longer live there). If I ever set up a larger tank I'd love to do something like this.

Here is a picture of the tank today. You can see the plants are growing nicely, but you can also see all the GSA on the sand. This was taken with my phone, I need to dust off my SLR camera and see if I can get better quality pictures. I did some more reading about EI dosing without CO2...

Time for an update.... The good news is that diatoms are dying out. The plants have grown beautifully, and there is no algae on any of them. I will take a picture tonight after it's dark outside (to avoid reflections on the glass) and will post it here. The bad news is that I am getting a lot...

This. I am not familiar with the Fluval, but it seems to be reading the temperature of the water through the glass in some way.... this could potentially be affected by the temperature of the glass and the room? The other thermometer has the probe directly in the water, so I would think it is...

Thank you! I didn't think this would be practical, it was just more for my ow learning. But I may try a low red/green after the photoperiod is over just so I can see the fish. Might even be cool/interesting to see the contrast with daytime behavior if they do behave like it's complete darkness,

I just received an old Finnex 24/7 light from someone who is getting rid of his tank. This is the first time I have a light that allows you to customize the spectrum, which got me wondering if there is an ideal setting to promote plant growth while inhibiting algae, cyanobacteria or diatoms...

Wow, I did not know this.... at some point someone told me that the cloudiness was a good sign and I guess at the time it made sense to me. Thanks for the info, I stand corrected!

I have an irrational aversion to snails, so I have always disinfected my plants before I add them to the tank (yes, I know snails are beneficial, I did say it was irrational, don't judge me ;-). In the past I have tried different things including bleach, but the plants always seem to suffer, or...

Bread (We've gone full circle!)

I will let others with more experience fact check me, but in the meantime: Since you are in the middle of a fish-in cycle, cloudy water might just be a sign of a bacterial bloom and a good sign. The beneficial bacteria you need in your tank are multiplying :-)

I figured it was time for a quick update. After losing that first rummy, I did watch the fish closely for a while which made me notice that one the other rummys had a somewhat larger belly... I know females are fuller-bodied, so I assumed this was a female. I then noticed that evening that...

Seriously fish is probably the best source of information about fish in the hobby, and a good placer to visit to research before you get any fish you are not familiar with. They already gave you a link in one of your other threads, you should spend some time browsing the site. Not sure why you...

Ok, thanks for the replies. I have eliminated the sunlight that was causing the problem, and will scoop up the affected sand, hopefully that gets it under control.

My tank has been set up for almost 2 months. First I added plants but no fish, and it sat with plants only for about a month. I am using EI dosing with great results - good growth, and no algae. Then about 3 weeks ago I added fish. Two days ago I noticed what I think is blue-green algae on the...