Recent content by Wired0413

I suggest a Pea Puffer - voracious snail eater and relatively friendly in a well planted community tank. Also, good with Otos & shrimp, unlike a Loach would be.

I have a tank with 7 Amanos and I've been through several moltings over the years. It means they're quite healthy! My largest female is almost 2"! Good on you!

Anubias & Crypts - both are low light. I highly recommend Java Fern over Java Moss unless you want to be trimming that moss growth on a *weekly* basis. That stuff over-grows like mad I just pulled over a fistful this weekend and hand filtered the rest of the strands it of the Java Fern. Let's...

I, too, have had a hellacious snail infestation - for a few years now. I originally thought of a copper treatment, typically a good way to rid snails from what I hear - alas, I've never tried copper because I have Amano shrimp. Just recently I stopped by my LFS (Local Fish Store) for new...

Great! I'll give these a go as soon as I can. Turns out my IR emitter was busted & I'll need to order a new one. Do you know whether or not these came in at the (almost) standard 38KHz/940nm, or were they higher/lower? I've been looking at a few libraries, and think I'll take the best parts of...

Arciere, I, too, am looking into creating my own aqua-troller using Arduino, starting with my lighting (Fluval AquaSky). I, unfortunately, did buy the Fluval dual-ramp timer and am a bit disappointed in it. Fortunately, I'm an Arduino enthusiast and a programmer by profession, so I thought I...