Recent content by Xcric

i've got a rather large fish tank i had a 240 gallon tank in my apartment, and the smell wasn't so bad, it was really only there on very humid days, however i moved and had to put all my fish into the 180 gallon tank at my parents house well i went to visit the other day, and the room that the...

yeah it was a glass one with the red dye i'm not 100% sure it was the problem, but ever since i took it out after noticing it was cracked, and did a pretty decent sized water change, most of the fish have gotten their color back and come out of hiding, so i really hope it was the problem and...

well, the thermometer has been in there for over a year, and the temperature of the tank hasn't changed by more than 2 degrees in that time either, the broken thermometer may not even be related to the two deaths but, just in case, i'd liek to know if theres any kind of harm that can come from...

alright so my tank was going good, and then about a week ago i lost two surinam geos they took me forever to find, and it was rather sad that they died, i also noticed that quite a few other fish weren't looking as healthy so i did some water changes and that sort of thing, and it seemed to help...

i've got a video of my blue acara spawning, i could probably find a way to upload it if you're still looking for that kind of thing

i've had a lot of luck with firemouthes, geophagus, silver dollars, severums, and even fully grown blue acara he seems to get along the best with the geos, he chases the silver dollars when he gets hungry, and the acara/severums scare him off when he gets too close to their territory, he was...

you'll have to clean it out all the way from time to time i noticed with mine its really hard to keep the glass clean and i end up having to scrape off algae about once a week

the hardest part of keeping them has been finding food they'll eat, its hard for me to get live food around here, so i'm forced to feed them frozen stuff a lot, so far they'll only eat frozen bloodworms, but they go nuts for the stuff the other hard part is keeping the tank clean, it seems to...

about 6 months ago on a whim i picked up 2 firebelly newts, i kept them in a 10 gallon tank, in about 4-5 inches of water, lots of live plants, and some bogwood/rocks sticking out above the water for them to rest on if they felt like it the other day they laid eggs, i only know this because i...

i don't understand why people get so worked up over things like this yes its another living creature, and sure it might not be what they normally eat in the wild (and a bit fancy even for this type of thing), but they're predators, its what they do and i find it interesting to be able to see...

throw some type of bogwood in there, when i had one he loved eating it i'm still looking for another, the tank he was in crashed and he died over night while i was sleeping

the aquascaping leaves a little to be desire, but once my other tank is cycled i'll fix all that up and make it look better

heh, thanks for all the positive feedback i love my fish, and put a lot of time and effort into my tank, nice to see it paid off

took a few more pictures, found some hidden away too the jurupari again one of the acara and some silver dollars a better pic of the gold severum nice pic of one of the surinam geos i love my acaras again with the gold severum neat pic of the oscar my elusive bristlenose

2'x2'x8' i still want to get a royal pleco for the tank, but i can't find any that won't be eaten and the hoplo cats i have aren't quite big enough yet once the 180 is cycled the oscar, firemouth, and one or two of the severums are being moved to it