Recent content by yinyangpete

Hi. It's awesome to hear that you are doing a fishless cycle. With a fishless cycle, if things get wonky and weird, you won't kill fish. You are already ahead of the game.   The fact that something has/is going wrong, does not make you an idiot.   I think it is important, however, to follow one...

Very glad to see you are making a comeback! No one started this hobby with encyclopedic knowledge of water parameters and fish behavior. And even if they did, "book learnin" is a far cry from putting it all into practice in a tank full of water and fish. I still try new ideas and techniques...

Planning is so important. It seems like you know that already. It's awesome that you are asking questions so that you can do things the right way.   Wait until you have answers to your questions before you buy anything. Perhaps you could wait a few weeks to make that long trip so you know for...

I've always been curious about scientific studies on how fish (and birds) see the world so differently by utilizing wavelengths our eyes can't perceive. I'm left to wonder how beautiful they seem to themselves, LOL. Light (or its absence) drives everything. 

Great pics. Thanks for taking the time to share. Doubt I'll ever get to that aquarium in my life. PLUS ONE for sharing your good time. If you didn't take these with a "real camera" what did you use?

I think I left an incomplete thought.   To clarify, I filled my tank by dragging the hose in the window.   I meant to suggest that you could look into ways to make water changes easier. There was a recent thread on the forum about people using their pythons or their hoses to even do water...

yes. yes. yes.   No secret magic about how these work. You don't need to send a spy to steal the secret formula.   My first thought about your micro/journal tank, is that a matten filter could take up a lot of real estate.   I'm sure you've already considered that. I'm a +1 on working it out for...

All the normal legalese in place. I'm not responsible for what happens in your tank.   Drag that hose in the window and let it go.   That said, you'll be doing regular water changes for the tank 5 years from now. If it already seems like a PITA....            

Hi. I see this is your first post. Glad to see you on the forum. I'm new to the forum as well. Wanted to throw in two quick thoughts....   1) You've obviously done some research and chosen to go with fishless cycling. Cool. Bummer you couldn't find ammonia. Maybe the link above will help you...

Wonderful to be able to see the change from last Fall till now. Very nice.

Congrats! Glad to hear they all arrived alive. Hoping they are frisky and fecund.

Lovin' the pics. Lookin' forward to seeing the eel in the tank. How are the plants faring?

It's like getting close to home from a road trip, needing to "make water" (gave me the giggles every time grandma said that) but deciding to hold it, and the closer you get to home the harder it is to hold. By the time you're unlocking the door, you're practically wetting your leg.   Can't wait...

Camera is back from vacation. Figured I'd get some new pictures up. I've fiddled around with a few small projects. The sum total makes it feel more like a working tank than a zoo display, which I quite enjoy. I appreciate a runway model tank as much as the next person, but there's something...

If you plan to go out and do your own collecting, the list is huge. If you are ordering online or from a local fishery, the list is considerably narrowed. There are a large variety of minnows and darters that would work. (Many of which are quite beautiful.) And, if I remember correctly, there...