Recent content by Authmal

Definitely pics, and I've never heard of temp increase to 100 for anything. Nerites will happily eat hydra, apparently. I had an infestation, added some nerites (because I wanted them in general, not because I knew they would do anything) and then a few days later, I had no hydra. I learned...

I know the small nerites are at risk. Generally speaking, assassins leave the larger ones alone, and I mostly have large ones. There have been stories of assassins ganging up on a larger snail, but I haven't seen it yet. And if it happens, well, I'll deal with that eventuality. Just looking...

Your prerogative. Contrary to some peoples' belief, even "pest" snails don't reproduce like mad unless they have plenty of food. If you're not overfeeding, and there isn't an abundance of algae, dead plant matter, or excess food to dine on, he's not going to reproduce to huge numbers. If you...

Most fish that'll watch over their eggs fertilize them as soon as they're laid, and they turn brownish.

They look a little white to be viable, to me. Hard to tell for sure because cameras translate colors differently. Are the eggs white? If so, I don't think they're fertilized.

There are several articles here on cycling, which can take weeks. I'd hit those up for more information.

3 is something like a polyvinyl chloride, if I recall correctly, which is a huge environmental hazard, and I don't think it recycles well. Different uses. Google will have more information.

Who started talking about the 2, 4 or 5 recycle number instead of 1? FiscCyning ? I must keep glossing over your post. But you're really irritating me. A lot. Because the probability of your being right is high, which is causing me difficulties. It makes sense, since the 1 is the most...

I made the mistake of not taking a clearance 125. $100, with stand and hoods. By the time the wife and I mapped out that we had the room, it was gone.

Youtube has a channel called @solidgoldaquatics and she specializes in goldfish. You can probably try to reach out to her, and she'll be likely to have more information.

Fish waste certainly will. Maybe I misunderstood. I thought this was a scenario where you thought you had cycled without fish, and added fish after, based on the way you answered the question about a nutrient source. Are you dosing the TSS now? Did you follow the directions exactly as they...

Define bad. Do you mean is it safe? Is it ugly?

This is not a nutrient source. This is beneficial bacteria to help accelerate the growth of the a bacterial colony. Basically, you put some bacteria in, and then starved it. That's going to be your primary issue with why your tank isn't cycling.

Basically, yes, but "top" is going to depend on how the water flows in your canister. The denser portion would be either right before the more fine mechanical filtration or the biological, and the coarser should be first to meet the water flow.

It's two layer filter roll. Basically, cut it to size/shape. The more porous size is for the first stage of mechanical filtration, the finer is for the next, so orient accordingly.