Recent content by Brianne3826

Thank you! Honestly, not so much anymore. This tank turned into a complete, disgusting mess. I recently tore it down, removed the pool filter sand, added caribsea sunset gold, moved the plants around, and added another piece of driftwood. I also added an Aquaclear 30 filter, because to be...

I'm jealous! And yeah, no. A 33 long isn't physically possible for me.

Most definitely. Lol. :p I personally like long, narrow tanks so they don't stick out much. My favorite sized tank that I've ever dealt with honestly is the 33 long. But yeah, I'm not sure what I'm gonna do yet. I like the pricing and ease of availability of the 40 breeder, since Petsmart has...

I personally quite like the 30 breeder. I may look into my LFS special ordering me one. That said, the prices for some of these tanks, depending on your LFS location, can be a bit ridiculous. I've seen them for as low as 130 dollars. But I've also seen them as high as almost 200 dollars.

Hi all. I currently have a 20 long planted tank. I like it fine and all, but now that I'm kind of getting back into the fish hobby again after a quite a bit of time away from it, I'd like to potentially enjoy a "bigger" tank. I ran a 33 long for years but sadly, I don't have room for 48 inch...

I moved six years ago. Yeah, like I said.. I moved six years ago. This isn't anything recent. I had my old tank setup for about 6-7 months at my old location in 2020, and then I moved to my current one and had the tank setup for years the same way. Same substrate, lighting and all that. Plants...

Ugh. This makes me miss my old 33 long. Unfortunately, I do not have the space for such a big/long tank anymore. The biggest I could probably accommodate is something that is 36 inches long and I'm not really personally a fan of 40 breeder tanks.

I'm not entirely sure honestly. I'd have to look into it. All I know is that in my past experiences, Balansae honestly took off pretty quickly. I've had my old 33 long setup more than once, in various different places. Had it setup at one location, and they grew crazily. We moved and I setup...

Hi all. I have a 20 long that I've had setup for about 3-4 months. I'm using pool filter sand as the substrate and have only crypts. I mostly have Crypt Balansae, but also some wendtii too. That said, I used to have a previous set up that was quite similar but it was in a 33 long. Same lighting...

It's been awhile, but I finally did something with this tank. I sorted out and planted the crypts and added a piece of driftwood. The only issue is, unfortunately, the way I have it positioned, the driftwood sticks out above the water and I can't put my glass lid on. I do like where this is...

Yes. I like the look of it. Only thing I'm not a fan of is how filthy looking it gets.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of my water being tea brown personally. Some like this or don't mind it. It's not my thing, though.

Do any of you guys boil your driftwood at all? I've heard this takes the tannins out. I don't know how much it would remove, but it seems to be helpful. In the past, with hardscape, I've basically for the most part just tossed it in a water filled container and let it soak for a week or so...

I don't know about the "tropical" part, since they happen to be coldwater fish.... But White Cloud Mountain Minnows. Seriously, can't express enough how great these fish are. Get 10-20 of them and you'll be in love.

I can get them for 2.00 at my LFS pretty easily. They had tons last time I went there. They are my favorite fish. I particularly love the gold variety. I've also had luck ordering them online from AquaHuna.com