Recent content by garlicrbrian

That looks stunning man

has anybody ever had luck keeping scarlet badis with a small group of kuhli loaches? i'm finding conflicting information from other sources and I want to know if anyone has done it successfully.

First off, sorry for the bad pictures, I took these while drip-acclimating the fish because I can't exactly get a good picture from the side in a pond. Anyway, I bought a group of three platies earlier but this one is especially big and I'm starting to wonder if I actually got a swordtail or...

Glad to hear that. I've never heard of that medication but that seems like solid advice to me, best of luck.

So uh. Yeah. Title's self explanatory. For some reason, I was doing the nitrate test right next to my pond and when I was taking the cap off of the vial to add in the second solution a drop of it flew out and I'm pretty sure landed right in my pond. There aren't any fish in the pond yet since...

hey! that looks like popeye judging by the fact that his eye is also looking unusually large. it could definitely be from injury caused by the chinese algae eater. they are highly aggressive fish so please do rehome it as soon as you can. popeye is caused by an infection so the infection could...

Been cycling this 9 gallon fluval flex for the past couple of weeks, super happy with how it looks and how fast the plants are growing. I recently ordered in a pair of m/f Scarlet Badis from my lfs to go in this tank, I was also thinking of adding a school of chili rasboras or another type of...

I've had the inspiration to do something like this since early last year, and I've finally found the opportunity to do it! Here is my new indoor pond, made with a faux whiskey barrel planter from Lowe's. It equates to 11.5 gallons and I'm planning to stock it with guppies or ricefish once I get...

awesome thank you

I just picked up some organic potting mix from the hardware store. I’m wondering if it’s safe to use soil that has those little white perlite bits in it. Aside from that it’s completely chemical free.

I’m wondering what are the confirmed aquarium safe soil/potting mix brands because I’m thinking about making a Walstad setup soon. I just want to be careful and not accidentally buy anything that would be harmful to fish. What has worked for you guys?

I just got this female betta after over a year of avoiding bettas due to my last one dying of completely unknown causes. Totally demotivated me for a long time and I'm really going to try and do my best for this girl here. I have confidence since I got her from a very reputable LFS that kept her...

UPDATE - not sure if anybody cares but I thought it was interesting! J (my friend) deduced what the problem most likely is after he lost three more cories. Since his tank is fairly new and he hasn't gravel cleaned yet, his sand was building up an excess of toxic fermented nitrogen bubbles...

Right. I would definitely consider that but seeing how the nitrites and ammonia are at zero it seems unlikely. He used filter media from an already established tank to kickstart the cycle too

I'm making this post on the behalf of my friend since he doesn't have a FL account right now. He has a 60 gallon planted tank he set up in March that is completely cycled. This is the stocking: 12 longfin panda cories 8 guppies 4 boeseman's rainbowfish 2 turquoise rainbowfish (he is planning to...