Recent content by Jkaliszew

Wow, thank you all for the wealth of information, I ended up leaving the temp where it was fluctuating from 76 - 78F and yesterday I spotted these in my tank, there are only 4. Made me so happy!!

Hi, first I’m not an expert on this subject as I’m learning. I have a low tech densely planted tank with a thick layer of aquasoil. I have water lettuce, red root and frog bit floaters. Swords, Scarlet temple and some Anubias. I have the Fluval plant light on this tank. After 6 months I...

Oh my that Betta and his tank are so gorgeous. The tank is super lush.

AuroraDawn, Hi, I would take the driftwood out use another kind that doesn’t leach tannins if possible and or use botanicals and Catapa leaves in its place, this way you can control the amount of tannin you want without having to do frequent water changes as your tank is cycling.

BPSabelhaus, oh thank you, I was wondering about their size, if they were small because young or because they are Endlers.

orandaman Thank you, my tank is as you described above except 78f. I may turn the temp up and look into setting up a small separate tank.

I’m not an expert so let a Betta guru weigh in. I’m sorry you are going through this. I had my male Betta for 4 years, he slowed way down during the last year and literally hung out on his side on top of leaves. I would drop pellets in front of him and he would gulp them down. After a...

Hi, I’m new to Endler females. I purchased 4 of them and I was wondering how you can tell if they are with fry? Picture below. I need to read up on breeding. I’m so excited to see what kinds of colors the fry have. if anyone has a tip on getting them to breed please share. Thank you

Hi, welcome back. I had a major learning curve with this soil and rinsed it; you were right not to rinse it. It’s the stratum sand by Fluval that you can rinse. Anyhow I use a plastic bag or plate to pour the water in when first filling the tank. And if you add decor or plants after first...

Wow, beautiful pictures your tanks are lovely. You have nice ideas for pairing fish species. I wish I didn’t have to use heaters in mine but I always end up with fish from warmer climates. I have an Oase canister but I have recently tucked it away for an HOB, I’m curious as to why you stopped...

lol, it was fun trying to spot the Goby in the first picture. Do you find that they climb the walls? I keep lidless tanks so I haven’t dared getting any Goby’s. Your tank is super inspiring, thank you for the close ups.

I loveee Goby’s it’s my dream to one day build a hill-stream river tank, what a great idea using those drainage cells.

I love your write up on these filters. I have an Oase Biomaster 2 that was running with a tank that was infested with BBA so I bought an Aquaclear HOB for a new tank setup to use in the interim. I have set the filter media up similar to your instructions just not sure of how it should be...

Hi, I have chain loaches and they are the same way zipping around chaotically in my tank. I have found luck with the frozen shrimp and bloodworms. And a trigger warning here but I had another small tank that was overrun with pest snails so I would also drop them in the loach tank and they...

Hi Aurora, I love Aquascaping; however it’s been a huuuge learning curve for me and I still have a hard time being patient and a lot to learn lol. This hobby has really helped me get off my computer because I’m a gamer, it’s relaxing and brings me such satisfaction when I have completed a...