Recent content by Kirahn

Well I dosed Ich-X and Erythromycin last night before bed and this morning the fuzz had fallen off. Now it's just an angry hole but I am going to take that as a positive step and keep dosing Erythromycin every day for at least 5 days but I am going to start doing 25% water changes every day to...

Thanks for the advice, Meth Blue has been suggested by my LFS but anything that requires catching him out will need to be a last resort. He does not do well with being caught. Catching him and having him spend an hour in a bucket with an air stone to change tanks stressed him out so bad it...

Tank What is the water volume of the tank? 65g How long has the tank been running? 2 months, but the canister filter, decor, sand, and some water came from the 54g it replaced. Does it have a filter? Yes Does it have a heater? Yes What is the water temperature? 78 F What is the entire stocking...

So I've made some changes to my dosing schedule (13 pumps of ThriveC twice a week instead of 3 pumps per day) and my light setup (increased the blue light to 60% during the peak photo period instead of 5%) based on some suggestions I got on another forum. I'm going to try and photo document in...

That's exactly what I use =) Each sword has at least 3 under the roots. Just added this stuff to my build thread, it's an issue I have been having since I started and I can't seem to figure out my issues.

Absolutely jealous of that sword. I've been really struggling to figure out how to get mine to grow like that. Very nice.

Also I wanted to add, as you can see in my original setup I had some Anacharis planted in the front left of the tank when I first set it up, I put root tabs down there but as they did in my old tank, the bottom parts just rotted away and the whole mess ended up floating. It grows really well if...

Tank has been up and running for a while, mostly doing good but I continue to have the same issue with some plants that I had in my old 54 Gallon. Mostly the Amazon Swords just do not live. But even my Java Ferns don't seem to be doing that well, lots of holes in the leaves and such not vibrant...

I'm actually thinking of getting a Bamboo Shrimp or two, and I want to fill out my Ruby tetra school to about 10. I've also considered maybe a second Bristlenose Pleco, but really only if I saw a really neat one. Other than that, I'll just be on the lookout for interesting colored guppies to...

Got the new tank up and running without any loss, in fact there were two Amano Shrimp in there that I hadn't seen in months and figured they were dead. The transition was pretty hard on my Moonlight Gourami, he scraped his head running from the net. But after few hours in the new tank he...

A few days ago I was able to find a used 65 Gallon tank and oak stand for $150 and decided it was time to upgrade. My 54 gallon has served me well, but the shape and location in my house have always been an issue for maintenance and aquascaping. I've also found it hard to get even lighting for...

My tank is the one listed in my profile, 54g corner tank. Profile is up to date on configuration and stocking. If I don't run air stones, then I need to figure out the best way to get surface agitation going on that still oxygenates my water. I guess I will need to play around with some...

I've used the skimmer attachment on my intake before but stopped using it because it was causing some air to get into the filter and blowing bubbles out of the outflow and I though that was bad for the impeller on the canister. Now I'm thinking that may have been the way it was supposed to...

Wow, OK that article explains exactly what happened. While I had the spray bar pointed up towards the surface, I wouldn't say it was creating "choppy" waves. And it also dispels the impression I was getting on the forums that air stones don't do much. It looks like the air stones I had going...

So last night I decided to turn off the two air stones I have in my tank in preparation for setting up a CO2 system later this month or next. I've read that air stones will cause the CO2 to off gas before plants can utilize it. I have a SunSun 404b canister with a spray-bar under the water but...