Recent content by Theulli

I just moved my FW tank into the living room, where it won’t get direct sunlight but will get a Lot of indirect ambient light I have always wanted to have some plants growing up and out of the water, either rooted or floating - anyone have an idea of a plant that would do that without my...

Moneywort! I knew it was somethingwort! That’s it, and the crinum looks spot on too…the guys at the store basically termed it ‘neat looking plant’

Sorry for the poor pictures, anyone know what these two are? The one in the foreground that is long and whisky, and the one in the background that is tall with the little leaves thanks!

I am shortly going to start the process of converting a small quarantine tank I have into a display tank of sorts. I took a shot at imitating a sort of inert substrate (to maximize surface area but avoid soaking up treatments) by putting a liner of filter sponge at the bottom of the tank...

Silver dollars get quite large, and are totally harmless. I think they're very pretty as well as they mature.

Problem is, ordering fish isn't going to turn anything into a sure bet. You can still get a fish that doesn't ship well, or that carries a disease into your tank. I would just say - go look at the tanks, see if there are dead or dying fish, be sure to pick out active fish that look healthy and...

The plant issues are easy to control by moderating light and nutrients. Snails...you miss one of those **** and you’re back to square one. Unless you nuke them from orbit with copper or something, which is not always an option

Agreed, you can only answer this question by going into the store and inspecting the tanks and fish. Are there dead and dying fish in the tank, are there pest snails and algae everywhere, etc. Also, get acquainted with their stock and delivery days and don’t take anything home if it just got to...

I don't have any experience with that particular plant, but if it's red you're looking for check out cardinalis. Leaves are quite red, and the undersides of the leaves are a deep purple. Easy to grow too.

The water changes are to replace nutrients that the plants are sucking up, if the plants are keeping your nitrates low enough. I imagine if you wanted to do fewer water changes, you could make do with a fertilizer. Two in one - Flourish will both serve as plant food and also inhibits algae to a...

Otos are diatom eating machines, if you want to go that route. But as noted above, diatoms suck because they are ugly, but they will go away on their own eventually. Plants will also help keep the nutrients for them and other algae down. Hair algae in my experience is directly related to...

Thanks - I came to the conclusion after doing some more research that the overnight PH drop is probably only an issue if you do have a bunch of macroalgae in your tank, because it stops photosynthesizing at night and that changes your water chemistry. I haven't seen anything to indicate that...

Ribbon plants. Funny thing about them is that Petsmart sells them as fully aquatic :rolleyes: also, bamboo?

As a follow up, I received new anemones earlier this week, and they have remained untouched. Justice has not missed its mark.

Has anyone seen this before? I have an Anubias (maybe a sword, been a while) that is growing meta leaves. If you look super closely it’s a little plant growing out of each side of the leaf. Plant seems happy...it’s been growing here for forever and I haven’t added a new plant in about a year. Weird.