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Looks like a pothos? My wife gives me cutting from an established pothos I bought her for Valentine's Day a few years back and the roots grow VERY fast. In about 3, maybe 4 weeks I had 18"-24" roots (the roots had roots) and new shoots/leaves growing. Plus 0 nitrates. Looked neat, sort of...

As it turns out, picking tank makes for a fully grown Frontosa is a bit more tricky than I initially thought. It's a bit odd reading both 'frontosa cichlids are one of the more agreable / passive of the semi-aggressive cichlid species' and 'Frontosas are very territorial and work best as a...

After removing the yellow lab and the divider, the rock-scape was put back together. Since then, I've really started to appreciate the way it ended up. With all the nooks & crannies, the large cracks where rocks meet, the hidden voids that make for small caves, this tank seems to be begging for...

Your setup reminds me of the videos I used to watch on youtube from Foo the Flowerhorn before he stopped posting. Very nice, looking forward to seeing the plants grow in.

Sad Deal, The female Front has 'given up the ghost'. Don't know why, but I felt like taking the water parameters. I dropped one of the vials and am down to an uneven 3 now.. somewhat frustrating. I double checked the nitrates because 5 seemed low. it was 3 fish but I suspect the female wasn't...

Truly, you are a pillar of wisdom. You have my thanks and gratitude. The female front would probably benefit from this right now with her moderate rot. I think I'll give it a go after the yellow lab is removed. I found a LFS who will take him. Slightly excited to visit based on reviews. Who...

The two large plants in the middle are Valisneria? Looks great. Lights and all. To my shame, I didn't have the foresight to put my 20-gal in the stand through the top when setting this tank up after transport and now it's stuck on the side of the stand until such time as I can find or mock up...

86, I wouldn't mind buying compatible cichlids since the setup is already established and geared for them. I would really enjoy seeing a group/school of smaller ones interact. I looked into the 957, it looks pretty sweet and a good value like you said. Yes, 6' wide. Do you leave yours on the...

And it seemed to be going so well. The fin-rot had been showing mild signs of improvements. A few days ago I added a dose of aquarium salt to to aid with health and recovery. (I tend to lean on natural remedies). Yesterday, and even more today, I had begun to notice the large male frontosa...

Hello again, I'm picking back up following 2 or 3 years since I broke down my 20 gal long. if you will, allow me to set the stage a bit. I had previously purchased a steal of a deal on two 125 gallon tanks (in need of A LOT of elbow grease to get them back to snuff) for $100. I sold one to...

Step 3: Add Sand Add a generous amount of 'cap' sand to cover all the soil and keep it down. Now add water...

You learn best from experience.. I'll never toy with bladder snails again. Now I know they may help at first but only at first. They started eating the floaters and vals and I was done. I drained the tank, removed and scrapped all the sand and soil and cleaned thoroughly. It's like pressing a...

Sure, I'll work on getting one today.

These brown and white stringy algae types are building up on the sides of the tank and amongst the floaters on the surface. I did attach a short run of LED lights to the bottom of the sump tray and suspect that to be the culprit of why/how for the sudden bloom. I think I'll drain the tank and...

Surprise surprise, as I began preparing to clean the tank, I noticed stunning improvement in the vals, a few days later I noticed some improvement in the micro swords, I was amazed both times... The bladder snails have definitely taken the tank but that’s the point, they are hardy and survive...

Well... it looks like I'm going to have to scrap the tank and start again. I'm down to one very.. no extremely resilient shrimp that is still braving the tank. I just checked and found a molt I thought was another shrimp but knew there was only one. It's crazy when you consider that some of the...

Well it was linked, not sure what happened. But here is the link again .https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/the-one-inch-per-gallon-rule.88431/

I quarantined one of the ghost shrimp for fear or a worm/parasite. But after inspection, I think it may be that one of his legs was injured and is turning white. There is a red spot near where this attaches to his body. Thoughts appreciated.

One 75% water change and some wall-clad algae removal later I'm going to stay the course and try to recover this tank. The colored water is not as big of a concern as I normally had. I've since learned dirted tanks can discolor for a bit but I still feel mine is past what would be considered...

*sigh* The short and simple story is that when I was first setting up my dirted tank, I accidentally grabbed the un-rinsed sand and added that to cap the soil. about half way through I realized and added the rinsed sand to finish. I did this because I had the first of my plants coming later...