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Wanted to say thanks to everyone for replying to anything I have posted in the last year. Wishing everyone the best moving forward in the hobby, its been great. Take care, FreshwaterCole

Oh geeze, lol I thought TSS was just a dechlorinator and decloraminer lolz oops Must have got that confused with the little packet that comes with their kits. Recently commented on a post...somewhere...and thought it was just regular water conditioner 100% agree with JettsPapa, keep up with wc...

Great idea on the fly screen. Yeah I agree depends on stock, like our Polypterus have a lid 1000% lol but currently 2 of 3 of our guppy and endler fry tanks are lid-less. No extreme evaporation, and temp holds at 75 during night. 77-78 day. And they are in a rack, with led light underneath the...

Thanks for the replies, I too rather the safety and the less evaporation/avoiding dust and other particles that may end up in the water. I do like a lid-less tank especially a planted.. unfortunate the cons outweigh the pros

Like the title says, wasn't sure if right place to post.

Hello, Great question, and interesting that your using different brands for different usage. I hated the smell of Prime lol, and rather use Nutrafin AquaClear for water treatment, but that's a personal preference I think. Using the Nutrafin cycle as well when we don't have pre-cycled media...

Great looking Vallisernia jungle! We find cutting them like grass works, a 45° angle seems to slow them...a bit lol. Remember to cut the runners if you wanna thin out the jungle. I haven't found a substrate that Val can't send runners through!

Looks great! And sweet deal with the lfs.

Hello, We use a general rule of 1 Nerite for every 10 gallons. Probably could go over without a problem if you have tons of plants, driftwood, surfaces for them. Pond snails, and bladder snails like mentioned earlier are also great, and shouldn't eat anything but dead plant matter and any...

Hello, Kinda looks like Hydra, which can be harmful towards smaller fish like fry. Also could be fungus developing due to water parameters. Giving everything a clean (outside of aquarium to lessen the spread of them if they are indeed spores) and doing a decent water change but not too much to...

Got bored with Black background (although it is the best way to bring everything out in an aquarium) and various aquarium backgrounds ourselves... So we are using a terrarium style background that has these massive lighter color tree roots that go into a dull/Mossy color to black bottom..lol...

Hello again, So thought I would give a mini update on our 55g Freshwater Community Tank today. Hope that's ok...and add a greyscale photo. Pangasius is no longer in here and is now with our Polypterus...things r going well with that thankfully lolz, our danios are in their own tank ...and all...

We had a problem with diatoms last year, brown algae everywhere lol. We stopped adding nutrients to water column, got some Nerites, and did a deep vac to substrate (which i truly hate to do) and realized that we no longer needed to dose the tank as there was an apparent balance between the...

This is a very interesting post, lol.

Hello, So most pond owners I have talked with say the benefits outweigh any negatives when it comes to adding rocks to bottom of ponds. Definitely helps with preventing detritus from getting to bottom and sitting. Esthetically pleasing too. If preformed plastic maybe just be careful when...

Here's our 55g Freshwater Community Tank...using a shot from a video we recently uploaded on IG... Fish : - Apistogramma Cacatuoides Cockatoo Cichlid ×1 F/double red - Black Neon Tetra Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi ×17 I know there's more females than males lolz I'll get back to yah on...

If you are using same filter/media then the cycle should not take as long. Just make sure the filter/media remains in the tank water and doesn't dry out. You should should be able to add fish after your done scaping, filter back in, and water clear.

Yeah definitely, if your gonna rescape then placing your fish in a temp tup/tank will be great to reduce stress and give yah tons of working room. Sorry, the question sounded more towards changing water Best of luck in the rescape!

Well I suppose I will add this below from online...lolz I'll get it together someday! "Zebra mussels first arrived in Canada in 1986. They were found in a harbour in Lake Erie, most likely transported from Europe via transatlantic shipping. Within several years, zebra mussels spread throughout...

Hello, So not sure why this didn't come up in Google search!.......but....yes you do need to do what is called a water change. Like in a river/stream which is chaged by the flow of water, we must try our best to imitate that in our home aquaria, based on volume of water and stock. The bb or...