Never… well, almost never… unless you listen to the filter companies who say every 2-4 weeks.. but then they want to sell you lots of filter cartridges.
See my long article about “Filter Maintenance And Cleaning” for more details of how I and many others “clean” our filter cartridges and other filter media without ever […]
LOL@”the incredible mr.”… darn.. I think I just showed my age.
The little flat heaters for small tanks do NOT have thermostats. From what I’ve read on them in the past, they’ll heat up the water up to 4F over the ambient temp in a certain sized tank… I forget the actual size. But […]
Unless your owner’s manual has details on how to empty this… will a piece of small airline tube work for sucking/siphoning most of it out? Read the links below.
If you can’t figure out how to remove the remaining dishwashing liquid, then run the dishwasher on just the rinse cycle several times until it’s empty. […]
Major disappointment! No change at all to my tank water. 4 ppm ammonia and 0 ppm nitrates!
Well, my test may indeed have been flawed. Adding fish would not have shot the ammonia up to 4ppm and that might have had an adverse effect on the bacteria. I might have gotten a […]
Sorry, I fail to see the relevance to Tim’s post, after reading this over several times. I note Tim is looking for female Pineapple Swordtails and female black Swordtails as well. The loss of your Swordtails (of unknown strain) and the propensity of your water to turn green doesn’t […]
The 3 to 5 drops per gallon guideline to bring the ammonia up to 3-5ppm, seems to work in your case.. with the 5 drops per gallon being the max to bring it to 5ppm.. 4 drops per gallon would give you 4ppm. If the initial 6 drops in 12G brought it up to […]
ThanksLenny. Webcamxp has a free version that requires the logo you see in the bottom corner. I happen to own a domain and a website, which i used the domain and added the fish cam to that. It runs off my local home computer where everything you see is served from. you could set it […]
Turbocoupe76 said… among other things: “…I was told that running a fast current in a tank helps bring up the PH because it makes the Limestone(buffer) that the county LI, NY puts in the water, evaporate. Is this true???…”
Limestone would buffer up the water and increase hardness allowing the pH to increase or at least […]
You don’t need 2×8’s. 2×4’s will be fine. I built my stand for my 65G out of 2×4’s and it’s sturdy enough to hold much more tank. See my blog for details on “My DIY $20.00 Tank Stand”. Or were you just planning on removing the peg legs to set the […]
Tom, Again, my sympathies on the loss of your Angelfish. They’re quite majestic in their own right and one can easily get attached to them when being involved in this hobby. Looking over your description of your hood, its still a mystery as to exactly how your fish […]