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Forum: General Planted Tank Discussion 05-15-2013, 01:11 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 689
Posted By Bruce_S
I saw a _sign_ for glowlight danios at my local...

I saw a _sign_ for glowlight danios at my local Petsmart. Once. looked for the fish every Wednesday for months afterward. Nothing.

Have picked up Corydoras sterbai, praecox rainbows, demasoni...
Forum: Fish 05-12-2013, 03:27 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 238
Posted By Bruce_S
Those plants look to be Sandriana - nice in a pot...

Those plants look to be Sandriana - nice in a pot on the windowsill, less so in an aquarium. Both your blue gouramis are male - females have short dorsals and anals.

~Bruce
Forum: General Planted Tank Discussion 04-30-2013, 01:44 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 961
Posted By Bruce_S
What about oil-dri?

What about oil-dri?
Forum: Fish 04-30-2013, 01:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 140
Posted By Bruce_S
My dojos (weather loaches - whatever happened to...

My dojos (weather loaches - whatever happened to that name?) pretty much leave the ramshorn snails in their tank alone.
Forum: Equipment 04-28-2013, 10:30 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 232
Posted By Bruce_S
I've always used the Aqua-Clear foam by pulling...

I've always used the Aqua-Clear foam by pulling out bits with a needle-nose pliers 'til there's an appropriate hole.
Forum: Lighting 04-28-2013, 08:27 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 240
Posted By Bruce_S
After a bit more research, and with thanks to...

After a bit more research, and with thanks to those who offered opinions and advice here, I've gone ahead and pushed the button on a Finnex Ray II for each of the tanks I mentioned! Will keep...
Forum: Lighting 04-27-2013, 11:33 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 240
Posted By Bruce_S
Thanks, everyone! Sounds like the Finnex is...

Thanks, everyone!

Sounds like the Finnex is likely to be the better bet here, though possibly not with as rich of a spectrum - the sort that catches and enhances all colors?? The PAR at 24" does...
Forum: Lighting 04-26-2013, 11:54 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 240
Posted By Bruce_S
Question Re-Lighting a 75g & 37g . . . Suggestions?

Hi, All!

So, I think I'm done with shopping in the local big-box stores for lights for these two tanks. :icon_mad: Had a couple of NO T-5 fixtures (Aqueon, maybe?) from one shop, the box said...
Forum: Fish 04-24-2013, 12:56 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 494
Posted By Bruce_S
My neons school pretty well, but that may be...

My neons school pretty well, but that may be because I do have some larger fish as well; rainbows, an angelfish and a pearl gourami, as well as blue rams . . .

They don't seem interested in eating...
Forum: Fish 04-24-2013, 12:51 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 189
Posted By Bruce_S
I think the odd-numbered rule is based in...

I think the odd-numbered rule is based in aesthetics - an odd number of things looking more pleasing to the eye or something?

I've got over 20 neons in my 75, and they're the first fish people...
Forum: Fish 04-23-2013, 02:48 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 219
Posted By Bruce_S
Kenyi and yellow labs don't _act_ the same,...

Kenyi and yellow labs don't _act_ the same, either. Yellow labs are pretty mild-mannered for mbuna, but kenyi have a reputation as stone cold finrippers. Pretty sure they get bigger than labs, too.
...
Forum: Fish 04-23-2013, 02:37 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 210
Posted By Bruce_S
Thinking that looks like one of the haplochrimine...

Thinking that looks like one of the haplochrimine cichlids from Lake Malawi - but that extremely downturned mouth is throwing me a loop.

That mottled coloration helps some of these lads look like...
Forum: Equipment 04-22-2013, 03:57 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 357
Posted By Bruce_S
That's what I use in mine - if I even use the...

That's what I use in mine - if I even use the ceramic... (But I run two other filters on that tank . . . )

~Bruce
Forum: Fish 04-22-2013, 03:55 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 165
Posted By Bruce_S
Are they very small? When I was a kid (this is...

Are they very small? When I was a kid (this is going back some ... ) most of the LFS' offered small (1/8 - 1/4") neons for about a quarter apiece. Given a flake or two, they'd balloon up, but digest...
Forum: Fish 04-19-2013, 10:55 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 582
Posted By Bruce_S
I believe that HR996 has died. This won't stop...

I believe that HR996 has died. This won't stop the folks who'd like to ban import (and in some cases, _all_ human / animal interaction beyond birdwatching...) from trying again.

The original bill,...
Forum: General Planted Tank Discussion 04-19-2013, 04:01 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 149
Posted By Bruce_S
Obsidian is as safe as the walls of your tank....

Obsidian is as safe as the walls of your tank. Literally. It's volcanic glass. (So heed Hoppy's advice about the sharp edges...)

~Bruce
Forum: Equipment 04-17-2013, 02:40 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 222
Posted By Bruce_S
Most of the water coming out of the pump goes...

Most of the water coming out of the pump goes beneath the sponge, then up through it.

Sponge takes out larger particles, carbon smaller (chemical) stuff, ceramic tubes provide a home for bacteria...
Forum: Fish 04-16-2013, 01:45 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 309
Posted By Bruce_S
I've a ... Nannostomus eques? ... I think? ......

I've a ... Nannostomus eques? ... I think? ... which has been maybe an inch to an inch and a half long, and very, very thin for a year. Hovers at an angle among the plants at the surface, slurping...
Forum: Fish 04-14-2013, 10:37 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 978
Posted By Bruce_S
Smilingfish, rainbows grow to different sizes...

Smilingfish, rainbows grow to different sizes depending on the species. Dwarf M. praecox grow to about 2.5 inches or so, I think, some of the New Guinea 'bows like boesemani, turquoise and yellow M....
Forum: Low Tech Forum 04-14-2013, 04:32 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 6,425
Posted By Bruce_S
Good-lookin' setup! I like the humorous...

Good-lookin' setup!

I like the humorous touch of the fishing lure tangled in the overhead branches, LOL!

~Bruce
Forum: Fish 04-14-2013, 02:01 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 978
Posted By Bruce_S
You've got some great recommendations here! ...

You've got some great recommendations here!

One of the things I find endlessly fascinating about rainbowfish is their ability to change color - they will intensify or pale out over the course of a...
Forum: Tank Journals 04-14-2013, 01:30 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 11,833
Posted By Bruce_S
That's a good looking tank - and it's healthy,...

That's a good looking tank - and it's healthy, too, which is more important in the end!

I've got a similar angelfish here, which I adore. S/he was a local pet shop pickup, but has a similar...
Forum: General Planted Tank Discussion 04-08-2013, 01:33 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 414
Posted By Bruce_S
Chibiaie, you might take a peek at sheepshead...

Chibiaie, you might take a peek at sheepshead killies as well as the mummichogs. Not sure how familiar you are with them, but they're a bit similar to desert pupfish - smaller and chunkier than...
Forum: Fish 04-07-2013, 11:45 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 323
Posted By Bruce_S
If you've had them 4-6 months and they don't look...

If you've had them 4-6 months and they don't look absolutely emaciated, they're probably getting enough to eat.
Forum: Fish 04-07-2013, 12:34 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 659
Posted By Bruce_S
I'd say if you can manage it, mix it up. My tank...

I'd say if you can manage it, mix it up. My tank hosts SAE, bristlenose & rubberlip plecos, otocinclus, Amano and ghost shrimp, nerite, ramshorn, rabbit and Maylaysian trumpet snails, and _most_...
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