Recent content by LuminousAphid

Since you have boiled/disinfected/done everything but autoclave the damn wood, I'd say the thing is already an agent in the ecosystem of your tank and just uses the wood as food for an outbreak. Agreeing with everyone else, it will go away on its own after the wood 'cures' for a while. I had a...

I have some similar stuff in one tank, I keep trying to get rid of it but it comes back from nothing every time. I don't know if you'll be able to save the plant, but I would try manually tearing out as much as you can to see if you can get the plant to grow healthy, then you might have to...

Wow that's crazy, nature is amazing! Incredible that they have eyes formed before even being in water. How long do you think they could conceivably last before they're no longer viable? I guess it might depend on the temperature and other factors- if you eventually get tons of 'seeds' in the...

Hey everyone, I have been busy with other hobbies lately and neglected posting on here, but I figured I would update you on one of my tanks I have been happy with. This is the 10 gallon tank I have had for a while, and for a long time plants were struggling and I couldn't figure out why. I...

Re: FF - Convict/possible hybrid - Edmonds - Pickup or meet So far no one has responded, so he's still here. The way he looks is why I think he is a hybrid... like I said, I "adopted" him from petco for $1 because he came in from a customer who gave them up. I guess I should have known he...

So this is still going on, and probably worse than ever... I am thinking about tearing down this tank and starting over, but what is a good way to clean the wood of this algae? Should I just let it dry out, put it in the dark for a couple weeks, or should I just scrub it off? Is it possible...

Hey guys, been a while since I have been on here because I have just not had a lot of time, which is one reason why I want to find a new home for this guy. I have had him since I "adopted" him from petsmart- he was about 1/4" fry but quickly outgrew his tankmates, and now his tank. He is now...

I have a male 'convict' that looks really similar... after seeing this thread I am wondering if it's a convict or part something else. I got it as an 'adoption' from petco with 2 siblings- the other 2 disappeared but this guy made it.

That last pic looks like a totally different fish, and also from the background looks like a saltwater environment

I have occasionally found some strange worms that looked sort of like this in my substrate, and wondered where they came from... I have also bought blackworms from Cory, so maybe there were small ones that managed to escape and grow up in the substrate. The ones I have had are sort of flat...

:cry: Sounds like 'painted' fish- they inject dye into the fish with a hypodermic needle, sometimes multiple times, to make it 'colorful'. It usually just ends up looking awful. It's something I (and probably most fish keepers) find very cruel, and I do not support stores that further the...

Hey so stuff similar to this has always kind of plagued this tank, I think due to the fact that I don't clean it enough, but recently it has gotten really out of hand. I don't know if this is something new, or even a bacteria that uses the previous diatoms as a substrate... before I scraped the...

Also can get 1080p video from inside the tank... here is my 10 gallon. I don't know why youtube made it only 360p, I will have to figure that out zO3vrT-zmFM sounds like I need to clean my cheap HOB's pump rotor or go get a new one, I feel bad for my fish now with all that noise This is indeed...

Hey guys, I went out and got myself an Olympus Tough TG-3 for an early birthday present yesterday, but had to stay at work all day without being able to play with it. This morning I finally got to try it out underwater, and though I obviously need practice, it's awesome to be able to shoot...

I know it was probably a mistake, especially since all the others in the tank were super skinny, but saw the one which looked pretty healthy and decided $3 made it worth a try. I don't have anything super expensive in the tank I put her in which can get sick and die, so I am not too worried...