Recent content by heutinn

1.) Adult Jaguar Cichlid (10+ inches) - 3$ 2.) Adult Oscar Cichlid (10+ inches) - 3$ 3.) Group of 5 moorii blue dolpins (two are females for sure as they have had babies in the past) - 15$ 4.) 55 gal tank and real oak stand with lights and filter - 100$ 5.) 72 gal bowfront tank with glass...

I add fish until I get to about 5-10 ppm average on the nitrate test. my plants do awesome and I never have to add any extra nitrogen. I think the nitrogen is mostly for planted tanks with little to no fish in them.

I have a heavily planted tank 46G bowfront with 100+ RCS and 5+ amano shrimp as well. I use Caribsea Eco-complete planted. I mixed in a little Fluorite I had laying around as well. The eco is black and looks nice. I paid 20$ for a twenty pound bag shipped to my house on petmountain.com. They...

Anyone ordered from rarefishusa.com before? If you have, how was the experience? They have some relatively expensive fish I'm considering ordering but am looking for some reviews before I commit. Thanks, Nick

Hello Fellow Fishboxers, I am building my first pressurized CO2 setup and have procured a nice victor regulator, an Italian needle valve and a 5lb. tank. I am looking to get a solenoid valve and I see several Burkerts on ebay. The thing is i'm not sure which models will work. I want 1/4" npt...

dwarf bristlenose pleco I'm not too sure about the dwarf part. i bought a 55 with about 30 of these "dwarf" bristlenose plecos and a ton of red cherry shrimp from a guy on CL and he said they were dwarf. I got rid of most of them, but the ones I kept have stayed three inches or smaller. I've...

I'm having a black beard algae problem. I started using excel at a double dose and it knocked it back quite a bit, but it doesn't seem to finish the job. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks. The tank is a 46 bowfront with a lot of cherry shrimp, some different tetras and a two dwarf...