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Another update- so I know a few of you had pointed out from the pic that it's prob 2 males, but I thought I'd mention this behavior and see if it means anything.. A lot of the quarreling seems to be...

As in- remove one and add 2 females for a combo of 1 male/2 fem ?

Little update on these guys- the one pictured behind the front one is really pestering the foreground fella.. Seems to be chasing him nonstop - and the pestered one seems to be losing color.. It's...

Yea I really lucked out- to be honest I had never even heard of these guys til I saw them while checking out plants at the local aqua shop. He had just got them in- a whole tank full of really...

Just picked up 2 rams yesterday @ 7.99 a piece and I'm lovin em. Wonderin if anyone can tell the sex by the pic I'll provide below.. Also- should I be worried about any of the tank mates w/ these...

Thanks for all the input- I went to pick them up and these guys were tiny babies! At that point I immediately thought breeder net also. Stopped and picked one up on the way home and that's where...

Yea, the tank is cycled (goin on about 6 wks, levels are good). Got a powder blue dwarf gourami, small-med sized angel, a dozen neons, 3 corys, 2 otos.. None of them have gone after the amanos.. ...

Hi all, so I'm going to pick up some red cherry shrimp today. A lady here locally is selling them for 2 bucks a piece (pretty good price I think). Anyways, a buddy was going to come with me and...

If you mean the two just right of center- those are both crypto parva.. The one just to the left of those is lobelia cardinalis, and further left by the rock is cypto lutea.. Most of these smaller...

I asked a planted tank dude at a diff shop than I bought the rock (no bias)- and he said I shouldn't worry about it. Also did a strip test a few days after putting it in and didn't see any changes. ...

Well- I guess you can say I had an accelerated cycle- used some starter fish (that have since been returned for store credit) and many of those plants you see in the pic to really kick the cycle into...

Hello all- below is a pic of my new setup (used to be a cichlid tank, recently decided to go planted/community).. Before I get to my questions here are some stats:

Eheim 2215
Substrate - pool...

Whoops meant nitrites for all of the above..

Just did almost 50 % water change... Will hope for the best and do another test tomorrow.. Really strange- I tested two days ago and the nitrates were acceptable. I did just put in a ton of new...

You mean like an airstone or something? No, I don't - seems like I had read somewhere that it wasn't advisable in a planted tank.. My test strips (if I'm not colorblind and seeing the colors...

Well... an update... The fish are really hovering around the top and trying to get air.. Seems like I had read that its really hard to overdose co2 with a diy setup espec with a 55 gal tank (and only...

Wow- its working great!! After about an hour and a half, I started getting steady bursts of bubbles out of the end of the bamboo.. I have it positioned pretty close to the outtake by the strainer, so...

Appears to be just tank water- I cut the tube inside the coke bottle very short, like right under the cap (about an inch and a half), so it isn't anywhere near the solution..

Ok- so I just got done settin this thing up.. Only been about 10 mins in the tank so no bubbles yet- but one thing strikes me right away -- There appears to be about 4 inches of water in the bottom...

One more thing.. What's the safety level of this project? Haven't really messed with anything like this before so just wanna make sure there aren't any "gotchas".. Last thing I want is a 2 liter...

Interesting... I still have my old hanging filter that I threw in a closet when I upgraded to the eheim 2215.. Maybe I can try that.. So- did you leave off plastic strainer on the end and put your...

I'm gonna try making one of these tomorrow. I read a different DIY article where the guy had an interesting (and appparently effective) idea of using the end of a chopstick crammed into the end of...

Yea, and they didn't even change out the shaft, just the plastic impellar.. Kinda strange huh? You would think it would have been a bend or something somewhere, but I'm using the same shaft..

Pleased to report that I took the used eheim back to the shop I got it from, and they had another impellar that they put on there.. Honestly, nothing really looked wrong with the old one to my...

Well, I'm not using all the "official" media at this time.. The guys who sold it to me told me to go with blue padding, bio stars, carbon bag, more blue padding.. So, the blue pads are currently my...