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Maybe, but it's more likely he sees himself in the glass, and is trying to push off the 'rival' so he can get to the food that the food goddess brings.

Dave

Depends on how closely you watch the tank. If you can sit perfectly still, you may see them spawn where you can see the eggs. If you are moving around, they feel the vibrations of your footsteps,...

Wherever she chooses, actually.

Dave

The copper bounds with the gravel, decorations, silicone, etc. in the tank. Water changes won't get totally rid of it, and the OP will still be unable to keep inverts in their tank.

Do agree about...

You'd have to have an electrician do it, but a ground fault interrupter circuit in your wall socket is a good idea when an aquarium is near the socket. The GFI circuit will cut the electricity in...

Joel,
It really was not washing the gravel, and those continued drain and refills are exaggerating the problem, as you are continually stirring the gravel causing the cloudiness to continue.
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Howdy and welcome to the forum!

Dave

Since you didn't read that far, the answer to your question follows.
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Though the Niger River delta has many different water parameters down it's length, ending in brackish and marine waters,...

Crayfish, or crawdads as we call them in the south US, are omnivores. That means they will happily eat whatever meaty of vegetable foods you care to. When I kept them they deeply enjoyed shrimp...

Crispy, they were in a thickly planted 300 gallon, and fed mostly live food (worms mostly) and otherwise left alone. In about five years all of them were better than a foot long. Biggest was a...

Actually that is for marine tanks, that substrate. It would harden your tank water, and every time you do a partial change your hardness would go up and down.

If you look for threads by me, you'll...

That's what reefs can look like when they run for several years and are properly kept. As you see most corals can grow to large sizes.

Dave

OK, 6700K (K standing for Kelvin) is the color temperature of sunlight in the first several feet of water. It's also ideal for photosynthetic aquatic plants.

10,000 K is too blue-white for optimal...

Just FYI everyone, Kribs are from West Africa, not South America. There are several very attractive cousins of kribs swimming in West African waters.

Dave

I keep my liquid-based test kits in a 60 degree lab fridge to extend the length of time they are good. The electronic monitors, controllers and other equipment I use most often are kept on hand....

Today I was saddened to learn that grammy-winning drummer and singer Levon Helm passed away at 71 from complications from throat cancer.

Those who are too young to remember him, Levon was the...

It grows like mad, forming almost pillows of Azolla, and covering the water surface quickly. When I had it, I had to thin it out two or three times a week so the rooted plants below it could get...

Howdy and welcome to the forum!

Ask all questions in the correct category please.

Dave

Welcome to the forum. Clown Loaches get large. The males top out at a foot to 14 inches, the females are far more massively built and can reach 16 inches. Properly fed and kept, they will reach those...

Did you rinse the carbon under the faucet prior to use? Sound exactly like carbon dust to me you are seeing.

You could buy a HOB diatom filter to clear it, or just be patient until the dust...

Simply because you are keeping it correctly. Having Java Fern grow like that means it's getting precisely what it needs to grow.

Is why I don't keep it any more, since it grows like a weed in my...

You could sprizer them with spring or distilled water if the leaves seem dry. If you see black spots on the leaves, those are spores, which is how the fern procreates.

Dave

Actually, Java Fern is a bog plant, as in damp roots, moist leaves. It's fairly commonly found growing on rocky outcrops in waterfalls in nature.

If your aquarium has a cover on it it'll keep the...

Just the biofilm on the wood brought on by the nutrient bloom that's typical in a newer tank. When your tank matures, you won't see that on the wood. Limiting the light period doesn't do anything to...

Ash,
I keep several giant clams, and I strongly suggest you read my article on them. It's too late to site them properly, but both belong on live rock, not the sand.

Dave