Recent content by jcgoobee

I have posted mine to another topic line about a week ago, but not here... so here I go again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0VlzXwCiug

I'm not sure about bengal loaches, but my yoyo loaches do dig deep into the soil and appear to be searching for any treasure (snail eggs?) underneath. one disturbing comments that I have heard, is there's no way to destroy all the snail eggs as they are hidden deep in the tank and always in...

Re: YoYo Loaches - solution found The place I got those Yoyo loaches is pretty reputable, and they do look like the ones on the pictures from the link you sent... but hopefully they won't get too big but if they do, I will either trade them off, or give them away..... hey... maybe I should...

Re: YoYo Loaches - solution found From what I found out, YoYo loaches are one of the species that don't grow too big, usually around 2", so I should be okay. Worst comes worst, if it grows larger than 2 or 3", I will trade them with the aquarium shop where I bought them... Clown loaches do...

Wow, James! Thansk for the break-down and this is a great resource that I will copy to my aquatic notes. From what you have mentioned, the presence of carbon doesn't have much to do with taking away the trace elements in the tank. This will definitely give me a peace of mind that I can leave the...

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Yes! Excellent point. I will leave the carbon and Purigen the way they are then. Thanks for the :idea: James

Actually, no. They (Eheim) suggests to replace the media only when they're uncleanable by rinsing. From what I have read from the forums so far, those substrats should last for at least two years, depending on the size of the tank and the population. As for the Purigen, the instruction says that...

Hi all, I do have Perigen sitting side by side with my carbon bag in my filter. A small question mark always strikes me when I look at the Eheim's manual. It doesn't seem that they advocate for any usage of carbon in their filtration system as oppose to Fluval. During the initial setup of the...

Hi there... I have loaded a patch of Fluval carbon to my Eheim filter. I was browsing the Hagen web this afternoon, and found something very interesting... this is what it has noted: "One final comment about carbon, it has been shown to remove many discolorations in the water, to polish the...

Hello, I had similar situation about a month ago, along with BGA at the same time. It was extremely messy. I took baby-steps to correct my algae problems. I basically pruned the black hair algae from the affected area since they appeared to be very persistent of attaching them to the stems...

yikes, that seems like the theme from the horror movie. Sorry for your lost, but hopefully it's an isolated incident. :(

YoYo Loaches - solution found Okay, in reference to the advice I got from the forum plus a bit more research yesterday, I got three small YoYo Loaches last night. They have the reputation of eating snails. I was a bit skeptical as they seem to be so small, and dormant after I released them to...

Hi Steve, huh! natural predator is a good idea that I haven't thought of. That's brilliant! I'm a bit against using medication unless I really have to. I'm just a bit worry that these creatures might be growing out of control some day that I will have to do a complete rebuild. Thanks Steve. :)

Hi Steve, No, I only have Tetras, and couple of Otocinclus in my tank... no shrimp or snails at all. Do you have a favorite brand that works well for you? Thanks for writing back.

suggestions please.... so.... still wondering how I can get rid of them? it appears that I'm getting more and more of these each morning I look at the tank. :(