Recent content by highwayman

Welcome from another newbie. I don't come around much but this looks like a top quality sight...

They should be close to hatching by now, how are they coming along?

Great pics, I have not had good luck with angel's. Good to see someone is doing good...

As stated f/w is not as sensitive to PH as the saltwater set ups. On my 50 gal unit I keep the PH between 7.5 to 7.8 and don't let it get above 8.0 The temp is kept at 80. Under these conditions the fish will be active and with what I have (mostly mollies and tetras) have very little losses...

The tetras are a little bigger then quarters. The mollies are the ones that nip in the tank...

One of my mollies (male) thinks he is bull of the woods and tries to herd the females around along with the posturing. They also like to nip at fingers at varius times.

Have been wondering if it would be a good idea to add some feshwater shrimp to my tank. What I have is a 50 gal freshwater tank with mollies and tetras, also have four bottom feeders and two algie eaters as the cleaning crew.

That is a nice set up, for me that would take up half my living room..

For me it's a matter of lighting and the angle the pic is being taken...

I have had the same rocks in the tank for months and monitor the PH on a regular basis, at least weekly, and once set it is stable and does not spike or rise too high. FYI keeping the lights off for 48 hours plus did help to some degree but went ahead and did a couple major water changes 10...

Looks good... How long are you going to let the tank "cure" before adding fish?

At this point it is a $$ question and the closest place that handles salt water suplies is about 70 miles away...

Thought I might post a few pics of the tank. Being freshwater it's no compitition with the saltwater tanks but it's mine... The plants are real...

Thanks, in fact when I went with this tank I was looking for an acrylic tank because I like a one piece tanks. But they are hard to come by in this area and are way to expensive...

Currently I have a 50 gallon glass tank used as a freshwater tank. The question that I have, other then changing to coral and other saltwater equipement would I also need to go with a diferent tank?