Joseph Elliott

Hello, I just started up my first saltwater tank and am in the same area. Joseph

Wow, very nice! I don't suppose I could convince you to sell a couple? or could point me in the right direction?

No, but I'd like to try my hand at them.

Anyone working with any of the north american sunfish? crappies, blue gills, etc?

Thanks, I will add a tap before the softener when I install it. Any ideas on the chlorine filter or what lights i should use over the 120g? I am considering metal halide but haven't looked into pricing yet.

I'll start with a bit of background... bought a house in a small town that has really hard water, hard enough to stain everything so I'll need a water softener. Will the water softener cause problems with ph swings in my planted tanks with CO2? Will the softened water damage plants (can't see how but you never know)? What kind of a filter do i need to remove chlorine from the water if i want to set up a auto-fill system on my 120g? Edit to add: What would be the best lighting solution for a 120g planted tank at around 2 - 2.5 wpg? I'll probably have more soon but lets start with those. Joseph

Arowana don't interest me, and thanks for the heads up on the p-bass. I haven't seen many large adult chiclids in person so feel free to post pictures. Oddballs aren't neccessary just looking for predatory, something showy, and it doesnt have to be over large. I really like the look of bass/ perch etc so since i can't keep native species perhaps someone has sunfish or something?

I have an empty 120 gallon that I want to put larger predatory fish in, I don't really know whats out there that I can keep. I am thinking maybe peacock bass but feel free to toss any ideas my way. I want something that doesnt hide all the time and can keep a group of - say 3 or so. Thanks for your help, Joseph

Sounds like breeding behavior to me. Are you able to sex them?

I have a 3 in my planted tank and they haven't touched the plants. Maybe try placing stones over the roots, I had to with the heros i had. Unfortunately the heros decided to move the rocks as well so they ended up leaving.

Thank you very much, hopefully i can irradicate this crap with this info.

My tank is infected with cyanobacteria and i dont know how to kill it. been doing water changes every other day and it not helping. Found a few sites online that suggest eryithromyacin as a antibacterial but its a whooping cough prescripiton and ive never had it. any ideas?

I bought it used this fall, but when I first hooked it up the flow rate indicator was all the way to the top (100%), now its half way down - 50% reduced flow rate.

I have a Ehiem Pro 3 (2080) and I'm having performance issues. The sliding indicator was down to half, so I opened it up and gave everything a really good cleaning. Put it back together and off she went, but still only at half the max flow rate. I downloaded the manual and have tried everything in it to solve the problem but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

Where are the best places to find biotope plans and what not? Here is a tiny map of the approximate area I want to simulate. I realize that it is a very large area but I want to create a riverine habitat relatively typical of that area.