soliver

I can't say for sure but a lot of people use staples in there tank. There aluminum. I haven't had any bad experiences with it. But maybe just to be safe go with plastic.

I do still have one other female left in the main tank. Im going to put the male in there with her and then turn my 15 into a planted tank or something. Do you think its big enough for a couple rams?

So i got home from school today and my female polit was dead. Lost her and all the fry. I guess the male harassed her to death. I should have done something about it sooner. So i think im going to let them breed in the 210. If i catch her great, it not then oh well. So much for all the fun i was having.

Looks good. I like the look with the algae :thumbs:

Nice tank. Didn't know you could convert plants into submersed. Does that work with a lot of plants that love water?

Nice pics. Did a good job at catching them during the action.

very nice.

wow. Lovely pictures. They have very vibrant colors.

I like your tank. The shrimp add just the right touch.

Looking good!

The tank looks awesome.

I have a 15 gallon tank that has been up and running for 4-5 months. I have never seen any form of algae in the tank. I have a couple plants in there but other than that its clean. All the cleaning i do it gravel vac/water change. And the filter every once and a while. Its self sustaining. Best tank i have ever had.

Looks good!

I only had one heater fail on me. And of course it was my fault. I stuck it back into the water while it was still hot instead of letting it cool down. Glass broke and i got to go digging.

Your plans sound good. We will have to come take a look when its done.

Thanks for the replies. My male has been harassing the female a bit but she has found a spot to get away from him. I don't want to put them back into the 210 because i would have to rip it apart to catch the female later on. Do you think its a good idea to keep the other female in the tank as well to give him "another target" haha. I do have another small tank that i can put the female when she gets closer to spitting.

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I bought 3 2" polits (1m/2f) from fairdeal about 1 month ago. I had them in my 210 then about 2 weeks ago i decided to put them in a 15 gallon tank to pair off. They were in there for about a week and a half before they paired off and last night they spawned. Im extremely excited about this since i haven't had them for long, and they were just moved into a new tank. I took the other female out and put her back into the 210 so the two could have the tank to themselves. So im wondering if anyone has experience with breeding polits and if they are good holders? How long should i wait till i strip her? I was thinking 2 weeks. Is this too short or too long? Any input would help. Thanks

Thanks for the replies. I don't know why i was told to boil my rock when it sounds like its a bad thing. I was told it would prevent it from leaching. But i didn't want it to die, so i didn't. I personally wouldn't have bought fish right away either but they came with the tank. I wasn't too worried about selling them since they are damsels and are hardy. Everyone says not to start with coral right away. I was thinking to wait till February but i might have to wait longer since i didn't add all my live rock at once and im going to be going through a few of these cycles. I heard somewhere that you will get red algae at the start and then it will turn to green algae and that is when you know your tank is cycled. Is this true? As for the critters in the sand(crabs, snails, ext.) are they hardy? or should i be really careful when introducing them? I also have one other question. When i set my tank up after transporting it, the sand was full of stringy things. Kinda looks like fish poop but a lot harder. At the top of them there was something that looked like a blossom. It was white with red specks on it. It reacted to movement around the tank and would shoot back into its stem. Im not sure what this is and if i should remove it or if its essential to my tank? Shauna

So i just went out and bought 15 pounds of live rock. All that i could afford right now. Its suppose to be cured already so i put it in my tank. I know i should keep it in a bucket or boil it but i decided to put it in anyways. Im not in a hurry to get nice fish anyways. So i guess my question now is when should i get the "clean up crew"?

Thanks for the reply, So there are three damsels in the tank right now. There is also i whole bunch of live sand. Im concerned about not getting live rock right away because i do have fish(that i don't want to kill). If i put the live rock into my tank soon and do frequent water changes will that help? I know i won't be able to put coral in for a while. I was thinking about getting a bunch in February(not sure if thats too soon) As you can probably tell im really clueless on all the details.

So i decided im going to start a salt water tank. I have never done this before but i have been doing a lot of reading. I have purchases a 45 gallon salt water tank(already running) with an overflow, and 20 gallon sump. I got this all for $50. I just couldn't resist. It does not have any live rock but it has some damsels. Would it be ok to hold off on the live rock for a little while? Or do i need it right now even though i have the sump. Also in the future i want to make it into a reef tank and im unsure on the lighting i will need to have. Any input or ideas would help.

So i decided to take a couple of pictures of my tank and some of my fish. I apologize im not very good at taking pictures yet. Hopefully they will get better. Here is the link http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=583855532&.php%3Faid%3D188324%26id%3D583855532&_ecdc=true#/album.php?aid=188324&id=583855532 Let me know what you think!

Thanks for the info. I did pick up some plants for my small planted tank and im trying to attach it to some wood. hopefully it works out good.

dwarf chicids,raspora sharks,wood shrimp,and dont know got any suggetions. I would go with some ram if your going to go with cichlids. There small and very nice.