It is fighting, it is how they display dominance.

Hill stream loaches occasionally show in some area stores, and are commonly on importer lists.

Better off 2/4 m/f, they are harem and not pairing behaviors.

No ice packs!

Just a cooler...

*Some* Actinic bulbs do indeed hit the exact wavelength (one of the two) plants want. Others miss it entirely. Actinics are not like our typical bulbs, they are geared for pretty specific wavelengths, and not all the same ones.... the above statement about them being good for plants *can* be true, b...

lucens goes vertical in lower light, and gets taller and thinner in higher light - at least for me. That looks like parva to me damian. Who knows for sure without flowering it, but only parva looks like that, laying on the substrate, for me. That said, Nurii is *tiny* for me, too, so it may just be ...

Do you happen to write long scientific papers for a living or something?

Your tanks looked good! They looked groomed. That was the thing. I've been really really, REALLY lax about trimming and such, and all my tanks are suffering for it. Stems hitting the surfaces and going POW emersed growth, killing stuff under them when they do, not cleaning up algae that would be eas...

Something about Arlene's tanks lit a fire under my butt, which, as you can see below, has been a long time coming. First one up, my sorely overgrown 50 breeder. This was really kinda nice a long time ago. Then it turned into a bit of a farm, then a sorely overgrown farm, then, well, this.... http://...

Cheapest you can find most likely. What you need to be careful of is that it is NOT fire retardant - most bats meant for pilow stuffing and such are fire retardant, and that is the chemical you are trying to avoid.

Black Beauty (and most sandblasting materials) are intentionally made with sharp cutting edges to the granules.

These are absolutely fabulous for, among other things, shredding bottom dwellers like Corys and young or molting shrimp, as well as the stems of stem plants.