I have been searching for better plans than the ones I have found on the Krib for building a Bio Filter... Looking for plumbing and pump ideas, also more detailed designs and photos on this type of unit.. Was thinking about using a 10USG glass tank to start with.. Any other suggestions as where...

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This product seems to be the miracle cure for algae - even in planted tanks. Any thoughts?

I'm considering using one of these kits (one of the ones that consists of a series of increasingly fine sandpaper pads). The kit says it can be used under water with the fish in the tank, but I'm concerned about the very fine bits of acrylic that will be liberated causing gill problems in my...

just wondering what people are using for testing their aquarium levels. I got tired of trying to get the water right on the mark when testing for amo, nit, etc. and got a hold of a few 2 tea spoon (10 ml) needle-less syringes. they are relatively cheap, I guess sterile, and I use them for different...

I had send the following questions several times to Aquatic Engineers, but never received any responce. To whom it may concern, Unfortunately, your website is missing some vital information and is presenting some inconsistent messaging between pages. Please answer the following questions: a.. The...

what is the accepable level for these 2 units in a new aquaruim, just done a test and nitrate is about 11 and nitrite is about 0.8 changed 20 litres water from 80 litre tank just done 2 more at 10 litres and have not fed 5 fish for 3 days, now a bit worried about fish not having any food.

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Finally my tank has almost cycled with only .5 Nitrite and going down daily but in the past day brown patches have appeared and have started to spread over everything and now the glass. I think there Diatoms but I have seen mixed views on how to tackle this. some say more light (which im doing),...

I have just made a plexi glass hood for a 20g tank. the plexi glass hood is composed of two panels (29x7, and 29x4.5)joined by three hindges. the measurement i provided dont include the cuts for the filter(aquaclear500) and the air tubing. I built this hood because i wanted to focus the spending...

I have a newbie question about aeration. I purchased two six-inch airstones, some silicon tubing, a T-connector, and an air pump from my local PetSmart. I ran the hose from the air pump into the tank and into the base of the T-connector. Off of each arm of the T-connector is about six inches of...

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Anybody knows if there is any archive of articles published over years in "Tropical Fish Hobbyist" magazine? Or maybe is here a person who has some issues of this magazine from 1st half of 1990's? I am looking for one particular article to read/copy/buy or somthing.

I have a two-lamp ballast, and I'd like to modify the wiring so I can run either one, or two lamps. Right now, if I remove one of the lamps, the other lamp shuts off. From the looks of it, they would be wired in series. Do you think I could wire it in parallel without having the ballast explode or...

I sincerely feel like the biggest idiot. I got a new filter, the AquaClear 200, for my 10 gallon freshwater tank; it won't start pumping water through. I followed the directions, nothing; I bent my arms in all weird directions to get the air out of the tube and the tube then inserted into the...

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone with an RO unit experiences large amounts of condensation on it. I have my RO unit set up on a float valve to help maintain a set water level in order to compensate for evaporation. The water supply runs under the house and up through the floor before...

got my first aquarium, 80 ltr capacity, just got 6 zebra danio's, to start with, how much to feed? food is flakes, would like to add some more, but not sure when. cannot find much info on the web. colin

Hi everyone, Topic for this months meeting is "Fancy Guppies". Charles Pratt will be giving a presentation all about guppies, and there will be fancy guppies to buy in the auction and fancy guppies to win on the raffle table! Meeting is this Sunday, Feb 8th. The San Diego Tropical Fish Society...

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i read some place that it's possible to make a filtration system with little modification to your houses plumping system so that there is no need for tank replenishment and filtration components (Carbon and cotton) costs would be greatly minized because you can place a common drinking filter in the...