Hello all! I am looking for a bit of advice from you helpful people about what type of UV steriliser I should buy. Right now I am considering several brands: Rainbow Lifegard 25watt Custom Sealife Double Helix or Emperor Aquatics 18 watt SMART UV steriliser

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** I have recently decided to add a pothos to my 1 gallon, 1 betta bowl. I would like to know whether aquarium salt or epsom salt are harmful to this plant. Please advise; I appreciate your help. Thank you. Nic. Santean

I've just upgraded my lighting on my 15gal wide tank from 30w to 40w (2wpg to 2.7wpg). I have also designed a much better reflector system which has increased the light tremendously! How much should I increase my PMDD? Right now I'm dosing 1/8 tsp KNO3, 1 rice grain KH2PO4, 4 mls of traces twice...

I heard that you have to boil it first to remove the impurities.. is it need as they say that it will discolor the water... so by boiling it it will prevent the aquarium from being colored.. suggestions

I have this curly greyish green stuff growing at the tops of my anacharis jungle in the back of my tank. I'm assuming it's thread algae because it does kinda look like thread. My ottos, platys, mollies and pleco aren't touching it. What kind of fish will eat this stuff or what can I do to get rid...

Hi all, I'm about to add some silver dollars and need some advice on which plants they DO NOT eat! I'm not equipped to have the fine-tuned underwater gardens that some of you here have so I'm hoping to find some plants that are hardy, low-maintenance and require little light. If any of you have...

Hello... Does any1 here know where I can buy some C. Parva? I did purchase some about a year ago from some1 in the Oregon region. Thanks N8

Hello all! Could some tell me if I am on the right track here?? My crypts (several varieties) over the past week (after 3 weeks of green water) have developed translucent spots and patches, with some of the leaves also curling lengthways. Now some of the leaves are disintegrating off their stems....

Hi All, I am writing some aquarium software, and I need the following: 1. Photos/video of fresh/salt fish & inverts (with species names) 2. Photos of plants (with names) 3. Photos of equipment (tanks, stands, heater, pumps, skimmers, filters, etc.) 4. Photos/video of complete aquariums. 5....

Last night I put 2 nice Hornworts in to my planted Goldfish tank. This morning - stripped skeleton stems with Hornwort needles all over the bottom of the tank. Guilty looking fish peering out from under the Amazon swords After I clean up the mess it'll be on to experiment #2 - Pirrannas in...

Do daphnia or freshwater shrimps feed on crypts? Here is the situation. I had a 40 liter plant tank with otos and a few cherry barbs for color. The tank had been up and running for a year without any new fish or plants added. The food I fed to the fish included Tetra flake and tabi min. No...

I never knew what I was missing.... until now... I was one of those who never spent the $17 on a glass cover for my planted tanks.... never needed them.... My SO talked me into getting one, and WOW.... not only did I get a glass canopy, I got a new pcf bulb, from a 55w to a 65w.... now the whole...

I have a 20 gallon tank with 55w of CF light that's been running for at least two years. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the phosphates in the water down. It was coming from my tap water, which was two high to read with the test kit that I had at the time (it was at least twice as blue...

Hello All, I have a 100 gallon planted tank. Since I was adding to much of a CO2 with a PH of 6.2 and KH about 10 (40-45ppm) I have decreased the CO2 amount from bubble per second to bubble per 5 seconds. Water parameters are as follows : PH 7.2 KH 10 GH 12

This is a bit off topic but I planted aquaria people will better relate to this one I hope. Kept fish for years but this one has me stumped. 65 gallon with 10-15 additional gallons in a sump. Pump in the sump sends water through a canister filter. Ammonia and Nitrites show 0 (new test kit too)....

I live in Atlanta I'll be moving this week and need to get rid of my fish to someone that will take care of them. Here is what I have. I do not want any money for them. 2 large Angelfish 2 large Rainbowfish 6 2" Clown Loaches 2 Farowella 1 Whiptail 5 Otto

I been in the hobby for about a year and started off with the hight tech approach to a planted aquarium. I have 4 wpg of light and compessed Co2 on a 75g tank.(48Lx24Wx18H) I add ferts on a regular basis along with water changes every 1-2 weeks. I still have algea that is on leaves and glass. Some...

I am about to order this book "Aquarium Plants Kasselmann, Christel". Could anyone comment on this book? I found it for what I think is a pretty cheap price. Aquarium Plants Kasselmann, Christel 65.99 2nd order Will this book help my thumb turn from brown to green? Can anyone give me a link to...

This has been an ongoing problem for me, so I hope someone here has an answer, every tank I have set-up or ran in the past until now (except for one) I can not get any plants to grow, nor live past 2-3 weeks. I have done all what the LFS said to do, I have bought several different bottle of...

If anyone is interested. file sizes are a little on the high side but not too bad