I am looking for a place to get some nice chunks of petrified wood. Anyone know of any sources?

Hi, I plan to setup a new tank, 120cmX60cmX60cm. Any Web pages i could reference for tank design?

So I think I am almost done with my set up. Thanks to the feedback you guys gave, a little research and a couple of books, I ended up with the following...all I have to do now is to wait till the plants fill in. Here is what I ended up with. - 72 Gallon All-Glass Bow Front (black) - Oak Stand...

Hi all, Recently, I noticed an increase in the algae growth on the leaves of my stem and other broader leaves plants, like my ludwigia repens, lotuses, anubias nanas and some echinodorus. Algae growth on the tank surface is still managable, thanks to the algae crew I have in the tank. Can anyone...

can some one explain to me pls what are the factors in the type of algae you get in a tank? for instance, I have brown spot algae and I really would prefer green hair algae. what do I have to change to do this. I have a 125g tank set at 25 degrees C. 40 watt "daylight" fluro. I also have a...

Hello All, I've been lurking around this newsgroup for sometime and have finally decided to create my own planted tank. After several weeks of prep work i've amassed all my equipment and have started my own 55 gallon planted tank. I'd fairly methodical about most things so before I even started my...

hello all, Been a LOOOOOONNNNNGGG time since I've posted here. Well, I am embarrassed. I used to be quite the "stuck up Plant tank fanatic" until I had an opportunity to get a 125 gall reef ready tank with all the live rock and bells and whistles. Guess what people?! over there in sal****er...

Can anyone give me any advice on how to rid my freshwater tank of algee. It's black (or very dark green) Very fuzzy... like hair Grows on plants, rocks, wood You can take a look a a photo of the algee on some of my plants here...

Hello everyone. Thanks to helpful advice here and my obsessive research, my recently converted 55g tank is almost overgrown with a beautiful Southeast Asian biotope of flora and fauna. BTW, I have never seen the fish, which include Rainbowfish, Gouramis, Loaches, Rasboras, and a Queen...

Hi All, Finally I got today the master test LAB mad by Red Sea (Anyone knows?) So I've tested my 100 gallon planted tank... I was mostly interested in the KH in order to find out the CO2 concentration in the water. Although the results really made me sad Fish and plants seems happy.... here...

MEGA TROPICAL FISH AUCTION & FISH SHOW!! November is the biggest month of the year for The San Diego Tropical Fish Society, because we have our big yearly tropical fish show in Balboa Park and then the following week we have the HUGE, MEGA AUCTION! If you like tropical fish, you do not want to...

Greetings, For $12 via paypal I have boxed and ready to go out today: ricca fluitans lysimachia nummularia* ludwigia repens x (narrow leaf) glossostigma elatinoides* cryptocoryne wendtii* lobelia cardinalis*

I know there is a binary companion newsgroup and would like to have its URL. I am getting ISDN tomorrow and will have the bandwidth, I hope, to go to binary newsgroups.

Hi forum, can someone please tell me if it is alright to put ten to twenty plants in a new 180l aquarium which is going to be left for six weeks to mature with three or four small fish in it and interpet flora boost plant food. will there be sufficient nutrients for the plants?. cheers

I have a 10 gallon tank that I set up to receive 12 Mollies and 3 Clown Loaches. Thursday morning I transferred 10 gallons from my 75 gallon tank. The Qtank has a sponge filter in a Whisper Jr power filter. The sponge had been kept in the rear of a power filter in the 75 gallon tank until I...

I started with three very friendly goldfish and now I've got two left that don't look good at all. I thought adding plants to the tank while it cycled made it more stable. What's going on??? Setup is 20 gallon tall with 1 watt/gallon light, and a whisper filter. The plants a moneywort,...

Hi All, Now that I've got my tank all set up the way I want with my massively overpowering lights (well, they would be if I had them all on at once).... How long should I leave the lights on? Can you over light a tank? Right now they're on from 7:15 am to 11:45 pm. Thanks, Ben

Any suggestions for a gourami species tank? It's a heavily planted 55 gallon tank that I'd like to stock with a variety of gouramis. What is the recommended group size? Male to female ratio? Compatible gourami species?

JazzyB! wrote: But I hear there are restrictions from the US Fish and Wildlife department on exporting live animals such as fish. Wouldn't that make purchasing from US sellers a tad on the expensive side if you're buying from Canada?? I don't have any practcial experience, but I was...

I "asked Jeeves" and it turns out my algae is staghorn and not thread. Florida Driftwood's site just kept saying "Flag fish, Flag fish, Flag fish" for control. I have a pair but the male is a little too territorial for my community tank. I'm gonna try just putting the female in there. I'll let...