Hey all, I recently set up a 10 gallon planted tank(about 2 or 3 months ago).. Anyways, all of the plants I put in there would shrivel up and die over the course of about two weeks. Lurking on a lot of posts on this newsgroup, I decided to buy a new bulb for my tank. This new bulb(the cheapest I...

Just wondering if anyone has any experience in what plants Silver Dollars WILL NOT eat. Jay

I need to solve the mystery. I had problems with my tank with algae and my friend never had any algae at all. Here is some info about my tank. My tank is about 65G planted tank. 144W (2 home depot T12 plant bulbs and 2 T8 regular bulbs). I had problems with hair and red algae. I tried everything by...

Continental U.S. only. Haven't been around much lately -- RL has been crazy. My tanks, needless to say, have gotten massively overgrown. I'm planning a huge pruning Friday night, with clippings to be mailed out Saturday morning. Shipping will be $5 or $10, depending on where you live and how...

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...

Bristlenose plecos; several ottocinculus. -- Bob Alston bobalston9 AT aol DOT com "gizmo" wrote in message ... I have 100 planted gallon tank. I have two flying foxes, am thinking about introducing some other algae

Hello all, Can anyone name any mail order outfits in Australia which sell plants, shrimp and/or fish to individuals (not wholesale)? I am having a troublesome time finding any. Cheers, - Seweryn

Hello all, I know that Eheim does not make one, but is it possible to buy a diatom bag w/ powder from another brand and place it in the 2213 canister filter? Ever since I added some top up sand (that has been sitting in my rinsing bucket outside for a few weeks) to my tank, the water has been...

Got 2 male guppies and 3 females and the buggers are at it already ;-) How many fry should I be expecting from 1 female does anyone know round abouts? I have pulled some of the plastic plants out to let them float which I hear should give them a better chance of survival.. I have 2 red finned...

Howdy, I bought some bulb plants for the my 55 heavily planted tank and one of them seems to be a Aponogeton madagascarensis, which I guess is what I know as a Madagascar lace since the leaves sure look like lace to me. g The plant seems to be doing very well, having 8+ stems all with 4+ inch...

My 4' tank has been established for nearly 5 weeks now and has cycled nicely. The water is superbly clear and the parameters AOK. But the plants are poor, straggly things which dont seem to be growing roots properly, dammit. The substrate is quite fine gravel. I believe my lighting is ample and...

Can anyone tell me how to keep my fish away from my baby guppies? I have the floating plants and stuff but there has got to be more to help.. Could I maybe get some women's tights from the local shops to maybe conceal a part of the tank off??

I've always trimmed Limnophila from the top - but after months of trimming them, they become kind of "spindley". Should I trim from the bottom? That is, uproot them and cut them from the bottom? Cheer! Boris

I got a pack of 8 dried aponogeton bulbs from the pet store for my new tank (I love the look of aponogeton, heh). Some oddities about this batch of dried bulbs however. One bulb never sunk and was surrounded by fungus, so it and the other floating one were removed. 4 of the remaining sprouted, but...

I am in the process of setting up a website of planted aquaria related things. I am currently working on a page that has a listing of tanks that people have including the stats of them and a few pictures. If you want to have your tank put up on this site it would be great if you could drop me and...

I'm looking into CO2 and found a system which does not require a CO2 bottle..It uses a tablet or something. Can anyone explain how this works and the CO2 in general please and wether I have to purchase tablets from the supplier at a inflated cost or wether there is an alternative. Thanks in...

I'm thinking of using a 55watt 21" long compact fluorescent light over my 29g (30L x 12wide x 18high ) tank. The distance between the bottom of the light and the hood would be about 1 inche. The distance between the light and the water line would be 3 inches. I would like to plant Java ferns,...

I've heard that undergravel fiters are bad for plants and bottom feeders, but I haven't heard why. I put an undergravel filter in my 55 gallon tank because I knew that it would be a nightmare to put it in after setting it up. I also have a charcoal filter with an intake tube and a reservoir which...

I haven't kept fish for about 4-5 months now and fancy getting back in to the hobby. I have a 4.5ft x 2.5ft Tank but only want to start back into the hobby with Guppies.. I want females and males so obviously there will be fry but can anyone tell me what kind of bad things I should look out...

Are Diamond Tetras (Moenkhausia pittieri) okay with plants? -- Graham Ramsay