i have maybe a dozen snails in my heavily planted fish tank, and all have very thin shells with white encrusting spots on their shells. is this a sign of a Ca deficiency? the local water supply reported the our water has a range of 4-31ppm Ca; how is this level? tai, darren

What type of substrate? the red flourite or the new black stuff I saw at the l.f.s.? The lights are 4 65 watt cf's. ehiem 2015 cannister filter. typical glass heater. no co2 plans yet. do I need the co2, and if yes what is the best system? Any other info will be appreciated. Thanks,MArk

Hi I just bought a 110 gallon aquarium and the guy threw in a free fluro tube for my light housing. I'm not sure of the brand name, but it's a 4 foot, 35watt, "daylight" model. another model made by this manufacturer is called "coral blue". It says on the side of the packet that the light ...

Hello again. I think I've pretty much got my lights, CO2, substrate, fertilizer, trace elements, and general notion of the type of planted tank I want all figured out for my big leap. When I set up my 55g tank way back when, I was intrigued by the notion of a Southeast Asian biotope. I've had my...

I just found this newsgroup and perhaps this question has been asked many times... I did my research on plants and purposely chose plants that will do well with less light, and they are doing fine at this time. My tank is only a 20 gallon tall, but would like to know the best/brightest fluorescent...

I am moving to another place so I am giving out everything (including my 55gal tank) I bought all these PMDD ingredients from ECO Enterprises. Trace Mix: $0.50 per oz KNO3: $0.50 per oz KH2PO4: $1.00 per oz K2SO4: $0.50 per oz MgSO4: $0.00 Free per oz

Clean your kitchen Rob Lee. It is dirty. I would nevr buy any plants from you. "aquascape" hotmail.com@thesober wrote in message ... I have some Extra large java fern for sale. These monsters outgrew my 65 gallon tank. You need...

I have a big Red Lotus that I want to move in another section of the tank. Is there a special procedure for doing it? I don't want to lose this plant. It's simply too beautiful to do that. I will look for your input in the near future. Thanks. By the way, which plants would you also put in a 10...

I want to experiment with CO2. I read once that Seltzer water could be used to add CO2 to the water. If this is feasible I wonder what would be approximate formula for a 75 gallon tank. I found quarts at my local market with no salt.

I'm curious about the "2 watts per gallon" rule. First, different lighting technologies produce significantly different amounts of lights (lumens) per watt. So how can there be a simple rule like "2 watts/ gallon"??? Right now I have 3 x 55 watt CF on a 75 gallon tank. This works out to the "2...

What kind of yeast do you use in a home CO2 generater? Can I use "Ridex" Jim

Has anybody had any experience with this T5 PC unit. Compared to others I've seen in the U.K it seems good value. It holds four bulbs, two 55 watt and two 36 watt. Thanx -- Skunky

I have some petrified wood which I bought years ago and was thinking of putting it in my planted tank. From what I remember, it should not raise PH. I did a few searches on Google and had some conflicting reports - but most suggested it is PH neutral. Anyone using it in their planted...

I have a 33gallon tank(was a starter kit) that I was thinking of making into a planted tank. Without any major upgrades would it be feasible? What are good sources of plants? Would I have to break down the tank and start from scratch to make it work? What are good websites are there for...

I recently set up a 10g planted aquarium, and this time around I thought i would try and use 100% flourite as a substrate. After rinsing thoroughly and putting it in the tank, when i planted my plants last night the tank was so cloudy i couldnt even see to the back of the tank...so todayt he water...

I recently have had this weird sort of algae growing on the leaves of many of my plants in my 30g planted tank. As far as I can tell from internet resources it is 'staghorn' algae, which i have never heard of - appearently none of the LFS people have heard of it either. its kind of thread-like...