A few notes at http://sankey.ws/plantlumen.html Get standard fluorescents.

--Hello. Hi! I have a little store and i want to Buy freshwater shrimps(amano, red cristal etc etc) and snails(neritina etc), but there aren't for sale in Portugal! anyone knows how can I get some of this shrimps and snails? Thanks a lot! Maybe if anyone can ship some to Portugal? Thanks.

I received a lot of plants over the weekend. They are mostly java fern. These plants grew crazy in a 55 gallon tank, and I put them in my 120 gallon tank. I upgraded my lighting to a JBJ 4 x 96 watt bulbs. Do you think this is enough light to keep these going as strong?

This was posted to Derek on rec.ponds but I think you all need to know why I am forced to nym-shift across the aquarium groups as well as rec.ponds. Since all messages will be on-topic it shouldn't matter what nym I use. Thanks for your attention. I am using one NYM to please only two people on...

Hi There! MyAquaBlog.com is looking for experienced aquarium owners of all kinds to post information and pictures about their tanks in a blog on the web site. The purpose of this site is to create a large database of different kinds of aquariums and their owners experiences. It will serve as a...

Hi all. New to the group, just wanting to introduce myself and at the same time ask a question. I'm an avid aquarist from South Africa and have been playing around with various "biotope" type aquariums. What I've always wanted was a Congo Basin Biotope aquarium, the only problem with this is...

See http://sankey.ws/plantlumen.html Marine animals absolutely need lots of blue (actinic) but an excess is of no use at all for fresh water plants. Mind you I haven't looked to see if they are of any use for fish, snails or other animals in freshwater aquaria - they might be. As long as you...

Hi, I am new here, and have a question about planting my tank: I have an 80 galon freshwater thats been going on for about 4 years. I am trying some plants but have never been real successful. I have a twin tube floro light with plant bulbs. If I was going to install a co2 system without...

Try Walmart - I'll bet they have lower prices! And, with any luck there will be one close enough you won't have to pay shipping.

I have a 9 litre container (air tight) ready to roll. what recipe/ratio should I use for the yeast and sugar for this size generator? chaz

I am looking to replace my twin tube light with a CF that has the following specs ** two 65W bulb 12000K DAYLIGHT & two 65W actinic BULB a total of 260W ** I know actinc are used in salt tanks, but would these harm or provide no benefit to my 80 gallon fresh? If they arent any good for it I dont...

Welcome to alt.aquaria and rec.aquaria.freshwater.*, the oldest places for aquarium info on the internet! We have an extensive FAQ, located at http://faq.thekrib.com. The beginner's section is http://faq.thekrib.com/begin.html and http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html explains why new tanks...

I'm looking for aquatic mosses and ferns and can't find any store local that carries any, nor have I managed to locate a Canadian firm who will send them by mail. I'm not looking for anything super exotic, even a source of Marsilea quadrifolia or Fontinalis antipyretica in Canada would be greatly...

Another thing that can cause this is to much natural sunlight, Over fertilizing, and over feeding, allowing the tank to build up an abundance of food that your plants do not need if you have any at all, also depending on location, and municiple flitration can also be taddle tail cause of...

Ok My daughter, while at Walmart, wanted a gold fish. It was her own money and thought ok...... now I think what the heck have I done lol. We had a bowl but that lasted a week when hubby went and got a 30 gal tank. Cool. But I went on a shopping tangent lol. I loved the little guys. we had 13 fish...

Which is best to use ? Flourite alone. Gravel mixed with laterite. 240 litre aquarium. Plants only at present with CO2 injection. Thanks

Thanks to Kevin for the write up in THF for the event. He gave a good account of what the event entails. For those willing to take a few days out and not leave the USA, but still want the experience, the Plant Fest 2K6 is going to be this June 10-17th , with the 11th-13th being the FW portion....

Hi Folks This might be slightly off topic, but I thought you might be interested. I write an e-zine about aquaculture, and I've recently published an interview with Michel Van Mellaerts who (with his wife) have developed a method of growing wasabi in a recirculating system. In the wild, wasabi...

Treatments won't work. As soon as the treatment stops the algae comes back. Best thing you can do is reduce feeding levels, increase water changes (I'd do 50% a week) or get yourself a Siamese flying fox fish. See http://www.thefishwiki.com/Siamese_Flying_Fox I've got 2 of these in a 55G tank...

I have been battling BBA for a while now in my 55 gallon freshwater tank. I know that excess phosphates are one contibuting factor. Untill recently I was unable to find a test to tell me what my phosphate levels were. Well, I finally found a phosphate test and it says that the phosphate levels...