Anyone growing this? What are your light levels? TIA

Ok, I have plants now. They are in my tank all nice, NOW. So.... when it comes to suctioning my gravel, and dumping water in the tank, how do I do this without destroying the plants. How will they ever root? Also, I have a java fern rubber banded to one of my decor, is this correct? Thanks...

Hi all, I appear to have gotten something wrong... A while ago I posted a question re doesing phosphate into my tank as in australia we have little to no phosphate in our water and I was concerned as I was going to start dosing what I thought was a phosphate product, which is Seachem's...

I have a 29 gallon tank that I am going to attempt to breed guppies in. I already have the tank set up, and it has a few danio's living happily in it, swimming around the plants I already have... I am looking for 3 different questions to be answered... 1. What makes a good "ground cover" plant...

I'm in the process of setting up my 150 gal tank. Looks like my funds wont stretch to a presurised CO2 setup so i am wondering if DIY soda bottle/yeast CO2 systems can work with a tank this size? I plan to use a powerhead into a gravel vac with bioballs/sponge to disolve the CO2 so it should be...

I have been wondering why my tank, after a good year of no algae has started growing some again. I believe this has occurred right after I added a school of clown loaches and increased my aquarium temperature from 77 to about 82. Does warmer temperatures add more favourable conditions for...

What do you guys recommend as an algae eater in a 58 G tank with bolivian rams, angels, corys and swordtails? THanks

I just got back from the LFS with a single serving of live black worms. When I put them in the tank I was amazed to see a few "get away" by wiggling into the substrate. Not sure why I was so amazed to see a worm burrow into sand but I was. Now I am wondering: - can they survive in my...

Is there any place where I can get a bulb for my Eclipse System 6 that is stronger than the 8W that the kit comes with? It's just not bright enough for my plants......... Thanks! -- jvdp http://www.rsgcincinnati.com

Hello all, Just set up a pressurised co2 system with a home made reator (PVC tube filled with bio balls and a small airstone on the inside)that feeds into the sump. The tank is a 75 gal overflow tank that was a failed salt water tank. Soon to be failed planted tank as well. Tank was doing great in...

I started a new planted tank about a month ago lights are on for 10hrs and have been getting algie, so I decided to get some algie eaters.. I was told by my LFS that my lights are on to long for a tank under 6 months old she told me that the lights should be on for 4hrs, and that the algie that is...

I recently bought a JBJ regulator with needle valve and bubble counter. Even though I plan to get a PH controller for it, I'd still like to change the needle valve. It's pretty much impossible to get a stable bubble count out of this thing. It's either 1 bps or 4 bps. Even if I get it close to...

Help! My 29Gallon tank has been up for about 5 weeks and I can't get it to cycle, I have a emporer tetra and 4 frie. I am using Eco-compleat and seachem Alk. and acid buffer for a dKH of 5.0 and Equilibrium for a dGH of 6.0. I had at started with 5 Emporers and lost 2, and then added 4 more but...

How many varieties of hornwort are there? I can never seem to find it on the Tropica site. I bought some yesterday from PetSmart along with the three new Ottos and it seems to be a different variety than the pond hornwort I've had before. It has coarser, shorter needles than the pond hornwort and...

What would be the way to add plants to an already cycled tank with fish and live plants? Thanks

It's a good thing that I've seen other ferns do this, or I would thing some alien creature was attaching itself to my fern! I now know that the Java fern is a mother fern type, meaning its offspring sprout from its leaves. I had stuck my ferns in a small container and stuck it on the window sill...

Hi group, I've got a question about the little banana plant. Mine is developing new leaves, but they melt and rot off before they have a chance to get much bigger than a silver dollar (coin). This just started about 2 weeks ago. I've had it for a few months and it has grown several larger...

I have 46g seaclear tank. Currently, I am using a 65w CF and a 20w fluorescent. For the fresh water plant tank, I don't think it is enough. Now, I try to replace a 20w fluorescent by another 65w CF. However, I am not sure if the heat of 2 65w CF can cause problem for the hood coming with Seaclear...

Hi, My name is Nicolas Munro and I live in Brisbane Australia. I've been floating around a couple of aquarium news groups for a while now looking for ways to get my plants to grow better. Question is - What should I change or buy or do to make my plants grow better?

Got a very large tank with has 3" of sand and no UGF. Thinking of putting plants in pots (say 6"-8" pots with holes on sides) and bury them in sand. This way I don't have to redo all the substrate. Will it work? What would the best best substrate for these pots? I am going to plant large swords...