I thought that 5000K or 5500K were the proper spectrum for plant tanks. I've been checking out people's tanks online and they are using spectrums from 6700K all the way to 9300K. Is there an optimum spectrum? Right now I'm running a 27 watt 5500K and a 9 watt 5000K bulbs on my 12 gallon.

HI Anyone knoy how to treat driftwood for fresh water tanks. Cheers Please email NO SPAM PLEASE

Hello all, My name is Chris, located in NC. In the army. I've had fish at various times over the years and looking at adding a new tank to my home office to add some decor and some stress relief. Now that i've introduced myself I have a few questions. I'm looking at setting up a 29 gal tropical...

Ah, YEA! I finished my aquarium hood this weekend! (actually it's not finished, but close) I had two 15W floroescent tubes for my 55g....... I build a aquarium hood and installed a Workhorse 7 electronic ballast and four 48" - 40W tubes..... 160WATTS WOOHOO! Actually the tubes I am using, I stole...

Running a asus a7n8x-vm/400 with mdk 10.1. When I powerdown the mouse + keyboard lights stay on have goolged this one and can't find an answer. Any help much appreciated. TIA

I've just started my DIY CO2 Generator, consisting of a single 2L bottle (2 cups raw sugar dissolved, 1/2tsp bakers yeast, pinch of bi-carb - water to top up), a gas exchange/buffer (1.5L bottle in series with the generator output), one way valve and 1cm dia. air stone fitted into the bottom of...

Somebody told me I could use zeolite as a complete substrate for my planted tanks. Since Terralit is made mainly from zeolite, IMHO it is a not so bad, relatively cheap alternative to laterite or other high-cost commercial substrate. Does anybody have any experience to confirm this?

what about minnows ? Charlie Durand wrote: Well if you're going to count animals sold as food I bet more brine shrimp are sold than feeder goldfish. "Alan Ruben" wrote in message news:yzcjc.41804$w96.3088400@attbi_s54... In my experience, if you are...

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I know that I have had many Pothos plants that were just stuck in different glass or ceramic containers filled with water sitting outside, and every now and then I would carefully pour the liquid into a large container that also has some water in it, and then I let everything settle, and when it...

I have tons of these plants that not only are growing all over in my neighbourhood, it is treated like a weed and pulled out of the ground and thrown away. Thanks for any information that you can supply me with about this plant, and any other kinds of plants that I might find growing here on Miami...

I'm planning on converting my 29 gallon tank to a planted tank. I've sketched out a layout with some plant species and am wondering if these plants and this layout will do good in my tank conditions. 29 gallons 3x20 watts (about 2wpg) pH somewhere above 7.5 (off my chart) planning on a DIY...

i scaned in 2 different scanners the same photo now i want to compare between the 2 scanners the percents color of each scan 4 example: 2 compare the percents of red in each scan in what program i can do it & how thenks

How do I reduce a KH of 150mg/L to 80-100mg/L? Current water parameters a 02-Jan 09-Jan 16-Jan 23-Jan PH 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 Ammonia 0 0 0 0 Nitrate 5 5 5 5 Nitrite 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Phosphate 3.5 3.5 0.25 0.15

--- Attention: Water Pollution in your Home. --- What are the chances my water is contaminated? 1/24/2005 Please Forward To All... Today, there are very few people who are not aware of the problems with our drinking water supply. The news carries reports each week about yet another clean-up...

Hi folks, Since I stopped using Kent's mystery GH reagent, I've used Greg's CaCl2 and MgSO4 to tinker with my GH. However, I may just have made a colossal boo-boo. To wit: My tapwater is about 1 dGH. I up it to circa 4 dGH by dissolving the Ca and Mg compounds hereinbefore mentioned. These...

I've started to carry a cheap digicam with me when I go to fish stores. Here's a few thigns I saw today: http://images.aquaria.net/stores/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/Menagerie/05/jan22/ I took about 5 pictures of each fish and these are about the only ones that worked out. But I ran out of memory...

Green Water Aquarist Society Of Chicagoland GWASOC Auction will be held at the Rhine VFW Post, 5858 W. Archer in Chicago Seller check-in begins at: 10:00 am Auction begins at: 12:00 noon sharp

I could not find a single, concrete definition of the term "pearling." Please correct any of the following: "Pearling" refers to the formation of visible O2 bubbles on a plant's leaves. The plant normally produces O2 during photosynthesis, although it "normally" dissolves into the water. While...

I could not find a single, concrete definition of the term "pearling." Please correct any of the following: "Pearling" refers to the formation of visible O2 bubbles on a plant's leaves. The plant normally produces O2 during photosynthesis, although it "normally" dissolves into the water. While...