Been all afternoon with bogwood in pans of boiling water to try and remove brown colour. Anything you can use to seal the bogwwod. Like clear varnish but not effect the water when in the tank. Thanks, Chris.

Can a 175 watt bulb be used in a 250 watt ballast?

Does anyone have any recommendations on where to purchase Red Cherry Shrimp at a reasonable cost? Troy

Where can I buy this as crystals or solution in the UK? I doubt it's readily available as crystals as they can be mixed with sugar to make an improvised explosive. Mind you, I guess they can be re-crystallised from solution too. Marcus

some time ago someone here helped me identify the type of hair algae I have growing around the ridges of my plants. This person also said how to remove this type of algae from heaters, intake tubes and other removable things in the tank that this hair has overrun. They said to use bleach. Can...

"Allyb" wrote in message ... I posted this question before, and didn't really get any responses that helped, so I thougt I'd post again with an update. I have a 55 gallon with 10 or 15 small fish. I have a large group of red temple plants...

I just made up my second batch of CO2 and it was a dud. Given the cost of sugar/yeast/time, I'm seriously considering going bottled. Could someone give me a heads up on renting vs. buying a cylinder and the best place to get a regulator/refills. I was lurking over in rec.crafts.brewing and...

Hi all. I was recommended here from my LFS to start looking at plants for my tank. Are there any good places on the web to see different "species" and work from there? I have a 20g tank (2' tank) and although it is planted at the moment, I have a problem as the plants I have are growing quite...

I've had SAEs in my tank over and over again. They are awesome for cleaning out hair algae. I know it's a small tank, only 15 gallons, but I usually have 2-3 anyways. They are never aggressive and co-exist peacefully with my school of Harlequin Rasboras. They get really huge in a few months and...

San Diego Guppy Association Show In Cooperation with SDTFS - November 5-7, 2004 room 101 of the Casa del Prado in Balboa Park, San Diego (by the Zoo and Reuben H. Fleet Space Center) Do you have some guppies at home? Store bought, gift from a friend, even show quality stock? If you do, bring them...

Hi all , Any suggestion about T8 plant light in the market ? Btw , can i use normal flourence light in plant tank , for instance Phillips T8 flo light ? Thanks.

Hi all, I just built a 30" light strip for my 29G tank. It holds 3 24" T8 bulbs with a parabolic reflector built in, and a remote electronic ballast. I am looking to find out what is the best combination to sufficiently light my plants and show off my fish. I have a moderate to heavily planted tank...

I don't know if anyone remembers me at this list, I've been offline for a year or so. At any rate, after many, many years of vociferously advocating the UGF-school of natural planted aquaria, I've decided to cross-over and TRY a high-tech tank for myself. The tank's been up for ten days and BOY,...

Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! 1. Copyright. The text for the Welcome (this posting), except for the copyright paragraph, was written by Mark Stone. The Aquaria FAQs were compiled and are maintained by Erik Olson. The articles incorporating the FAQs were written by: Shaji Bhaskar, Gary...

I can't say I've ever seen one, but I thought I would ask. Does anyone make an all in one planted tank test strip for Nitrates, KH (optional) , Iron, Magnesium and Potassium.

Bought a few plants from a lfs. Each plant is planted in a small plastic basket with holes, inside that is a piece of sponge I think. I was suprised when the salesman said don't forget to take the plants out of the basket before you plant them, otherwise you have a problem with them rooting. I...

I have a beautiful alternanthera reineckii plant in my 29g . It is growing awesome. I have already taken about four inches off the top and replanted and they are doing great too. What i am wondering now is what can/should i do about the huge masses of root shoots coming out of the leaf/stem...

For anyone interested in how i built my 3 tube T8 fixture, i posted a webpage with a lot of pics... https://home.comcast.net/~amgock/ Check it out an post your feedback or email me -- Matt C. http://home.comcast.net/~briarbushbrewery/

Hello. I have a 2l DIY Coke bottle reactor for CO2 in my 24" tank. It is attached to an airstone, and small to fine bubbles are coming from it. A lot of the bubbles rise to the surface but a lot go swirling around the tank and plants. The ones rising to the surface often stay as bubbles just...

I have a cycled 20G tank (high) that currently has some Java Fern and hornwort thriving. Substrate is plain gravel 1 inch deep. Since I'd like to add rooted plants what would be the best way to proceed? Do I add flourite to the existing gravel bed to build it up or can I plant the new plants in...