Ok, started off with pmdd, dosing drops per day, but read that you need to keep 5 ppm nitrates in the tank. Plants seem to be consuming tons, so I'm adding up to 20ppm per day (per advice in this forum), and I can't keep the levels up. Fish start getting sick and dying, and I realize I'm...

My bubble counter did not come with any directions. How deep should I place it in the tank? I'm not getting any bubbles and there is about 6" of water in the airline. My C02 reactor (O.J. Container) is swolen but does not seem to be producing enough pressure to force the water out of the tube. I...

What can I do now?

I've read in this newsgroup (haven't bothered looking it up) that motion on the surface of the water will deplete C02 levels in my fish tank. Does that mean that if I inject CO2 into perhaps an AquaClear filter's intake (the kind that hangs on the back of the aquarium and trickles the water back...

Bought a juwel vision 180 tank. The 2 25watt tubes that come with it seem to be near to ordinary household tubes. Any suggestions for 2 tubes to use. Its 18" deep, what would you recommend for 1 tube to show off fish colours and 1 tube to encourage plant growth. Thanks, Chris.

I have 3 black mollies in a 50gal planted tank. At first they were like lawnmowers in eating any green hair algae. But now they are mostly surface skimming and ignoring growing green hair algae. (at least the surace is nice and clean!) I only feed once everyother day and then just a small pinch...

"DEAN & MELISSA WILLIAMS" wrote in message ... Hi from downunder How do you attach Anubias to driftwood ? I have tried fishing line but it became loose before the roots take hold any advice welcome. I use the...

Has anyone does this? Seems like a natural?

What do you think about "planting rocks" ? For example: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=6316&Ntt=planting% 20rocks&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2004 Looks like an easy way to incorporate some interest and dimension into the tank, and also maybe a way to...

I am trying to set up my first aquarium, read a number of books, FAQ, lurking here for a while and finally totally confused by some of the options that I should chose. I have a 29 gallon tank (30x12x18), I plan to have low-medium light live plants and a variety of fish (for start I plan to slowly...

Usually the convention with flourecents is 2-4watts per gallon, or 20watts per sq foot surface area. However for the same length tube (i.e 36in) a T8 flourescent is 25w and a T5 39w. I have read though that a T5 gives more lumnens per watt than a...

Hi. I have two tanks. One is 30x15", the other 24x12". I would like to have a CO2 system for both these, but don't want to spend a lot or use gas cannisters. I also don't want to do the home brewing method either. What options are there to buy? I need something that I can see the CO2 and PH...

Has anyone ever made a plant filter out of an hagen aquaclear? if so what type of plant did you use and did the filter keep it's biological filtration capability. i have a 10 gallon planted tank just started 10/8/04 with a 24 watt pc light and flourite substrate with a aquaclear mini filter. any...

Can anyone recommend a T8 tube as a combination to add to a Arcadia T5 Plant Pro Tube. Tank is mixed planted community (angel, cardinals, etc) with about 2.6w/gallon and DIY CO2 Current tube is single T8 Arcardia Freshwater.

Hello all, I am wanting to add both a pressurized CO2 and a nice lighting system. My question though is which one should I add first? I currently have a DIY CO2, and around 100 watts of flourescent lights over a 135 U.S. Gal tank. The lights will be Metal Halide (these are ok for plants right?)...

I just bought two oto's. The purpose is to remove some black beard algae. Will they work? I wanted sae's but they didnt have any... thanx, -- Matt C. http://home.comcast.net/~briarbushbrewery/

We have a new 30 gallon tank we want to set up. I would like to have a broader range of plants to choose from so choosing the right amount of watts for our tank is the problem right now. We were thinking of a 30'' lite strip with a 65watt 6500k compact fluorescent by coralife or a 36'' tube...

I just recently bought a CO2 system (by fermentation), and the bubbles are moving throught the "counter": this plastic tray with edges along which the bubbles travel on their way to the surface. I was just wondering what I should be seeing. The bubbles travel in the counter, but go straight...

Hi all , I have one Java Fern plant and other plants which i did not have any ideas falls in which plants family. However their leaf are similar like ferns. I have the plants for 3 to 4 weeks already. The plants are OK . But it did not grow talls , it only surviving. My question is that are the...

Quick question, With Water Sprite plants, you can just clip one of the main leaf 'trunks' and plant it elsewhere correct? I had a piece that fell off on it's own last week and planted it down in the gravel. Still hasn't shown any signs of new formations, but it is still green and looking alive...