UV unit ?
can this be bought on a hardware store ? or must it be from a fish
store ?

also, speaking of plants - how does plants kill the algue ?
i'm very much interested in replacing my rubber-vegetation with real
one,

can anyone post a link to a site that contains a *deep* overview (for
beginers) in inserting vegetation to the aquarium ? my aquarium doesnt
have much sunlight, and i wouldnt like to change my light source
(flurecent) but i would like to know benefits/hardships to plant
growing... i realy dislike the "feel" of plastic ones ... and I DO NOT
TRUST SELLERS HERE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SELLING (from past expirience
in early stages of the hobby).

thanks
LT



Racf wrote:

"Eric Gutierrez" wrote in message
m...
I've got two 3month old 100 gallon freshwater aquariums. (72" x
18" x 18")
No gravel, just bare bottom with a few (less than 10) handsize
rocks. Cleaning (all water drained) takes me 6 hours total...a
pain...

My first problem is green water, the tanks cannot be placed in
another location, and direct sunlight hits them for 3 hours per day
(6am-9am). Question: What can I do to eliminate this? The water
turns cloudy after 3-4 days of a complete water change, then green
in about 4-5 days. In two weeks, you can't even see the fish, the
water is totally green, but you know they're still there, coz the
food disappears. I am now covering the aquarium with a
car-sunscreen hoping this would work.

Second is on filtration. My earlier installation was just a
powerhead (up to 1200GPH) connected to a 4-stage box filter on top
of the aquarium. Somehow, I thought this was inadequate. I
decided to use the same powerhead to drive a UGF, plus another
airpump connected to an airlift tube on the other side. The
powerhead sits very close to the plate using only a short 2"
updraft tube. I am still not using gravel, just some kind of 1"
thick white cotton like substance normally used as filter media
covering the entire UGF plate. Question: Is this alright? I'd
like to avoid gravel, coz it will be a nightmare trying to clean
this aquarium with it.

Thanks for any advice, guidance, tips.

eric
ericag_ph @ yahoo.com

Use a UV unit. Clear in a day.