Recent content by busymom23

Not in particular, just wanted the hillside to be green and grow around the rocks. I think it'd look good. I've got a small piece of driftwood soaking for the right side of the tank, that maybe moss would look good on. I'm not experienced at all with live plants, so don't know how moss...

I honestly don't know much about the led. Those were on a 55 gallon lid that I took and glued to my 5 gallon lid. The 55 I swiped the lights from had 10 leds, 5 on each lid. I wanted the grassy look for my "hillside" especially, do you think I could get moss to grow? Or will it look ok...

Haha, too funny! Do you think the 5 led on 5 gallon is enough? Too much? How many hours/day should lights be on? Do you think that Eco complete substrate has enough nutrients? Or should I be dosing something? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ok I understand now. Do plants NEED co2 injector to live? Or are the plants I have ok without it? Being as I'm on a challenge I only have $12 left, and I wanted to use that on a betta after I know plants are ok. Here's the link to the challenge if anyone is interested...

No idea what injected co2 is? This is my first ever planted, so I don't want overly complicated cause I want to succeed. I was hoping that my lighting was sufficient and that I didn't need to add chemicals. If I keep lights on adequately and keep up with water changes, that they'd flourish...

Ok, so read a mad art lab article about doing a desktop challenge for nano tanks. And while I'm getting started, my big idea needs some more information. I am doing a 5 gallon nano. Spending less than $100 to set it up per the challenge. I had a 5 gallon tank setting around from my daughter...

Well the filter pads that are in the filter now are disintegrating, that's why I want to replace them, I've been rinsing them in a bucket of tank water. And I know I can get them online, just easier to run to the store to get them if they'd fit..ill look at the generic filters see what I can...

I have the aquatop cf-500, and need to replace the polishing pads and the coarse pad and I know I can order them online, but Petsmart has the marine land c360 pads that look similar. Would they work? Does anyone know? Here are the links...

And the pic below I swiped from Google, but it is my exact style tank.. This is what my overflow in both corners looks like Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

The pump is aqueon quiet flow 8000 that has 2113 hog, I know it's less as it travels from sump to tank, it has to 90's to get from sump to tank, there are 2 corner overflows in both back corners of display. I have never messed with valves so I don't believe that would cause water not to come...

I have a 300 gallon with 55 gallon sump, every night before feeding I unplug sump before feeding. Last night when I went to plug it back in, the sump pump was gasping air, and water level was extremely low. Taking a closer look, it was overflowing the 300! No idea how that can happen, it's a...

Thanks for the different ideas so far! I'm looking more into "outside the box" thinking. Like the coconut shells or the turtle shell...or something I can make. Anything that could be a cave that's aquarium safe that I could buy or make, that isn't rock or look like rock. I have 5 other tanks...

I'm hoping to start a new tank...African cichlids! I have a 125 long and have always loved the African cichlid colors, so doing research and getting stuff together ahead of time. Now talking about scaping and caves...I know they NEED caves, but all of my other tanks have rocks in them, quite a...

Yea....I read about those but worry about flooding, as I've seen different people post from experience...don't know what I'm going to do yet. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Is it possible to do a sump/refugium without a drilled tank? If so, how could you do it? Power heads and tubing? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice