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Plant question I was looking at your listing and picture and I have a question. I clicked on your 29 gallon tank pictures. I was wondering what the plant is in the lower right hand corner of your tank. Looks like sag, but I am not sure. I would love to have some of this. Thank you much!

Oh yeah, if you have a hard time finding some driftwood, I am always looking around. If I find some, I will send you some pictures and see if you are interested. If so, i can ship them to ya!

I am jealous of your new substrate. Sounds like you have got it all planned out and working for you. Try to find a few root balls of driftwood in the lake and take the chainsaw to them. I mount all of my driftwood to slate to keep it down. Good luck!

Yeah. It kills all micro organisms too. It works great!! It will kill about anything living on a plant. Best part is, you can leave a plant in there for a good amount of time without damaging it. It makes your skin feel strange though. LOL.

All of my decisions are pending on my wife's opinion too. I know how that is. Let us know if we can do anything else!

Again, it all depends on the plants that you choose. Like Kristin said, I would buy some plants that would grow quickly and eat up nutrients quickly so that algae wouldn't have time to grow.

I would say a light with the color temp from 5600-5700 k. I have had lost of success with these "daylight" bulbs. Also, a co2 tank online for a 5lb (which is small) would run you about $50. You also have to buy a regulator, cheapest I have found online is about $60. Then you have to buy a needle...

I think that light will be great. I also thought that the wpg rule worked with those too. I have always used it anyways on my compacts. I would buy this fixture and all the plants that you need and add them to the tank and see what happens. if you get some algae growth or if the plants don't...

that will be awesome Yellow! post some pictures of that piece if you get a few minutes.

Yeah, i know. I was just agreeing with you that it is a sad thought when you think about losing shrimp. yeah, i don't know about the tetras either. if anyone has any info on that, i would like to know. like cardinals, neons... small tetras like that.

When you say compact flourescent, which kind of bulbs are you speaking of? the spiral ones that screw in to incidescent fixtures or is this actually a lighting fixture for an aquarium? could you possibly send the link to the lights that you are thinking of buying? also, you should look for low...

Sorry, just a thought! :)

Yes, if you have too much light, you could get an algea bloom. That is, if your plants are not pulling the nutrients away from the algae. Basically, it is plants vs. algae. If you have co2 in place, plants will use up more nutrients with the light they are recieving. You can always use less...

I hope for the best too! :)

Hello! CO2 can help with algae, but is not a solution to having a algae free tank. Basically, injecting CO2 will help your plants with photosynthesis. If the plants don't have enough CO2 in the water, then they can't use much light or nutrients to convert to chlorophyll. You don't have to use...