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It was a fresh set up, he showd me some pictures, cus if your anything like me you have at least one picture of your tank on your phone, hahaha. but I didn't know that about the bulbs. he said he'd been using it for about a year so I should look into that. thanks again for all the help.

Its a 30" aqua marine compact light with 2 T5 bulbs in it right now that I got form a dude I met at the LFS. He said he's used it for about a year and then he upgraded his tank set up. I picked it up for $40. figured it was a good deal for now, I'm still looking into a LED set up at some point...

Thanks a lot guys for all the help! I got what I need and hopefully my plants will do well.

right now the plants I have are: cabomba, Java moss, Java ferns (about 1 1/2") moneywort, Melon Sword (about 5"), and Anacharis. I have a 20w light that I'm running a T8 grow light and I was dosing my tank with Excel once a weak but now that Iv talked to a few people I'm dosing it about every...

HI, I have a 30gl tank 30"w 13"d 19"t and I have a 30 watt T5 light right now but I feel Im not getting a good amount of light from this set up. does anyone have any suggestions? I have been looking in to the 30" Odyssea quad T5 6500k but someone suggested that that might be to much. any thoughts?

Iv used excel in my tank now for 2 years, twice the dose, once a week, and iv never had an issue. I do WC every 2 weeks and besides my pleco up rooting half my plants and a few them dying from constantly being replanted they'v done great, and Iv never used co2.

good call, do you recommend a different set up?

Hello! I have a 30gal tank 30"w 13"d 19"t I am looking for a good light with a higher wattage to keep my plants going. I have been looking into the Odyssea quad T5 30" 6500k does anyone have one for sale or something to the equivalent. Thanks!

ok sorry it took me so long to post a status update. The puffers doing fine, I kept the temp at 86*F for a total of 7 days and used the fungal infection meds. on day three I noticed that the white spot on his back was gone, the spot on his nose was starting to look better but was still there. on...

thanks guys for all the help. Im sure my fish will be very happy once this tank takes off! Ill post an up date in a few weeks.

Centerville Aquarium actually, Fresh2o... I think you suggested them to me for a piece of drift wood a while back. I like them, they seem to be knowledgeable, There prices can be a little high at times but I like supporting local independent shops so I dont mind spending a little extra now and...

Thanks! so Dero worms, Moina, or Daphnia, Ill as my LFS about them and I can keep them all in the same breading tank? Others on line say to put cucumber in the tank with the snails to gut load them, so Ill stop by the store on the way home form work. What is "Green Water" that you mentioned?

The store sells them as live blood worms. They look like the ones from the frozen cubes when I though them out, they just squiggle around and my puffer go's nuts hunting them down. but I think your right, Ill just stick to the frozen ones, much easier. I also decided that I was going to start...

so Im wondering if anyone can give me some tips on the proper way to keep live blood worms on hand to feed my puffer and bolivian rams. I get a scoop full from my LFS and keeping them in a Tupperware container right now. I feed them a little bit at a time, but the worms dry out or die and get...

I just finished the water change and put in the first round of meds for the fungal infection. I will keep the temp up and check back in to let you guys know how hes doing in a few days. If theres anything els you guys can think I should do please let me know. thanks again!