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Canopy Light All-Glass makes a double tube light fixture for a 29 gal. for approx. $50. All-Glass also makes a 29 gal. glass top for around $20. This combination may produce enough light for some aquarium plants, and also leave enough glass top surface for an additional light fixture (Coralife...

Planted Community Tank Start-Up You may consider increasing your filtration by another filter like the BioWheel you have noted, or a canister filter. I have a "settled in" 55 gal. heavily planted community tank that requires 2 h.o.b. power filters (1 is large BioWheel equipped) and an XP-2...

Worst Mistake As already mentioned: introducing fish before 55 gal. tank was completely cycled. Did not lose all my fish, but enough of my old veterans to really regret my impatience!

Mad Mollies Scratching against rocks reads like Ich/Ick, especially if followed by small white spots. Do you have a heater? Fluctuating temperatures will make fish susceptible to disease. Its good practice to keep no more than one male Molly per three or four females. The males will literally...

Tank Search Try Craigslist.com for your area. Lots of good deals on tanks.

Community Male Betta? My wife and I have maintained community tanks of various sizes for over 30 years, and bred Bettas when first married. All this time we have had a male Betta included in each community tank with no problems. Initially, some storebought/tiny bowl Bettas have flared their...

New Tank What size tank? Heater? Hood/light wattage & type? Are you cycling the water? Good luck, members here give good advice!

Too Small For 55 Gal. The new heater is in a 20 gal. x.h. (male Betta, 2 male Black Mollies,4 Cory's, & Clown Pl*co), I have a 300 watt in the 55.

Clown Loaches I had snails. :( I introduced Clown Loaches. I have no snails... :D

Agree Thanks, this heater is still doing very well.

Via Aqua Saga I'm pretty sure that the LFS owner is ignorant about this heater, and he just purchased the shop last week. There's a FAX number included with the heater, so I'm going to send off aquestionaire that addresses my concerns. As installed, the heater is doing fine, and the water...

I just purchased this cheaply priced heater from a LFS last night. It appears to be submersable, and has no clamp like the old clamp-to-the-frame type heaters. It does include 2 suction cups and brackets, already attached. The written instructions (all English!) direct you not to allow the...

Until you get your canister filter(s), consider adding inexpensive sponge prefilters to your HOB filter intakes. You will cut your frequency of filter pad rinses by at least 1/2. Before the prefilter sponges clog completely, give them a quick rinse in dechlorinated water (to save good bacteria)...

Wrong Picture Well, I guess you are correct. I meant to attach the photo for general interest. I'll post a more appropriate pic next time.