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Also check you phosphate levels, a high level will cause hair algae. Since this is a Goldfish tank how often are you changing your water?

Today is the first day in a long time where it was sunny and I was home during the day. The sun angle is now lighting up the tank for hours. I'll cover it until the angle changes. I ordered a test kit to check my water for phosphates Thanks for the input.

Goto www.lavasoft.de and click to download the Personal edition. Its still free. "Ad-Aware Personal edition is free for non-commercial use." Its called Adware SE. I use that and I'm also using the Microsoft Antispyware software that's in public beta (free). www.microsoft.com As you know, you...

The general rule of thumb is one Goldfish for each 10 gals of water at a minimum so you really can't add another fish. Goldfish create a lot of waste so they need quite a bit of water per fish. Besides, Goldfish are not tropical so they like water cooler then what tropicals require. A Goldfish...

My Goldfish tank has been suffering green water. My schedule has not permitted me to really attack it until this week. 30gal 10 month old tank,, Emperor 400 planted three inch gravel bottom. This week I've done 30% to 50% water changes daily and limited the light to an hour a day. The tank is...

Instead of a Penguin, look at an Emperor filter also made by Marineland. It has a bigger bio-wheel, bigger filter pad and is a better filter imo. Purchase it online, not in a Pet store and you'll save 50%.

I'll assume you have a standard hood with a single tube light which would be 20 watts. I would suggest a glass hood such as a Versa Glass Top TWIN TUBE, I think you'll need the 30' top but double check and a Compact Fluorescent light. which will get you around 2 wpg or higher depending on the...

FWIW The last tank I purchased was a PetSmart TopFin, made by All-Glass. came with an "inspected by" and instructions from All-Glass and an AG hood and light.

At my local Petsmart, a 55g in black or oak PetSmart TopFin tank (made by All-Glass) with hood and two single light fixtures is $99.00.

I have several different plants in my Goldfish tank and Anacharis stands up very well to the Goldies and grows like crazy with 2 wpg lightng and using Flourish and Flourish Excel in a gravel base.

Thanks for tips Tankgirl and Urville!!

I've asked this question to the manufactures and a few retailers and received no help so I thought I'd ask here. I want to replace the lighting on one of my tanks to provide more light, it's a 29g tank with a full hood. It has a standard 30' fluorescent tube light fixture. Will a 30' compact...

Opps My bad, I wandered over to read and forgot where I was :oops:

When the attack of Diatoms effected my tank I pickup a few Otto Catfish. It was completely cleaned up in two days. Easy, fast and cheep!