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I know with Tetras certain species definitely school better than others. Wondering if the same is true for Corydoras? If so, which species are known to school best? Thanks, Harry

About two weeks ago I started seeing little white worms in my sump. Here's what they look like crawling on a wooden support for my return pump: They are at most 6mm long and 0.5mm wide. Anyone know what they are and if they are bad? Also what's the best way to get rid of them without...

I'm wondering if anyone has any endlers currently for sale who's origins can be traced back to wild stock (ie: N class endlers or equivalent). Thanks, Harry

I'm trying to find some Tarebia/Melanoides Granifera snails. If you have some or know where I could find them please let me know. I'm located in Canada but if shipping to Canada isn't an option I can arrange to have it shipped to a US address where I'll pick them up. Thanks, Harry P.S. Also...

Here's the latest version actually in the tank. No gravel yet though. Thanks, Harry

The driftwood is now all done and I'm playing around with the rock scape. Please let me know what you guys think of this rock layout. For some reason the rocks are proving harder for me to scape that the driftwood. Don't forget that there will be about 3" of gravel so the bottom...

Here's what I've put together so far. I'm not sure about the long root though. I might remove it. I'm also still playing around with adding more smaller roots at the base of the stump. Not sure if that might be too much wood though. And I'm mostly stuck in figuring out how to...

I decided to try adding some branches to the escape. I also raised the gravel level to reduce the mangrove look I was getting. So in these pictures the bottom you see is going to be the top of the gravel. I think the branches are starting to give the scape a less artificial look, but I'm...

Here's a few shots after I added some rocks ... the rocks were sort just thrown together to give some extra context to the wood. Not really sure what to think of this scape yet. Thanks, Harry

I'm working on an aquascape for my 5ft (18" front to back, 24" tall) tank and I'm looking for some input on the manzanita that I've put together so far. I'm looking to create that feeling of it being the edge of a river. This will be a low maintenance tank with a large array of plants ... I'd...

There's the background hum of the Mag 12 pump. But the water noise I think is coming from either the pipes or the air bubbles. As far as I can tell it's not coming from the filter sock area. Thanks, Harry

I'm setting up my first ever sump and I was wondering what the normal noise level is for a sump. The sump is an Aqueon Proflex 4 sump and is located in the basement. It's plumbed with 1.5" PVC that splits to two 1" connections since that's what the sump is equipped for. Here's a video of the...

So I took a few more measurements and I think the stand is partly to blame for the gap. That and the sump not being perfectly flat bottomed. Thanks, Harry

Thanks. Actually it's already filled with water in the picture. I'm hoping since acrylic has some give it will settle in in the next day or two but I'm not sure how realistic that is. Thanks, Harry

I'm doing a water test on my new Aqueon Proflex 4 sump on a new stand. This is the first time I've ever dealt with anything acrylic and I wanted to find out how seriously I should be taking gaps underneath the sump. I'm using thin (about 1/16") urethane foam underneath the sump. Here are the...

I'm currently posting updates about this tank build on a few forums but I've decided to consolidate. Partly because I'm slowly fixing all of the broken Photobucket images and it's a lot of extra work to fix them in multiple locations. So going forwards if you'd like to continue tagging along...

I had some time to organize all of the cables in the stand and finish wiring everything up in the living room: Also connected the unions using a liberal amount of lubricant for the o-rings: So the tank is finally pushed back into place: Now all the attention turns to the fish room...

Sure feels like that some days. Harry

Finally finished the electrical in the fish room. Here's the GFCI box that distributes electricity to the rest of the fish room. It's amazing how cramped it can be and still be to code: And here's the rest of the switches, outlets, and communication ports: All done: Also did some work...

I ran the various wires behind the tank and into the stand finally. Had to create this triple extension cord setup since none of the pump cords were long enough: Here's it mounted in the stand: Here's a quick shot of the wire setup: I'm currently working on the light mount and...

I'm finally back working on the tank again and it looks like Photo Bucket has decided to break all my images. So here's a link to the actual Photo Bucket album with all the images posted thought-out this thread...

Thanks everyone. Harry

Insert the joined circles into the cylinder and push it up against the side with more zip ties. Insert the foam into the cylinder. Push the cylinder over the powerhead and you get this. Here's a picture of the exact foam that was used. It's a perfect fit with no cutting required...

After several prototypes I finally came up with a really good solution for covering the Koralia Nano powerhead. I've documented the steps with lots of pictures in case anyone wants to create one for themselves. All you need is #7 needlepoint plastic canvas, a whole bunch of small zip ties, and...

Over the last week or so I've been spending some time creating a few items I will need for the tank. First item was a jig to hold an optical water level sensor. I will be using an Eshopps Probe Holder to hold various things. Some of these will be a float switch and an optical sensor. I...