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I'm in, hopefully I REMEMBER this draft and not autodraft like baseball.

I'd run the water for a while then take a reading. Since its been sitting its possible that the hardness is a false reading. All those minerals built up over the years since its not really moving.

Best guy to buy driftwood from on ebay is RockArtSource. Has a lot of buy now pieces also. Quick to ship and great communication. I bought a piece and had a bid in for another piece. I asked and he let me wait to see if I won the auction so he could send the 2 pieces toghether saving me a ton on...

Try disconnecting the motor from the filter AFTER you empty out the water. Then clean the impeller and inside the motor housing. Sometimes a snail can get in there and stop the blades from turning or it could be plant matter clogging it.

I have a love/hate relationship with Hygro. I love it in other peoples tanks and hate it in mine. It just grows to quickly.

What part of NC are you in? If you're close enough I'll take the clown loaches off your hands.

Run both. Just use the 350 for water movement,mechanical filtration and vacs.

Heres a good site about rainbows of all kinds. Very helpful and knowledgable group http://bowheads.org/forums/

Check out http://www.carolinafishtalk.com/forum/portal.php most of the members live in the Raleigh area with a few Charlotteans mixed in.

I have 2 of them in my 55 gallon tank that are 5 years old. That even after living 4 years in an overstocked under water changed 20 gallon tank. I'm a big fan of them also. But my wife wanted guppies because they're more colorful. I think the BST look like mini Angels in a way. I might just...

Okay guys help me out here. I've searched through the site and I can't find any thread with my situation. I have a 55 gallon with 96 watts of CF over it.No CO2 of any kind. It has a gravel substrate and mostly low light type plants with a few fast growers. Its been up and running for close to a...

Wow 103? Was the heater to big for the gallons of water? Is there a way to determine a heater size to cover malfunction or would that cause a heater to have to work to hard to keep a steady temp. I only use a heater in 1 tank, all my other tanks sit between 76 and 78, the one with the heater...

wow I never had a problem with CaSO4 dissolving in my tank. I know it took a bit longer then the others but not long enough to notice it even 30 minutes later. I've been thinking of switching over to CaCO3 but more because my KH is non existent. My tank with snails I have to add baking soda to...

My male con beat up my female about a week after the fry were born and free swimming. They had had 4-5 batches before that with no problems at all. I put up a divider and once the fry are removed I will see if they mate or fight. If they fight I will probably give them to the LFS. I'm only...

I just throw the my ferts into my tank in the dry state( CaCl2,MgSO4,KNO3,K2SO4). I used to go through the trouble of mixing but some would always be left in the bottle and I'd have to pull more water and shake and dump a couple of times. Dosing it dry I know its all getting into the tank.

My cons have so many fry at one time its impossible to count how many there are. If I had to guess I'd say 100+ fry with each batch. I just let them grow out some and start netting them into my Birchir/Ctenopoma acutirostre tank. Right now I have a divider between the cons, for some reason the...

Did it look like the GS in this pic (scroll down a couple of posts )? http://www.plantgeek.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5749&highlight=

Ctenopoma acutirostre aka Spotted climbing perch watching them stalk their prey and telescope their mouths out is awesome.

I don't inject but my pH is below 6. It doesn't even register on my AP test. My KH is 0, guess that isn't possible but its not 1, it might be .1 lol. It comes out of my well like this, nothing added or removed. I don't seem to be having any problems with my fish and the plants are doing well...

When buying Mystery Snails its best to try and find a hobbyist that is breeding them. Some species are labeled mystery snails in the stores and they will eat your plants. You need to find Brigs aka Pomacea bridgessii. Some stores put Canas in tanks and call them Mystery snails and they will...

Here is the 55 gallon the 1st week( Feb 06 ) This is it in the summer of 06 on (the left) Now end of Nov The 75 in Feb 06 The 75 this spring 75 this early summer late summer Now late Nov

same here

Yeah its considered a no no in the aquarium world but its been working fine. The Goldfish is pretty mellow, I also have a Male betta in the tank and no problems with any of the fish attacking. I don't recommend this setup unless you plan on watching for a long time for agression. The Goldfish...

Are you sure the remains of the crayfish didn't cause an ammonia and nitrite spike? What are your water parameters? What were the symptoms of the fish as they died?

This is what the 75 gallon looked like until last week This is after the recaping job, got tired of the jungle look and pulled the fastest growers aka Hygros and here is my 55, its mostly crypts now, with a centerpiece of mixed mattograssee and cambomba