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Tony, great anecdote! Serendipity in action . . .

No, not at all. "Full light spectrum" is a variable,depending upon the light source. For example, the spectrum of an incandescent bulb is markedly different from that of a metal halide. The peak output of a light source is indicated by the Kelvin temperature of the source. A higher Kelvin...

I've had real good luck with swords that are sold in those plastic tubes, but have heard that a lot of the other varieties are not true aquatics.

Plus, plant food/tabs for terrestrial plants usually has relatively high concentrations of nitrogen compounds. For example, liquid Miracle-Gro is nearly 10% urea nitrogen. It won't take much to get you up to toxic levels in your aquarium.

I agree - loved the RSS feeds and would love to have them back. Configured them right into my personalized Google space.

I've had the same problem with Vals and with dwarf sag as well. My water is similar, with high Kh (~9). Only difference is I have a water softener in-line, yielding pretty much 0 Gh. Wisteria, java fern, anubis, swords all do well, but after trying corkscrew val 3x, I gave it up.

I currently have a 55 gallon tank, planted (wisteria, anubias, echnidorus, anacharis) and doing pretty well. My situation being what it is, I bought a pretty inexpensive hood when setting up, with a single fluorescent, ~40w. Though I'm fairly happy with my current planting, I'd like to push...

Serpae tetra could fill out the middle region, and their orange-red would provide a nice contraxt with the black angel.

Also, don't use it anywhere where a water-tight sweal is needed. It will be impervious where applied, but isn't meant to be applied over 100% of the surfaces being joined, and so may leave microgaps between the surfaces. That and its inability to maintain a seal when even slightly flexed could...

If you're just setting up the 10g and plan to seed it as you said, why not be really aggressive with a temperature treatment; say 90-92 degrees for a couple of weeks. I don't think that will necessarily kill off any of the nitrobacter or other beneficial organisms, but it should take its toll...

If it looks like it's real and not a background, you've got what you want . . . don't yell at the camera! :lol:

If that's after onjly 4-5 days of recovery, that's pretty impressive!

Agree with all of the above - fact is, the more evaporation you have, the more build-up of dissolved solids you'll get. You could make a case that, with more evaporation, you'll need more/larger partial water changes, not less.

"Rebreed" isn't even the whole story - they have specialized body tissues/organelles that store the male sperm after they breed. The stored sperm can trigger 5-6 additional broods in your female, even if she never sees another male.

Platys, Mollies and Swords have a gestation period of 28-34 days.

That's just the way of things - if you have materials like that with two different sizes of particles, the smaller will gradually filter down through the larger if it's on top. Read an article in SciAM on that once, but b-o-o-o-o-ring

No incest taboo in the aquarium! They surely will breed with one another when they reach maturity. Inbreeding is one classic way that breeders will use to reinforce a desirable characteristic, seeking to reinforce a trait. There is more of a chance of genetic problems being reinforced as...

Yes, glofish were originally developed by a jellyfish gene for a green fluorescent protein into the danio genome. Other colors from other organisms. Interesting thing is that the original goal was to have the fish fluoresce only in the presence of specific toxins, making them living pollution...

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I usually use Hikari First Food, from mu LFS, for feeding fry, but never had to deal with ones quite so small. I understand you can try egg yolk - tie a small piece in a piece of cloth, with one end of the yolk piece exposed and suspend the cloth in the water. This has the advantage of not...

Anyone have a recommendation for a freshwater test kit for water hardness?

Hey, I'd love to see any plans you have for your tank-in-the-making - any chance you can post any concept drawings or plans? Sounds really interesting (ellipsis deleted :D )

Really would nice with some background bunch planting behind that coliseum. Someone already mentioned anacharis - that's usually readily available in your LFS and cheap, if you decide you don't like it. Ambulia or wisteria might do well also. Both are pretty fast growers and easy to maintain.

Unbelievable - I had a bid in on a piece of driftwood in eBay, was going to bid on that same Aquabid piece if that one fell through. I did get mine, though - sorry yours fell through.

Try here as well: http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18334/cl0/foodclips?viewType=Category