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I have a 50 gallon tank (36" wide) with a stand and hood I built for it. For the last several years, I have installed two 36" fluorescent tubes to underside of the lid running off of a ballast mounted in the back. I want to convert to LED and was wondering if anyone had any ideas of some DIY LED...

Hello all. I have posted here before looking for advice but it is time for some new fish again. I have a 50 gallon planted tank and some fish have died over the last several months. I just did a thorough cleaning and trimmed the plants way back so it is a good time to start restocking...

This is a 50 gallon 36 x 18 x 18 tank that has been going for several years and since I just cleaned the filter and trimmed the plants way back, it's a good time to add some fish as I haven't gotten around to it in awhile. So right now I have about 8 harlequin rasboras, 9 or 10 cardinal tetras...

Hello all. I haven't posted in awhile but I am ready to get some new fish. At one point, I had harlequins, black neons, cory cats, otos, 3 pearl gouramis, a bristlenose pleco, a bamboo shrimp, and tons of red cherry shrimp. As some slowly died off and were replaced, right now I have: 3...

I have a 50 gallon tank with 2 -36" T8 25 watt tubes overdriven. There is a large piece of driftwood and a smaller one and low light plants that grow very well. I leave the light on for 8 hours a day. Brush algae grows primarily on the wood and I have been keeping it under control by picking...

Hello. I haven't been on this forum in a few years but got a lot of help when building my tank. It is a 50 gallon wide planted tank with a couple pieces of driftwood. Right now it has the following: 1 pearl gourami 4 harlequin rasboras 2 black neon tetras 3 sterbai corys 1 bristlenose pleco...

Up until now I have had decent sized fish in my 50 gal that I can see easily while doing water changes and don't have to worry about sucking them up, as they move away anyways. Now as I add more fish and shrimp, I am worried about sucking them up. I have seen where people say to not stick the...

New fish ideas for my 50 gal (Pics included) Hi all. I found some good info on this site before and haven't been around for awhile but am back and want some new fish for my tank. Its a 50 gal with an Eheim 2217, two 25 watt 36" T8 tubes with ballast overdriven, flourite substrate, driftwood...