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I didnt know you should keep the GDA alive for a few weeks before scraping for the first time, ill wait an extra couple weeks before removing it.

Im not really sure what kind of algae it is, it looks mostly like GDA, and there is what appears to be a little bit of GSA. I recently stopped using ferts as I discovered it was the cause of a major hair algae problem I've had. The fert I was using had iron and potassium, and the Iron...

I have to do this every couple weeks with my current setup before it really starts to look bad. I have less than 1 WPG with very little co2 being diffused right now. I'm using a diy reactor that is at like 1 bubble/min and a 'stairway' bubble diffuser. My drop checker is.. blue. I might go...

So I bought some mollys because I hear they make babies very easily. So one of them is pregnant and she looks like she is about to explode.. so how long do I have before this happens? and should I put the babies in a small breeder?

as it turns out we have 1 unused tap that exists before the softener sitting idly by the furnace :o I dont think there would be a whole lot of iron in it, but its a lot more hard than the RO. The only concern I have is of a buildup of calcium and stuff in along the tank walls. I finished...

Thanks, I have one last question http://www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/ctl3664/cp17943/si1315901/cl0/allglassfluorescenttwintubestriplight36black do you know if a dual strip light can work with only 1 bulb instead of 2 if the strip light can only turn both bulbs on at the same time? I got...

right now i use several jugs to hold extra water im sure everyone but me must know this, when you use tap water how long do you have to wait for it to dechlorinate before adding it to your tank?

My tank hardness is around 4 dkh. The RO by itself is around 1. my tap water is about 12 dkh last i checked which was a long time ago. I am now looking at this light I think I will get: http://www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/ctl3664/cp17943/si1315895/cl0/allglasssingledeluxestriplight36black With...

alrighty, Ill check out the sticky and the links! I dont know anything about dry ferts, with the iron/potassium stuff I should be able to get about 5 months on a 9 dollar bottle, so its not bad. I dont know about the NO3 though. Im using reverse osmosis water because I have it for drinking...

I cant change much more than 10% at a time because my reverse osmosis water drains after only about 4 gallons. I could cut back on how much im feeding them. Though I feel like I am getting much more matter out of this tank than I am putting into it! :lol: I didnt know the T8 were more efficient...

Hello, I am not satisfied with my 55W 24" power compact strip light that is keeping my plants alive in my 36" long 33 gal aquarium. The problem I am having is that 55W is 1.67W/gallon but since its powercompact, that works out to about 2.4 watts/gal when compared with normal fluorescants. Plus...

^ I bought the Red Sea today, cant wait to get it working Does anyone know if its OK to substitute DI water with RO water for making the reference solution?

egads, a margin of error 15ppm? 8O I wondered about my Kh test accuracy. So ill need to get a different Kh reference solution for this red sea.. alright sounds like a fun project! unless the lfs sells it, i dont want to buy it off the net i want it NOW! lol Thank you for the advice!. :pepsi:

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in reading co2 from the level indicated by a drop checker, and comparing that with a measurement using the Kh/Ph method. After reading some threads, I want to get a drop checker. Also, my LFS (big als) sells the Red Sea CO2 Indicator...

Pretty nice! I was thinking about doing something similar if i ever get around to it. :idea: Stick a potentiometer in series with the supply :o

^The overflow on the inside the aquarium determines the water level in the tank, as you can see where the holes are is at the water level of the tank. The top of the spice jar has to be within the depth of the overflow thats inside the aquarium. So with the cost of the overflow, pump and to...

My big tank is 33 gallons and the smaller tank is 5.5, and I keep a two spotted rasbora in there by itself because it was eating some smaller harlequins and tetras that were in my big tank, but I hardly take care of the small tank so I figured id try linking them together. Theres no small...

On sunday I almost bought an expensive overflow off eBay but I lost the auction, then yesterday I got an idea to just use a simple gravel vaccum and a small jar to create an overflow box.. er overflow cylinder! I just wanted to try hooking up my aquarium to another small one, and i dont need a...

yeah this didnt work at all. As soon as I released them the gold went back to its usual self. Ill try what you said about adding more rams of same species. Another gold and a bolivian I guess. Ill be adding a second tank soon so if it doesnt work I guess I can always separate them.

I have a bolivian ram and a small Gold ram. The Gold ram was originally with a german ram from the same tank at the LFS, and they got along fine. The GBR died a month later and I purchased a Bolivian ram to replace it after a couple months with the gold ram being alone. Since then the gold ram...

Alright I think this one will do: http://www.bigalsonline.ca/catalog/product.xml?product_id=31566;category_id=1875;pcid1=1843;pcid2= Its annoying there is nothing that is 36" below 96W

Im estimating Im now using between 3 and 3.5Wpg now that I did a more thorough measurement. So im debating wether to keep this, or buy a retrofit. If I keep it Ill need the active CO2 and the cost to replace the bulbs would be higher. If i get this 65W retrofit...