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Additional Lighting Links Here is a pretty good site for a description of light and what you need to pay attention to when looking for bulbs and lighting sources. Aquarium Lighting; Reef, Planted Light Information. PAR, Bulb, Watt, Kelvin, Nanometers, MH, LED.

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The color temperature doesn't specify the ammount of light just the spectrum of light displayed. As mentioned earlier most plants do fine innthe 6700 range. Depending on the plants you might be able to go as low as 5000k. You need the lumens rating to determine the light output. If I can...

I did it too I had a really bad green water algea problem and got a Magnum 350 to clear it up. The micron in and of itself didn't really work but I got a 25lb box of DE Powder at HomeDepot for $10 and it cleared up my water problem in 20 minutes. It was amazing and really well worth the...

I recently added 2 Dwarf neon Blues and 10 Cardinal Tetras. They seem to get along great. I lost 3 of the Cardinals though. My LFS says that they are notoriously bad travellers and often don't make the transition very well. As to the other suggested fish I don't have a whole lot of...

A word of consideration from a relative new comer. I would hesitate to modify the PH from the local tap PH except for difficult species (ie Discus) as most hobbiest don't have the knowledge, capabilities or desires to modify their waters PH. This could lead to problems when bringing fish from...

Don't really know. I imagine burried though. From all of the pictures I've seen (not a lot mind you and I can't remember seeing any live) they all look burried.

Could it possibly be the Red Tiger Lilly. You didn't mention a bulb so it might not be, but from the pictures here http://www.plantgeek.net/images/plantpics/tigerlotus2.jpg and here http://aquariumplant.com/cgi-bin/cart/bra595.html it almost matches your description. Except for the fact it was...

So really for plants what everyone should really be concerned with is the Lumens not really watts? For example: A GE Standard incandescent 100W gives off 1190 Lums florescent F40T12 40W gives off 2250 Lums CF Plug-in 4-Pin High Lumen Biax® Item Detail uses 40W and gives off 2700 Lums. Given...

A quick question about the DIY CO2. Just got an algae problem and thought I might be worth the effort to give this a shot to remedy the situation. How long (days) will the mixture last. And can you/do you need to add a bubble counter to it or is that really only for fully pressurized CO2...

William, To be honest that was one more of my concerns (needing brackish water) as what I had read suggested that they could live in fresh water with no stress but prefer brackish. I thought it less important an issue initially as the plants and shrimp though. I would be interested in hearing...

I agree with you about the frys. About 4-5 days after we brought the guppies home the female gave birth. It was a little bit frustrating at first as all she wanted to do was hide in the cave. I thought she might have been a little (there's an understatement) shy, but lo and behold after day 5...

Thanks TG. That's a bit of comfort. I hate telling my wife no when she finally finds a fish she likes. Gotta keep her interested in the hobby so I can let my MTS finally have full reign.

My wife went to our LFS and saw that they had some Sailfin Mollies in and see loved the look of them. I looked them up on fishbase and saw that they "Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter (Ref. 7020)". This makes me curious if they will: 1. Chomp down on my Algea eating...

The tank is relatively (6weeks) new but I was thinking of adding a couple of Discus after letting the tank mature for a couple of months and settle everything down. My LFS gets nice looking ones fairly frequently so no rush to go out and get them today just trying to think ahead. My other...

I have relatively high PH water (don't know the hardness got to get that test kit next) in my town and am considering natural ways to lower it. I've read about peat and think that it might provide an option. I have a 60G Hex with an AquaClear 300 temp in the 82 range. I was thinking of...

42 is the answer to the the question of life as given in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Universe. Good book. Pick it up some time.

It's funny I was just thinking about LED's for use as additional lighting and came across this thread. I ordered a couple off of ebay and they should arrive soon. We'll see if what I ordered is even worth the trouble. Based off of my research though LED's are a ways away from providing the...