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Hey, so I'm almost completely satisfied (minus the ugly substrate) with my tank now after many changes and hard work. I have around 12 different plants in the tank now and all are showing some good growth. Running 2 WPG on this tank with no C02 and adding exel every second day :D Had some...

Hey, so my tanks been set up for almost a year now and been doing great. I'm now noticing quiet a bit of brown algae (diatoms) on the leafs of my plants over the last couple of weeks. And just a few days ago saw some hair algae. Ive cut down on feedings and put in a phosphate pad in my canister...

Hey, so two of my angelfish just bread? (don't know if thats the term lol) for the first time! They female has placed the eggs on a large leafed plant near the front of my tank. There are currently probably 150 eggs on the plant at the moment. There in a 50 gallon tank at the moment with 2 other...

Hey guys just got my self an Eheim 2215 canister filter and so far am loving it :) just wondering which media is advisable to use? I asked my LFS and they told me to simply use the white filter pad, the carbon pad and the bio balls does that sound about right or is there something I'm missing...

Hey, just wondering how an Eheim 2217 would work for a 50G tank? I know it's always best to have more filtration then not enough but was a tad worried for my angels that the current may be too strong, there getting bigger and have noticed that there swimming has gotten a lot stronger recently...

Hey so I was reading on another thread that you shouldn't plant the rhizome under the gravel of the plants is this true and why?

Hey guys, I have a veiled angelfish thats roughly 3.5 inches (top to bottom) that has been in my 50 gallon tank for 4 months. Everything was ok unil recently when i removed 2 koi angelfish that had grown up to be quite aggressive to all the other tank mates. It now simply stays near the bottom...

Just wondering how long you guys would recommend leaving my lights on. If kept fish for quite awhile but just recently got into live plants. I currently have two flouresent bulbs (each 30 watts) and two t-5 bulbs (18 watts each) in a medium planted 50 gallon tank. Any suggestions for times? Thanks!

Hey, so i was just wondering what your take is on changing filter media (floss,carbon etc) every 4 weeks like the filter manufacturer suggests. I've been doing a bit of research and have only been able to find conflicting responses from people on either end, the people who change them as...

Hey guys, just wondering if anyones able to identify these two plants i recently purchased? The employee at my lfs told me the names but for the life of me can't remember these two. Thanks in advance!

Hey guys :D, just wondering if you guys know of any tips or tricks to setting up a 2nd tank, without going through a full cycle with the high anmonia and nitrate levels etc? I currently have a 50G planted freshwater tank thats been set up for nearly a year and everythings doing and looking...