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i finally stocked my new tank this weekend, and stuck to my list with one exception.....i just couldnt leave the store without two of the fish in the picture below. the were labeled malawi cichlids, and at 13$, were the most expensive small cichlids at my lfs. i looked at 100+ pics after i got...

apartment buildings are constructed very differently than homes and can bear heavier load. in addition to holding more water, king water beds have a larger footprint than a queen water bed and both have exactly the same weight per sq. look, all i am saying is the answer to "can a XXXg tank...

a queen size water bed is 80 x 60 inches and 187 gallons, which means each sq ft of floor is supporting 5.61 gallons or 47 pounds (basically right at residential building code). a 55g aquarium is about 48 in by 13 inches, which means each sq ft of its footprint supports 12.87 gallons of water...

when i set my 75g tank, i investigated in detail. there is a difference between 5 friends spread out in a room and the static weight of a heavy tank over a relatively small footprint. i believe (my recollection) residential code (with 10" joists) can support 45 pounds per sq ft. while that...

my nitrate is now ~20. kinda feel dumb now that i read the instructions (i guess they only put half the instructions on the bottle?). thank you Floyd, im quite sure i wouldnt have thought of that on my own. i definately feel better knowing my bugs are doing something!

thank you for the great advice & responses. Floyd, i did not do step 1 of your post, and will retry the test as soon as i get home.

thanks. thats what i was hoping for. the test kit is the api master kit. i am nearly done doing a fishless cycle on a new 20g tank. i plan had planned on moving out my current fish (-9in), increasing ph, then fully stocking with ~15 juvinile malawi cichlids all at once. i assume if i...

sorry meant to put this in general forum...

hi all. i have a 75 gallon tank with an AC 110 HOF which has been setup for 14 months (and no problems that werent self inflicted and none in last 5 months). i aquired a test kit yesterday and tested for the first time in about 12 months. ph = 7.8, amm. = 0, nitrite = 0, nitrate = 0 (maybe 5...