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bear78 - Yep! That's him... http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=3&shapeID=990&curPageNum=6&recnum=FI0030

Wow - Thanks for The Replies! Cool - Thanks for the feedback... ROCKBASS it is! He is a very cool aquarium fish, but very territorial. Maybe in a pond (which I am considering), more than one can exist. But in 100 gallons, this tank is HIS. He eats first, and makes no bones about it. But...

I have searched the web trying to ID this fish, and thought I was decent at getting info, but this guy I can not ID. Please help me. I live in Northern California, and took this guy from a wild pond. I started out with 3 of them in a 100 gallon aquarium, but the larger one basically killed the...

Thanks for the replies - I'll go with the 400's. Easier to maintain, too. Thanks again, Mitch

I have a 100 gallon aquarium (acrylic) that was given to me. I have cleaned it up and santatized it with a bleach mixture. I have the choice between (2) HOB Emporer 400's (with a claimed pumping rate of 400 GPH ea x 2 = 800 GPH), or a wet/dry system with 6 gallons of bio-balls and a Little...

Yes, acrylic tank and filter.... Mitch

jsoong, Very good points. How about if I drilled a hole above the water line, letting out a minimal amount of water during the pump running conditions, that would provide a siphon "break" if the power went off? That would *break* the siphon, thus disrupting the siphoning effect when/if the...

I was given a 100 gallon aquarium covered with coraline algea to the extreme. It was REALLY bad, and I had to remove it with vinegar. I then had to use the Nexus products (#2 and #3) to remove the resulting haze and minor scratches. It looks OK now, but I guess I should clean the Nexus...

Hello everyone - I would appreciate some input on connecting a pump to a new wet/dry filter. I need to drill a hole in the filter acrylic and install a bulkhead to connect the suction line to my new Little Giant external pump. Are there any tips you all can provide? Do I want the pump to set...

Just picked one up at eBay. Sized for a 200 gallon tank (6 gallons of media included). That with the 2 Emperor 400's should do it... :mrgreen: for my 100 gal. Mitch

JackDP, Thanks a lot. Mine will be a FO tank, and that really helps. Mitch

Thanks, Appreciate the info. I like them better (bio balls), and they would seem to better O2 saturate the water. Am I all wrong here? Mitch

MarineLand sells an under cabinet Bio Wheel, view it here: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3589&D=bio%20wheel&R=7299&Ntt=bio%20wheel&Ntk=All&Dx=mode+matchallany&Ntx=mode+matchallany&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1 Thanks, Mitch

What is better for an under cabinet filter - the larger MarineLand bio-wheel2, or a wet/dry trickle filter with bio-balls? I plan to add one of them to a 100 gallon tank that already has (2) Emperor 400's (I want overkill). Is that enough aeration? Thanks, Mitch

What is better for an under cabinet filter - the larger MarineLand bio-wheel, or a wet/dry trickle filter with bio-balls? I plan to add one of them to a 100 gallon tank that already has (2) Emperor 400's (I want overkill). Is that enough aeration? It will be used as a Q-Tank for my pond...

Thanks everyone! Bleach treatment it is. And I'll be sure to rinse it more than enough... Thanks again... Mitch

OK, I am now ready to set up my new (used in salt water) tank. I have read previously (somewhere?) that I should treat EVERYTHING with bleach/water mixture first to disinfect it? Is this true? What should I do before starting up this used tank and adding fish? All input appreciated. Thanks...

Christmasfish, Thanks for the reply. That's two recco's for a canister. I'll take another look at them. Since the tank would also double as a pond nursery in a way, I was thinking about a UV. As far as fish load, I guess I just want to have adequate filtration for a heavily populated tank...

Secure and Managerie, Thanks for the input. I will forget about the RUGF. The Emperor 400 is a bio-wheel back-tank mounted filter, that says at clean start-up will do 400 GPH, but slow down as the bacteria process builds. How much it will slow down I do not know... If anyone was to suggest...

Greetings. I am new here, and had some questions for the more experienced folks. I am setting up a (used) 100 gallon acrylic aquarium. I wanted to stock a fairly heavy fish load of catfish, shubunkins, carp, and other non-predator type fish. I have purchased (but not yet received) two...

How much gravel (in inches) should the gravel bed be on a FW aquarium, using the reverse flow methdod? I'll also have two Emperor 400's. Is enough to support a heavy fish load in a 100 gallon tank? Thanks, Mitch

bizzybeas, I'll have to get one. My Sears Craftsmen Membership card got trashed! LOL Mitch

...Just a follow up from the vinegar treatment. It worked great. I did NOT mix the vinegar with water (my water has a pH of 9). After letting it sit overnight with a then layer covering the front inside peice, it all came of with ease. No apparent change or damage to acrylic. I did replace...

Thanks for replies, and thanks for the Welcome! I called a good Marine Aquarium shop, and he said vinegar also. So I researched it on the web, and they did NOT warn AGAINST it in a long list of stuff that they do not recommend. So I bought 5-gallons of cheap vinegar, and layed the tank on a...

mrmarine, (I am not sure if that question was directed at me?) In my case at least, it's so bad it impairs the vision in to the tank. The guy that gave me the tank replaced it with a glass tank. He said it was easier to clean the coraline algea off the glass. Thanks, Mitch