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OIC, missed that small detail, in my mind, I saw the pipes going over the top, but not after looking again... It's still a good concept to read though, I'm nowhere close to this and still learned from it...

I was reading another site with a guy building a 300 gal discus tank, but he posted this link to a silent and fail safe sump, I don't know if it would work on the smaller scale, but definitely was an interesting read, it also mentioned that the settings were much less picky...

Agreed, try feeding the shrimp pellets less and see if the numbers start decreasing.

They looks kinda like flatworms... Are there fish in the tank, how much are you feeding?

Tell us more about the setup, fishless cycle?, what type of substrate?, sure it's bacterial? Lots of questions to get to an answer

Ok, after dealing with this issue in the past, I would like to voice an opinion as well. With my snails, I would pull out 20 a day and still not get rid of them, it was a never ending battle. Some suggested salt, some suggested different animals that would eat snails. All could work, but then...

Yeah, almost always hitch hikers from the seller... Like people have said, not a problem unless you get overrun, but that can be fixed as well... For me it was a good indicator, I'm glad they are there now, just a little annoying sometimes when taking pics... But at least I know I am feeding the...

snails themselves are not bad, but they can show a problem with overfeeding if you see an explosion of them, in a nomal tank, a few crawling around is not bad at all... 50 to 500 means a gravel cleaning and easing up on food is necessary... otherwise, they just keep things cleaner..

Pond snails... the small brown ones are not bad for a tank, but in big numbers they are evidence of a bigger problem of overfeeding... I learned the same way, had one or two.. no big deal, but when the population exploded, I started asking around and found out about overfeeding. I did a nice...

the 55 is a nice size, cant wait to see what you do with yours!

I personally have 3 angels in my 55, we will see if any ever pair off, if that happens, I may make changes by removing the thrd wheel, but right now I have 3 medium angels, 12 blue tetra, 2 powder blue gouramis, 3 corys, and a couple plecos.... everyone seems comfortable right now, no bullying...

Funny thing is my 55 sounds fairly close to this, AC70, heavily planted, tetras, gouramis, and angels... I also have an Amazon Sword that went through a rough patch but has been thriving again. For me, it was the temperature. I had an outbreak of ich and had the temp at 86 for 10 days, the...

Wonderful, that's good news, gives us all hope for future upgrades will be as smooth!

That's a very good concept and I think you are spot on with the expanding and contracting, I'll have to try it next time I have wood that won't sink

I have one peice of wood that has a huge piece of slate attached with screws... I aquired it that way, still necessary, I personally would attach the slate with silicone if I had done it

it is probably the chlorine gassing out, mine does that after a pwc as well... if there is a lot of gases to get rid of, you will see it after adding the dechlorinator.. Mine shows all over the walls and plants, its gone the next day

how often do you change the water and siphon the detrius, maybe they are eating something in the gravel bed?? Just a thought... Mine were terrible and I am still removing some, cutting down on feeding definitely fixed my issue, I'd say they are 10% of what I used to have... 100 down to 10...

Good to hear, yeah... Nasty bug but pretty easy fix.. Glad everyone is sand free!

The old media will definitely help seed the new tank and as long as you dont get more fish until you are sure it is cycled and there isnt any dieoff of BB (which with your method would be small to none) I think it is definitely sound.. How long has the 10 gal been cycled?? if it was a mature...

I am on an Angel forum trying to get help deciphering what kind of angels they are, the orange one is easy... a golden Marble and that was confirmed, but the others there is a debate on whether they are Tigers, Clown or my best guess is an altum of some sort... looks very close to a Rio Negro...

Make sure to not raise it too quick, I heard 1 degree every 12 hours is the quickest or if it's below like 74 degrees, 1 degree every 6 hours as if it's done too quick it can stress the fish, the less stressed, the less likely to get symptoms. Thats the other reason i liked the heat only...

When my fish looked like they had sand I assumed ich, very common, I raised the temp to 86 degrees until there were no spots for 3 days, no chemicals, no salt, just heat. It's very effective and didn't hurt my biofilter or plants. My plecos showed it first being bottom feeders and being more...

right, I would say hair algae... is it rough and stringy or mushy?? rough and stringy.... hair algae, do any other plants have it?? I agree it could be from the H2O2 dip.. maybe the other tank had a little...

yeah, they inject dye into those fish to get the colors, I believe they are now sorta taboo as it is seen as cruel... I see them every now and then at walmart, mostly in pastel colors now, pink and light blue... I heard they are hard to keep as they are not a very hardy fish. searched for...