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Hi all, As I continue to get my new 75 gal fw set up I have another question. I have an Emporer 400 hob and two penguin 1140 powerheads on my ugf. With all operating there is an awful lot of water movement. It looks like hurricane Ivan in there. Ultimately the tank will contain a small school...

Thanks for all the help. That sounds like a workable solution. I definitely feel more confident now that I won't kill my fish. I will be very conservative when it comes time to add more fish. Ultimately I will continue to load it with less than what conventional wisdom claims is the maximum...

I too have a small group of serpaes. I have always given them flakes, even when they were very small. I just crush them up a bit first in my palm with my fingers.

I'm sure that will get the bacteria into the tank and thus into the new filter as well. In the interest of efficiency I am looking for the method that will give me the best (fastest) results, whichever that may be. Maybe both filters in both tanks two weeks before and two weeks after? The...

Thanks for the advice. I see the benefit to your suggestion. Could I accomplish the same thing by putting my new filter with the biowheel on the old tank for a week or two? An Emporer 400 on a 15 gal may be a tad over the top but I think it will fit if I take the tank cover off. I can probably...

Hi All, what a great resource you are! Currently I have a small 15 gal that has been stable for 5 or 6 years and have aquired a glass 75 to expand into. In the 15 I have 5 serpae tetras, a small albino cat of a species that I can't remember and a Chinese algae eater. I plan to move these into...