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I heard another guy mention lava rock, that is my favorite for making rock formations really cheap. Cement mixed with cheap playsand, I found a place that sells red volcanic sand, that is awesome. Cool trick for caves in the cement is use plastic wrap and wrap it around a paper towel tube...

Here is the site that I ordered my RO unit from good price and uses standard TFC RO membranes can buy replacments at Hardware stores. Reverse Osmosis Systems - H2ODISTRIBUTORS.COM

Yep purrbox I wouldn't suggest a feader goldfish I guess I should have specified what type of goldfish anyhow, but I am just saying buy inexpensive fish to start off with, save youself the heartache of loosing a really neat fish right away, which you have to admit is common with beginners. My...

Oh I forgot to mention on the previous post; I don't every use live fish to cycle a tank that would be cruel to kill off fish just to cycle a tank, even goldfish. I guess I screwed up and didn't say it right, anyhow after you believe that the tank has cycled get a cheaper fish to start off to...

newfound: I guess I need to clarify a bit the water is needed for transport, to get the bacteria home it works best when the media is kept in the same water it came from. The Rocks I second that motion on watching for carbonates or lime based rocks granite and slate definitely work best bring...

Great Info, I don't post here much but I love planted tanks I have quite a few, and thought I could help out. Like previous posts the plants look like they have been grown above water, they can adapt if you let them float sometimes, but not likely. The Local Fish stores have been getting this...

Wow it really is the time for breeding I know a couple people that just had eggs pop up. I have a pair of Sunshine Gouramis that I notice guarding a sword plant I left them alone overnight in the morning the leave of the amazon sword they where on and the eggs where gone. Next time I am going...

Sounds like you have a lot of plants on your list, but you can make it work if you keep the bigger plants trimmed to allow light for all of you plants. Yes getting some algae eaters will help start with one and work your way up depneding on how much algae you get. The trick with planted...

I am sorry to say I think your gourami probably isn't going to make it. I have had one that got like that and he didn't last more than a day and all the meds in world doesn't help. The antibiotic is the only thing that helped. But the problem is gourami's don't seem to react well to medicine...

Sounds like your tank is almost cycled, they usually have high nitrites for a week or two until the bacteria catch up. There is a chemical called cycle which really speeds this up. Also reduce the amout fed at each feeding it is better to feed the fish very small amounts of food several times...

I just wanted to add some information on this topic if you are still watching this. I have had the same problems in the past in newly established tanks. It seemed to happen right after cleaning the tank.I found the cause of the problems was the tank was not cycling correctly and bad bacteria...

I am looking for advice on how to best trim my amazon sword? And how do I get it to reproduce? Anyhow I have many different kinds of plants they all seem to grow very well the only problem I am having is my amazon sword is very large about 4 inches in diameter at the base and is as tall as the...