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Ok, It's been over a week since I scooped out all of my bad gravel and replaced it with 150 pounds of Flourite. Most of the dust has settled, but the water still looks very hazy. Can anyone give me an idea of how long it will take for all the dust to settle?

I have Jebo lights and they come with these little clear plastic looking retaining bands. I've busted one of them and was wondering where I could get a replacement. I've looked online at Foster/Smith, and a few other places, but I can't find them anywhere. I figured the planted forum would be...

Life has gotten in the way and I'm not able to put the time into my tank that I was once able to. It's a planted 125 with the whole CO2 setup. I have an Eheim 2217 as the filter. I'm looking to increase the time between water changes. At present, I only do a PWC every 4 weeks. I know it's a...

I was fooling around with the camera and I was able to get some really nice shots. I'll put the others on my site when I get around to it. I really liked this one so I'm sharing it now. It's 3 of my glass cats together. I wish I could have gotten them all in the frame, but the others were...

I'm so incredibly excited about this. It's the very first time I've had a plant flower in one of my tanks. Here's the first picture where the bud hasn't opened yet. I imagine in the next 24-48 hours it should be opened and I'll have a new picture to post. I also have pictures of all my tanks...

Ok, here's the whole story. I had a 55 that sprung a leak and decided that it was the perfect time to upgrade to a 125 tank. Since the 55 sprung a leak at 10PM on a Sunday night, I had to make an emergency purchase of 2 10 gallon tanks to keep the fish overnight until I could get a...

I am having a hard time getting stability in my 50 again. I thought that most of the bateria were on the biowheels on the Emperor 280's, so since my carbon filters were clogged, I changed all 4 of them at once (2 per 280) but did not touch the biowheels. A day or two later, I noticed that the...

I've lost a total of 8 fish in the last week. Two today! I don't know what could be causing it. Everything is normal in my water and I don't see anything abnormal with the fish. One of them can be attributed to old age because we have had her for almost 2 years. But the others appear young...

Any suggestions for Goldfish proof plants? It's going into my 30 gallon goldfish tank and I'd prefer low light. I've heard that some plants taste really bad and the goldfish won't eat them, but now I can't find any plants that fit that bill. Ideas? :?:

At what point do I need CO2? Or do I ever really NEED CO2? I've got my 55 gallon tank that's partially planted in plain old blue gravel that seems to be growing fine at the moment. The tank is slightly overstocked with fish, but I'll be removing some of the fry next week for a trip to the...

My betta boB died, so now I have an empty tank. I'm only freshwater now, but I was wondering if it would be a good idea to reset this 3 gallon Eclipse tank as a saltwater tank? It's a stock Marineland Eclipse 3 tank. If it's possible (and not too painful) can you suggest some fishes and such...

Wanted to share some pics of my favorite tank. The photos aren't the best, but they're the best of about 200 pics taken. It's a 55 half planted with mollies, platys, and a few guppies. Oh yeah, 4 Zebra Danios to liven things up a bit. Look close and you can see some of our fry. If the...

I have boB the Betta in an eclipse 3 tank on my desk, and the algae is starting to get a little ugly and unmanageable. Would a pleco be ok with boB, or is there something else that would work better with him? This is only a 3 gallon tank and I know plecos get large (already have 4 over 8...

I was wondering if there's a reason that most people around here seem to use test tube type water tests instead of the quick dip test strips? When I first started, I was using the tube type of water tests because I felt that they would be more accurate. Now, I use the quick dip test strips...

I've had my 50 gal set up for over 2 months now and I can't seem to get my nitrItes down. I've been doing water changes to keep them managed. They have gotten as high as 5ppm. My ammonia is nonexistent as well as my nitrAtes. It seems like the ammonia->nitrIte bacteria are fine, but that...

I've been treating my 50 gallon (mollies, platys, and guppies) because a few of my fish had died as I had previously posted. Since there are so many fish in the tank, I decided to go ahead and treat the whole tank for disease as apposed to losing $150+ worth of fish. I'd been using Maracyn-Two...

I just noticed this today on one of my fish. I'm not sure what it is. It's a 50 gallon tank with 40 fish. Mixture of Mollys, Platys, and a few Dannios. I have 5 tuxuedo Platys and this is only on one of them. None of the other fish seem ill, and this one is swimming happily still. None of...

I have a question about air pump size. I have a 50 gallon freshwater with some bubble bars in the bottom. There are two 14" and a 7 inch (35 inches total). The water depth is about 17 inches deep. I had two air pumps laying around, so it wasn't a big deal to hook them up, but both of the...