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so two canisters it is then, one at each end for my 6ft long tank! ;) what about the Cascade Canisters? they come at a very reasonable price, and have good reviews, anyone here have experience with them?

So what brand do you recommend?

So maybe two canisters rated for up to 75 gallons?

So a cannister filter is really that powerful that it draws waste from every corner? What kind of current does that create? And isnt that much draw/current difficult for small fish and fry to handle?

All my life i've been using Hob filters, on multiple tank sizes from 5g to 90g. I recently acquired a 6ft long 100 g tank. (18"w x 18"h) This new tank, in the end, will have pfs substrate, lots of plants and driftwood, and be stocked with some rams, a few apistos, tetras and discus. I am...

Ive had some pennywort for a few months now. It has a thin green stem and I had it planted in the substrate. A couple days ago I received a shipmeny of assorted plants I bought from aquabid. The pennywort I received within this shipment is considerably different. Although the leaves are pretty...

I know this is an old discussion but one thing I feel has been missed. You shouldnt have to "wash your decorations" anywhere near as often as you stated in your original post. Or, in my case, ever. It seems completely pointless to me unless you have a bad algae problem, and even then, there are...

No fish except for a few platy fry I just added today.

In regards to neocaridina I have come across several references stating that stable water parameters tend to be more important than the parameters themselves when it comes to having happy healthy breeding colonies. Wouldnt each water change alter the tanks parameters? Im struggling to get my...

Ok. I finally have a tds meter. Its reading at 321ppm. Ph is still 7.8. Gh is 7 (or 125ppm) and kh is 5 (or 90ppm). Copper is 0. Nitrite and ammonia 0. Nitrates 20. Temp is 77. Still no berried females. In fact I havent even seen a saddle in a month.

speedie eh? thanks, ill check him out.

I sent you a pm.

Bummer. Patience is not one of my strongest qualities.

About 500 miles from toronto ontario to sault ste marie ontario. And I live in an apt building where the mailboxes are in a heated lobby so I shouldnt have to be here.

I found a really good deal on java moss but the shipper has no heat packs. Has anyone had any luck shipping/receiving java moss in temperatures fro 30-40 f or 0-5 degrees Celsius?

Ive come across several references of people adding caltrate (without vitamin D) for their snails to improve their shells. Among such references, there are some comments that shrimp love it too. But is caltrate safe for shrimp? And is it good for them?

So can anybody recommend a good breeder?

Ok. Here are a few pics of bob bauers fire reds I have now in my 20 gallon with 2 otos and a bunch of platy fry.

Responded by saying that their daylight bulbs are 5000k.

I found 13watt daylight (6500k)cfl bulbs at Dollarama for $2 each and they work great! My plants are booming! Interestingly, the philips cfls sold at home depot say daylight on the box but no kelvin rating on the packaging. When I emailed Phillips customer service they responded b

Well...I ordered 30 females and 10 males. I received 29 females (10 of these were for a friend of mine) and no males. There were about 11 baby shrimp in the bag too...but these were 2-3 mm in size and way too small for me to sex (I suspect they were born in bag) When I emailed bob about the...

There were 3 berried females but 2 died the first night..but itll be several months before any baby males are breeding size and im an impatient man ;) The first time I ordered fire reds from classifieds I ended up getting cherries. Thats why im loooking for a good reference here.

I just got some beautiful fire reds from shrimpusadotcom but unfortunately I didnt get any males in the shipment. Thats ok though cause id like to add shrimp from a different source now to start a healthy colony. Can anyone recommend a good breeder that can ship to northern michigan or even...

im a total fantasy nerd and I want to put "the one ring" from LOTR in one of my tanks Which metals (if any) are safe for shrimp and fish? I want to put the ring from Lord of the Rings in one of my tanks. Is tungsten safe? What about gold plated?

Interesting...I''ll give that a try.