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Rena xp2 or xp3 for a 55 gal tank? Also what watt hydor inline heater? Thanks! Rachel

I have a 55 gal tank with cichlids in it. I'm moving in a few months and i want to redo everthing while i have the chance. I have right now a hob bio wheel that i absolutly hate (it's so loud!) so that has to go but i'm not sure what to get it it's place. I was thinking of maybe putting a 10gal...

I have a 55 gal planted with cichlids in it. I am moving in about 2 weeks and am going to take the opportunity to redo mt tank. I have about 2.5 wpg, 10 cichlids, and am going to change the substrate to eco compleate ( i think). I want to get pressurized co2 as well. Anyone know of a good place...

I have a 55 gal and am getting ready to move so when i have to take the tank down i was going to replace the substrate. Right now i have regular gravel and was wondering what would be a good substrate for me. Eco-complete, flourite, turface, aquatic plant soil? I'm very confused. I dose fert...

I'm looking for a good book on freshwater plants and was wondering what other people had and what they would recommend. Thanks

I want to start real co2, been doing the diy for a while and am sick of it! Anyways i was just wondering what brands other people had and if they like what they have. Trying to decide what to get and help would be great! :D

I was trying to figure out how much to riccia to buy and was wondering if anyone knew how fast it grew. I have a 55 gal with 2.5 wpg, diy co2 (for now), and my own version of a pmdd. Thank you

I'm in the process of planting my 55 gal. about 2.5 wpg, my own version of a pmdd, and diy co2. I am looking for some interesting plants maybe some that are red and was wondering if anyone could recommend anything or if anyone had any for sale or knew of a good place to get something specific...

Spiciffically riccia, sunset hygro, or java fern but if you have any plants you would be willing to sell please let me know. I am trying to plant my 55 gal. Thank you! Rachel

Not sure if this is the right place for this but oh well. I have algae and am doing other things to get rid of it but i though that having a litlle algae eating crew couldn't hurt but i'm not sure what to get. My tank is a 55 gal planted, diy co2 with cichlids. The cichlids are the problem...

I think that this is an absolutly beautiful plant! I have 2 questions about it, The first is about lighting, what kind of lighting does it need? I have a 55 gal. with about 2.5 wpg, would that be enough? My second question is how do you get it to stay in the substrate or where you want it? I...

I have a 55 gal. tank that i recently started pmdd in. After about a week the top of the water has a film like substance, i guess where the ferts are just floating on the top? Anyways i've tried to mix them in the water better but it keeps happening. Anyone else had this happen? What should i...

Thinking about going to a regular co2 set up has anyone used this http://www.plantguild.com/html/instructions.html or know of a good fairly cheap kit. I don't know a lot about co2 parts so any help would be great!

Okay so i have a 55 gal. planted tank. I set up a diy co2 and at first nothing to a week later i took it apart tried a diff. recipie and different brand of yeast and in a few hrs i had bubbles and target co2 levels. That was yesterday and now today nothing. The bubbles just stopped, if i squeeze...

Okay so you know those plastic bars that go accross the middle of 55 gal. tanks? Why are they there? I really want to put a 48" hood on mine instead of 2 24" and i was pretty much wondering if i could just cut or saw them off. Anyone have any reasons why i shouldn't?

Okay so after reading this forum for a while i've realized a lot of things, one of them being that i don't have the right kind of substrate for plants (i have plain ol' gravel). Anyways I do like the way the gravel looks so i was thinking of just adding something like eco-complete and mixing it...

Has anyone used pmdd pre-mix by Greg Watson, http://www.gregwatson.com/proddetail.asp?prod=PMDDPre%2DMix Does it work and how much do you use?

okay so i've looked at diy lighting and only got confused so i think that i'm eventually going to just buy it online. I have a 55gal fw planted tank. I was thinking about getting http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=24037;category_id=1875;pcid1=1843;pcid2= does that sound...

I was interested in getting mudskippers and had a few questions for any of you out there who keep them.... how manyyou have, what sz tank, where did you get them, what you feed them, sg, if you keep any other fish with them, and if you have any pictures, etc. Thanks

Okay so i searched back posts for info on diy lighting and hoods and now i'm even more confused. I have a 55 gal. tank with the standard 2x24" hoods with about 15w each. I want to have about 3 wpg or more so that makes it a total of about 165w. I am so confused though i don't even know where to...

I have a 55 gal. tank with the standard hood that came with it. I am interested in upgrading it so that i can get more wpg for my plants. However i know nothing about lights or even where to start or how much this is going to cost me. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Does anyone know what a BB puffer fish is? I've never heard of it, lfs had some and was just wondering. Thanks

should a 60 gph pump be okay for up to 20 gal? If not what do i need?

I want to start a brackish tank but what kind or tests do i need for it and should they be fw or sw? Thanks!

I have a 55 gal. tank and am going to do a diy co2 but i want to buy a reactor. I have found 2 that i am interested in and ,The Turbo CO2 Bio System Built by Red Sea and The PGP Power Reactor CO2 system Built by Plantguild Products. My question is this, he one by plantguild products if for up...