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Haha nope. I'm starting with small, juvenile angels that won't be big enough to harass the tetras. By the time they are big enough to cause problems, the tank will be very grown in and will give the tetras plenty of hiding places. Besides, I've never had trouble housing the two species...

Really inspires trust in your lfs, eh? It is a little badly timed, though. Ideally, I would have liked to stock tomorrow, but I have orientation for grad school tomorrow and thus will have to wait until later in the week, possibly the weekend :/ I guess if I've waited this long, a few more...

I was probably just going to get a single pleco and be done with it...what's wrong with Chinese algae eaters?

Finally! My nitrites are reading 0.0ppm. The second round of nitrifying bacteria have finally colonized. Fishless cycle is finally ending and I can finally stock some fish! 50 gallon, moderately planted, going for a few Angels, a school of neons, some corys, and an algae eater or two. I...

Goodness I thought I escaped Organic Chemistry. It's also worth noting that ammonia/ammonium exist in equilibrium. While that equilibrium changes according to the pH, if the pH is constant, so will the equilibrium. So if you had 3 parts ammonia to 1 part ammonium and that 1 part ammonium is...

When I put my EC in, it clouded up my water for two days. Didn't bother me because I was cycling, but it's worth noting.

Well you know what they say: If you can't beat them, ride on their shells so they can't eat you.

I'm a little confused by my drop checker readings at the moment. I woke up this morning to find it quite yellow-green. It is the sera brand tester. The confusing part is I have no source of CO2 within the tank to speak of at the moment. Yesterday it was dark green before I put any plants in...

What is the best recommended cleaner fish for a 50g planted community aquarium? Do the Cory cats act as cleaners?

Gotcha. I'll see what I can do with what I have lying around. Thanks for the advice!

If the single powerhead + homemade Rex reactor turns out to be insufficient, I shall try the dual powerhead setup. aqua_chem I'm slightly confused as to the placement of the reactor. Is that the long, horizontal piece of PVC pipe I see in some pictures? I assume you attach it to the output...

I may get a canister filter at a later date, and I would certainly prefer one; however, I am a grad student with limited resources at the current moment. Definitely going on the birthday/Christmas wish-list though! Not to sound like a complete novice, but what is a RG reactor?

I like the idea of putting it low. I have a sizable piece of driftwood that would hide it nicely. Well done on the 220g, btw. Very nice!

I have a maxi-jet 600 rated for 160gph available for use. Do I just hook the hosing directly to the outflow?

So I'm setting up a 50 gallon tank and I have a CO2 system on the way, but no idea as to how to get the CO2 into the water. I've looked over at GLA and they seem to be perpetually sold out of the atomic diffusers, plus the one size that I saw on Amazon had reviews talking about how unreliable...

I pretty much grew up with an aquarium in my room. I think I restarted it 3 separate times, each with different tankmates, locations, plantings, and the like, and the more I read on these forums, the more I realize I was doing it wrong. It has been several years since my last tank, but I was...