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OK, I goofed up big time. My tank was coming along nicely, with the exception of some thread algae, and high Nitrates. My hornwort was growing out of control, and picking up detritus, so I decided to remove it, BIG Mistake. The result was a Green water bloom. You can see my tank specs in my...

OK, I know this subject has been pretty much exhausted at this point, but I'm about to make one, and have a question that I know someone has had some experience with. I have left over 2” PVC from a home project that I would use. I know I want it on the output of my filter, and that the best way...

OK, I’ve filled my tank, and set up the Eheim 2026. Now I have a question about the flow & the flow indicator. I used the recommend filter media, and pads, I’ve tuned the overflow correctly, however it seems like the flow indicator is not going as high up in the window as it should, and that the...

OK, I’ve kept many tanks in the past, but now I want to get into a serious planted tank. My equipment is listed in my signature. I’ve been patiently acquiring my hardware, and I am ready to start filling my tank, and running the equipment. Now I am a real noob at a real planted tank, so I just...

At the risk of starting the canister filter equivalent of a religious war, Which one? Eheim, has a great rep, Filstar has some nice bells and whistles (Disconnect for one). Has anyone had both of these? Has someone switched, and then regretted, or didn't regret? Thanks

OK, I'm about to order all my dry ferts from Greg Watson, and want to know if I should get the Plantex CSM+B Plus Extra Iron instead of the plain Plantex CSM+B. I'm new to dosing with ferts, and want to know about any drawbacks to having: a) too much Iron b) too little iron (Which is worse for...

1) Amiracle SL-15 H.O.T Wet-Dry. Brand New, only used to see that it works with fresh water. Great filter for FO, or FOWLR, or a heavy fish load fresh water. Will not overflow onto floor. Adjustable venturi protein skimmer. Includes the 2 pumps. A complete description can be seen here...

OK, While I'm setting up I want to pose this question to some of the guys who have "been there". I'm planning on having a decent fish load. I'm currently debating between using my fluval 304 with a new surface skimmer, or an Amiracle HOT wet-dry that can be seen here...

Has anyone tried to hook up 2 of these surface skimmers from Hagen? I am going to be using my Fluval 304, and since there seems to be issues with strong filters (people breaking teeth off for greater flow), I thought that hooking up 2 into a t that feeds the filter might alleviate some of the...

While I'm in the process of aquiring the rest of components I need to finish setting up, I tested my tap water, and found out the following: PH: 7.3 KH: 8 CO2 accoring to the charts, and calculator: 12. Now this tells me that I have some other kind of buffer in there which is giving me a false...

I've never cycled a planted tank before. I've always added plants to a cycled tank. I've just edited this question since I realized that Plants wouldn't produce any ammonia to cycle the tank with. So I Guess my question is: Should I cycle with plants, and lights, or no plants, no lights. TIA....

OK, I’m still in the reading, and planning phase of getting started with a seriously planted tank instead of one with a couple plants, and 2 40 wat bulbs. Originally I was going to set up with a hang on back Wet\Dry filter (new from when I wanted to set up a reef tank). I’m a bit old school...