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Mine is even simpler and works very well. I get output for about 3-4 weeks from each bottle. -3/4 cup sugar (Granulated white cane sugar.) -2 tbs corn syrup (This seemed to help my output greatly. Without it my CO2 production would drop after 1 week.) -1/2 tsp baking soda (Optional...

I second the vote for the Stealth. Great heater and it won't break!

Oh I forgot to mention that the 3 pack of AC30 sponges is $2.50 at my local Petsmart. Petsmart online has them for $2.29 so you can price match it locally. That's $0.42 per pre-filter plus labor... :)

I did something similar with my AC sponge w/o freezing it. I just used a sharp knife and cut the spong in half using a light sawing motion. And then in one end just push the tip of the knife half way through the sponge (centered of course) and slowly twist the blade until you have opened the...

Once I do remove my other filter I will test at intervals to make sure I'm not seeing ammonia spikes. How many hours after shutting down my old filter and not seeing a change in my readings would you call it safe? When I had my crash last week I didn't test for over six hours and there was a...

The bio media should be on the top. From bottom to top: Coarse sponge, medium sponge, and then bio-media bag.

When I bought the coarse filter material for my AC30 I went ahead and bought a 3 pack of the AC sponges. I hadn't cut one down to use as a pre-filter yet but I did that today with my regular Saturday maintenance.

Here's a quick update. I haven't does Excel in two days. My test this evening showed: 7.0 pH 0 ppm ammonia 0 ppm nitrites 10 ppm nitrates .25-.5 ppm phosphates 7º KH I have lost a significant portion of my Anacharis though. Probably around 75 percent. As I read in some other threads, both...

Well a small update for this simple task. Let me say first that "Patience is a virtue..." and I didn't have enough patience. I decided to see how the new filter would do by itself after just one week. So early in the day I shut my old filter down (left it in position though) and went about...

Heh, I knew the motivator wasn't just me and my questions... :)

Wow travis nice find. Thank you. How did you find that BTW? As TankGirl said in another thread of mine I really don't need to add Excel with the new DIY CO2 I have so I'll stop immediately and see what happens. Right now it looks like the oldest/lowest part of some of the plants are a...

Thanks Purrbox. I've read about the 10:1 Nitrate to Phosphate but I wasn't sure if mine was causing my problem. Apocalypse_Gold when you pruned your Anacharis did you just snip below where the new growth started and replant?

Hello everyone. I am having some leaf die off and growth issues with my plants and I need to know what I am missing. First off here are my stats: 10G planted (Anacharis, Microsword, Java Fern, Java Moss) 3 WPG CF 6700K (Screw in type, not long tubes) 7.0 pH 0 ppm ammonia 0 ppm nitrites 10 ppm...

Thanks for the tip TG. I will get some Flourish Nitrogen. What would you recommend for the dosing routine on it? Since switching my generator to a 2L my CO2 output is great. I will add the second 2L in a week or so to keep the flow even. At my last check this evening my CO2 was around 27ppm...

No question at all. I had one die about a month ago and phew, that was some smell... :roll: :oops:

I am going to continue using the Hagan ladder. I already have the "T" connector and check valves and will setup a single 2L bottle with the current generator today. I will (most likely) have the second 2L empty (I just don't drink that much soda anymore. They need 2L bottles of coffee...

As gm said it's a temp fix that should not be used long term but it works. I had similar problems with my phosphates in the past and used phosguard in conjunction with PWC to lower my readings. Now I have very low phosphate readings and I no longer use the phosguard.

Fertilization help I know there are a ton of threads on this topic and having read them I haven't been able to decide what would work best for me. Here are my readings: 10G planted (anacharis, microsword, java fern, java moss) 3 WPG CF 6700K 7.2 pH 0 ppm ammonia 0 ppm nitrites 5-10 ppm...

Java moss color? When I received my java moss there were sections that were light to dark brown already, but with quite a bit the was bright green. I have had the java moss in my tank for about 2 weeks now. I need to do some pruning to all my plants today but I wasn't sure if the brown java...

I had this happen to my black mystery snail a couple of weeks ago. It acted very strange (i.e. lethargic, not coming out of the shell, etc.) for 3 or 4 days including the whole floating routine and then was fine. I still have no idea.

I just purchased a Visitherm Stealth heater and its dial is also off by about 2 degrees. I have 2 thermometers so I can verify readings and make sure the heater is being good.

I have a 10G planted community tank containing Scissor Tail Rasbora, Harlequin Rasbora, Neon Tetra, Blue Tetra and Ghost Shrimp. I am currently feeding them tropical flake food twice daily and I will switch to New Life Spectrum small fish formula as soon as my current food runs out. I am also...

Oh I do. My wife is cursing me right now. I've been baaaaaaddddd online and at my LFS's... :)

Not just online! Just go to the Aquaclear HOB filters page on Petsmart.com and print it out. Take the page to your local Petsmart and they will price match in the store. That way you get the filter ASAP and you don't have to pay shipping. I did this 3 days ago and in my research I couldn't...