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Greetings, For some reason, when I dose KNO3 into my tank, within a day, the water turns mildly cloudy. It then takes at least a week to clear, with water changes. I was following the directions on the fert bag, to end up with 11 ppm NO3, then tried cutting it in half, with the same...

Greetings, I found a relatively inexpensive micron filter in response to my need to get rid of green algae. Initially, I purchased a 295GPH powerhead and a Hagen Quick Filter attachment, which I had read here worked well to filter algae. Unfortunately, the filter was no where near fine enough...

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Greetings, I had my 96W dual daylight CF give out and am looking at what to replace it with. I am only growing low light plants, and no CO2, and have been running 1 - 96W dual daylight CF and 1 - 50/50 actinic/daylight. The 90G "tall style" tank depth is 30" to the gravel from the light. I...

Greetings, I have a new low-mid light tank that is 30" tall. I am looking for fast growing background plants that will reach the top of the tank, but I can't find Sunset Hygro anywhere. I will pay a reasonable price for the plants and shipping. Thanks for looking! Gary

Greetings, I planted my new plants this past Friday, and today, it looks as if some are already turning transparent. The plants that are turning are the Jungle and corkscrew vals, and the spatterdock. The plants that still look fine are: anacharis, java fern, ludwigia repens, annubias...

Greetings, Now that my 90 Gal tall (36 x 18 x 30 tall) is planted and cycled, I am looking at fish for a community aquarium. My initial stock list is something like this: Boesemani Rainbow - 2 Praecox Rainbow - 2 Krib - 1 GBR - 1 Bolivian Ram - 1 Blue Gouramis - 2 Congo Tetras - 5 Otos - 3...

Greetings, I have had a photo background on my tank for a little over a week, and used soapy water to help it adhere to the tank. While it looked AWESOME when first done (Virtually bubble free), after a few days, bubbbles started to appear. Now, it looks terrible. Any thoughts as to a...

Greets, Here is my tank, cycled and ready to go. Plants are on the way, and after they are in, then comes a community of fish. I wanted to try a planted tank, so I am not going with many cichlids, even though the rocks are made for them. :D Tips, comments are welcome! Gary

Greetings, All the sites that I have visited show Sunset Hygro as a Noxious Weed, and won't ship it, or don't even list it for sale. Is this a request that I should post on the Barter/Trade section, or does someone know a vendor that sells it? Regards, Gary

Greetings, My 90 gal tall is cycled and ready to go, and I would like to add the plants before the fish. I am trying to estimate the general number of plants to purchase to get a moderately heavily planted tank. The specs: tank dimensions: 36" wide x 30" tall x 18" deep lighting: 1 - 96W...

Greetings, I am a few weeks in to a fishless cycle of my 90G tall, and was curious if these numbers are normal. BTW, adding pure ammonia, and in a day, the readings are back to 0. pH - 7.6-7.8 Gh - 40 mg/l Kh - 70 mg/l NH3 - 0 NO2 - 1.6 - 2.5 mg/l NO3 - 50-100 mg/l I was curious as to...

Just came across this site, and thought I would post the link for those with $$ burning a hole in their pockets! :D My freshwater favorite is the Amazonia with the tree roots. http://www.pangeashop.com/ Regards, Gary

Greetings, I am in the process of setting up my 90 gal tall after years of non-use. I have two HOB AC70/300's for filtration, but also have two powerheads left over from the days when I thought that undergravel filtration was the way to go. :D Since the tank is relatively tall (30" tall...

Greetings, After having my tank out of commission for around 3 years, I am finally getting back into the hobby. I am starting a fishless cycle, but my 2 year old daughter is anxiously looking for new additions to the tank. I thought that I would at least add plants, so that she would have...

Greetings, I had been using an Aquaclear 300 (Old model, rated for 100 gal tanks, 300 gph) in the past with my 90 gal tall freshwater tank. With the 100 lbs of gravel, and the 100 lbs or so of rock, I estimate the actual water volume at more like 75 gal. I am restarting the aquarium, and...

Greetings, After 5 or so years, I have decided to pull my tank out of the garage, and start it up again as a tropical community tank. Since my gear is probably in the neighborhood of 15 years or so old, I was looking for any advice on "new technology", etc., and any general startup tips...