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We've lived in the new house for a year and I've still not found a suitable place to set up my aquariums. Things are getting crazy busy managing a job and a farm, new boss won't let me set up my work tank, time to give up. I think I have 2 10 gallon tanks, a 2.5 gallon tank, an Aquaclear...

We've lived in the new house for a year and I've still not found a suitable place to set up my aquariums. Things are getting crazy busy managing a job and a farm, new boss won't let me set up my work tank, time to give up. I think I have 2 10 gallon tanks, a 2.5 gallon tank, an Aquaclear...

I currently have my 10 gallon sitting 15" under 4 T-12 bulbs (my 75 gallon fixture) I want a new lighting fixture that is properly sized for the tank, and placed closer to the tank. How many T5 bulbs do I need to get similar lumens? I consider this a mid-light planted tank. It runs on plant...

I'm moving to a house with enough structural problems that I don't want to try to put up my big tank, so I'm offering it for sale. 75 gallon tank, tempered bottom, no drilling, no copper meds ever used, last occupants were freshwater invertebrates. Needs cleaning. It's been out of...

I have a 75 gallon aquarium sitting in the attic. I took it down because where I live now the tap water is perfect for breeding hair algae, and I've never been able to fight it in the 75 gallon. I have a little 10 gallon and a 2.5 gallon that I buy bottled water for, and use plants for...

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I am looking forward to being able to set up my 75 gallon aquarium when I move. Is there anything in particular I should ask the inspector to look at as far as placement, or should I get an actual structural engineer to look at it if I want to put it anywhere but against a foundation wall...

I have a problem with duck weed. It quickly turns my tank from high light to low light. I can skim large amounts off with a fish net to restore lighting, but if there is one survivor it will propagate again. I recently redid the tank, and everything got rinsed when moving over, but somehow I...

I'm trying to restore this 2.5 gallon, so I thought it might be worth a look back at it's history and give me something to shoot for: September 2006 December 2006 August 2007 June 2008 July 2009 March 2010 May 2011

I've been maintaining a moss wall for some time sandwiched between two pices of plastic canvas. Every now and then the moss grows right out of the plastic mesh and is no longer attached, although it forms a thick mat with itself. I can take the back canvas and re-apply over the front, or use...

I've been away awhile, so perhaps I should reintroduce myself. I kept various freshwater aquariums for 15 years, slowly moving toward the natural aquarium/planted aquarium side. Then in 2003 I moved, and ever since almost every tank I've set up has had a major hair algae problem. I've since...

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~Tank age - First set up 2-3 years ago, but recently completely overhauled after a period of abandonment while I was out of work. ~Did you convert from artificial? I have not run artificial plants in my aquariums in over 10 years, no artificial wood in almost 10 years. ~Light specs 13 w CF...

Jungle Vals (Vallisneria americana) and Crystal Vals (Vallisneria spiralis?) Can be pre-trimmed for planting or left whole. I do have some algae in my tank, you may want to do a bleach dip on these. Pay shipping only.

It's way too cold around here to ship anything alive, but I've got the time so I'm doing a major overhaul on my Val forest. Plants are free, you can take clippings of any other stem plants I have while you're here.

I was reading insulation pad or not? and got to thinking about stand design, while we were on the topic of correctly supporting a tank. A fish store near me supports all it's stock tanks (10 gallon tanks) on just two rails, running along the long edges of the tank. The short edges of the...

How much should I expect a heavily modified custom 10 or 20 gallon tank to run me? I'm talking a dozen baffles or more... It's for an experiement, I just don't have the time and know-how to do it myself.

Have: Vals galore. Crystal and Jungle. Some algae on them, but the plants themselves are healthy and taking over my tank. Want: Mid-ground plants for 75 gallon, 2.1 wpg tank.

It's that time of year again, where I have to worry about my aquarium in my unairconditioned house overheating. I've had good luck with using an open top and a fan, but I'd like to be able to monitor, and possibly control the situtation. With a controller I could turn off the fan when...

I let the tank speak for itself: Although I should say that in any proposed solution, I do want to leave some foreground clear for my filtration project. (Shrimp like to hang out on filters, so I was thinking of submerging some sponges in the sand there.)

So how long does dechlorinator stay active in the aquarium? It's been too long since my last water change, and I'm running an invert tank, so I'm doing a big water change and refilling very slowly. At this rate, I'll have to shut off the water before bed and finish tomorrow. Should I re-dose...

My pond snail population was getting out of hand in my 2.5 gallon, so I tapered off feeding them. They seem to be able to maintain the population just fine on algae, but their shells turned white. I started feeding bits of algae wafers again, and the leading edge of the shells is brown now...

I have a couple species of Marsilea growing like gangbusters in my tank. Only problem is that after awhile the snails eat off some of the leaves, leaving this little forest of empty stems. I've been pulling up the chains, cutting out good plantlets, and replanting. Is there a better way...

I'm redoing my 75 gallon tank as a shrimp tank. The tank will have Cherry Reds in the near future, and some sort of filter feeder further down the line. I could just buy a massive sponge filter and hide it in a back corner, but I want to do something novel. Past shrimp I've had loved to hang...

My 75 gallon tank crashed. Given the mild summer we had, and my frustration with the tank, I had not installed my usual summer precautions, and then a heat wave hit. To be honest, my maintenance had really slacked off as I was so frustrated and no amount of work was solving the problem. By...