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Alright, I finally setup the DIY CO2 system last night, took about an hour before it started producing, and now its spewing CO2 out. I have a piece of bamboo chopstick at the end of the hose, but it's not doing a good job breaking the bubbles up, so I'm just waiting for my glass CO2 reactor to...

I'll definitely report on it and take pics. Unfortunately it's coming from Hong Kong, so I'll have to wait about two weeks or so, but the chopstick should last at least that long. Unfortunately I'll be at school for the next three days so I won't be home to do anything with the tank, but that's...

The more sugar, the longer the yeast produces CO2, right? Just purchased a 500ml bottle of Flourish and a glass CO2 diffuser from ebay. I'll have to use a chopstick in the meantime.

I noticed a bit of melting on my new plants this morning, I'm going to have to hurry and drink down a 2L bottle of soda to get the co2 moving. What type of yeast should I get and how much yeast and sugar? I definitely need to pick up some driftwood soon.

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What are you feeding your shrimp?

Okay, I ordered some blue 1w LEDs, I will use those for the night lights and start the hood build when they come. I'm going to try to incorporate two 5500k 27w CCFLs in the hood as well. I'd like to get anywhere from 3-4wpg I have a question pertaining to CO2, should I have one 2 liter bottle...

What do you plan on doing when your colony is huge? I was thinking about selling some to the LFS here because they charge $5.99 for RCS, it would be nice to make a few dollars on each one to fund other aquatic projects!

I went to my local LFS Country Critters last night and they didn't have much of a selection of plants. I'm going to try two Petcos tonight on my way home from work and see if anything catches my eye. I've decided that I'm going to go with a DIY CO2 system, and start building a hood for my tank...

Basefrog, thanks for the response. Do you need to shake the bottle up once inawhile or do you dump everything in and leave it for two months?

Hey Basefrog, how long does your DIY CO2 system produce for until you need open the bottle? Also, when you "recharge" the CO2 system, do you add more yeast, or sugar, or...? I'm debating whether or not to go with a basic CO2 system so I can get better plants. Also, you're using Flourish, right...

Hey everyone! Bringing this thread back up from the dead as I want to get the ball rolling here. The tank has been sitting there running for the past year as I wound up getting distracted from the goal, and now it's time I return! Current setup: 10g AC20 27w 5500k CCFL bulb 50w Stealth Pro 2"...

Ok, I put them in the 10g, medicated them with Tetracycline, and one of them is better and is eating, I'm on day two of the medication. The other one's gills and pectoral fins are still blood red. My garbage Marineland Stealth Pro is working perfectly.....it's set to 80 degrees and it's...

0ppm of Nitrites, I apologize, I meant NO2. Still 0ppm Ammonia. These tanks have been established for YEARS. The larger fish have no issues. I usually let the new stock sit in their bags and float them on the tank until the temperature is the same in the bag as it is in the tank. Perhaps that's...

Hey guys. I'm having issues here with my newer angelfish. We recently purchased four new angels to add in our community tank, and recently, two have died. No diseases are obvious, and the two older angels in the tank are perfectly fine. Theres also a pictus cat in the tank who is fine, and the 4...

Hey guys, I'm looking for some recommendations for some nice mid ground and background plants for my 10g RCS tank. For foreground I havent decided if I was going to go with some fissidens splachnobryoides, or pellia trichomanes. I would like to add some color diversity as well. I'm aiming for...

Hey guys, I wound up getting everything I needed figured out and whatnot, so I started with the 10g! My plans are to do a low tech build for now, and work my way up the ranks to a high tech build. So today I set the tank up. I put together my modded stock light hood for now with a 14watt CF...

Thank you guys so much for all the info, it's very much appreciated. Just as neilanh said, I'm definitely going to go with a AC20. I'm picking up a 50w heater today. I'm about to head out to homedepot to get the lighting supplies I need. I just got back from picking up pure ammonia for the...

Hey Marconis, long time no see! I'm actually getting back into the hobby myself, and I just posted up a thread with some questions. I'm going in for a RCS/planted tank myself, but I'm aiming for about 2.5-3.0wpg. I'm going to go with the spiral CFL setup since they're cheap and they would seem...

Hey guys. I just picked up a 10g and a 20g long tank the other day. I'm looking to put the 10g setup on my desk, and do a planted shrimp tank. Currently, I have the stock hood/lighting on the 10g, and I'm looking to get a bit more light out of it without dropping tons of money at this point...

I appreciate the helps guys, I did a 50% WC today, and took out a good amount of the algae. Next week I'll take out the rest of it. Are there any potential tank mates I can put in there to keep the algae under control? The problem is the tank gets about 4-6hrs of sunlight a day, plus the stock...

Honestly, I'm not blaming them for making it a hassle to pay out, in fact, honestly, the money doesnt matter, however, the unfortunate way my fish had to die was unreasonable, but I guess **** happens. I had one of my angels for 7 years, I mean, the thing was gorgeous... Any ideas on any...

I would definitely get that thing out. I woke up last year in a pool of sweat to see all my fish dead at the top of my tank. Water temp was 120.7degrees... I called the manufacturer of the heater and they wanted me to write them an deposition on what happened so they could refund me the money...

I'll do that. Just out of curiousity so I get an education, what's the reason for doing a 30% PWC every week in efforts to get rid of the algae?