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The system I used had a diffusion bell, so I controlled when the CO2 went in. This new system has a aerator stone so the CO2 just bubbles into the tank. Not sure I am keen on that. The difussikn bell seemed more efficient to me. Need to get into storage as I know I have a couple tubes of old...

Lol, last time I did plants it was in a 75gal 25yrs ago. I made my own CO2 generator. My plants took off so quick I started trimming 2x month and selling to LFS. Funded my hobby for a year until we moved.

Thanks, I certainly would not be looking for a breeding pair of Rams, but nature does happen. For the time being it will just be a planted betta tank to get the hobby going again. Betta is very active and kind of growing on us. If all continues to go well may look to add some tetras. I did...

Hello, I Just came back to the hobby after a 11 year hiatis and my last tank was a reef. I had about 15yrs fresh water experience prior to that which included breeding and plants. So I have experience, but much of my info is dated. Living in a small condo so I decided to go with a nano system...

After a long hiatus (11+ years) I am back. I Use to be extremely active here and one of the mentor/moderators. Now I am relearning ing the ropes. I started fish husbandry in 1988 while in college. Made.many mistakes early on like many. It lasted 20 years until I had to give up my reef...

mushroom anemones

The hardware

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Copperbands are known to eat aptasia, but IMO one of the harder fih to keep.

I have never heard of not running 24/7 unless it is a new setup.