Recent content by Atl300zx

I am breaking down my 55 gallon for a substrate change, deep cleaning, etc. I bought a 35 gallon rubbermaid container that I plan on filling up 3/4 of the way with tank water and running my normal canister filter in it with a heater. Will this be sufficient to not get an ammonia spike? I have...

i would take a syringe and inject the liquid near the algae, however, i never did it with the filter off.

aesthetics, reflector quality, fits the aquarium length for one, fans to remove excess heat, etc. also a lot of aquarium lights are somethign other than standard output floros. Some of these lights put out more lumins and can penetrate water depth better as well.

ill give the h202 thing a try. and to answer the earlier question, i have pressurized co2 injection. Anybody else have a suggestion for cleansing teh gravel and filter media without killing all the beneficial bacteria??

im thinking if it can grow in my filter spraybar, a black out might not work. Admin - can you move this Planted Tank forum?...Didnt realize i posted in aquascaping

ive tried the dosing of excel and trimming and it just comes back. I fear there are spores in my filter/gravel. My tank was algae free with this setup for years. I dont know happened. Here are some before pics:

These past couple months ive been battling bad cases of staghorn algae and Black Brush Algae (BBA). The major changes in my tank recently that may have led to this outbreak are the following: - Removed all Fast growth plants due to the trimming requirements (added a few back recently to see if...

mine has been 80% beaten with spot dosing and manually removing any leaves that get too infected. i think the fast growing stem parts are really helping. My Co2 tank ran out 2 weeks ago and i hve been using only excel and havent noticed much change in the algae for the better or worse.

im having a staghorn and BBA outbreak. i removed the leaves that were highly infected, started dosing Excel (despite the fact i have pressurized co2), reduced my ferts to half (i used to have a lot of fast growing plants and remvoed them to only slow growth - that is when this started), and i...

I need to trim off some of the bottom leaves of my massive anubias. I like the overal shape of the plant now, just dont like the look at the bottom due to the GSA that has started to form on the bottom 2/3 of the plant. If i trim off the bottom 2/3 of the plant, will new leaves grow in the...

I have a CAE too...pain in my @$$. he harrasses any shark like fish. I just got rid of my Bala to someone who could support a fish of that size. When i did that, the CAE went after my SAE during the "struggle for power" after removing the dominent fish...long and short of it...the CAE won....jerk

it is probable hole in the head disease. my angel has it now. You can try medicating it, but that is not the root im going as i dont want to treat the whole tank. Try 30% water changes every 3 days to incease water quality and vary its food so it gets more nutrition. You can even try...

i hate to say it, but if the bala survives, its time to say goodbye. That bala is too large for a 55 gallon tank. I just gave away my 6 yr old bala shark (in a 55 gallon tank) yesterday. He would freak out and would nearly knock himself out. I decided i would rahter have the fish survive...

Free Golden Algae Eater to whoever would like to pick it up. Its rasping is tearing up my sword plants. Also I have plenty of platy fry for any takers. Thanks.

everything is gone. shipments will all go in tomorrows mail. Severum mama, i will PM you shortly. thanks to all for saving these mothers (and their babies) from the compost heap.