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Okay so I decided on something different and had to return my rainbows to the store because they were too aggressive. The tank still seems empty... So I was thinking maybe 4 more angels and a 2-4 more Roselines, and yoyos OR a school of Penguin tetras. Currently stocked with 4 angels (2...

Yea, I thought about that, but I still wanted to get the most out of the filters. I went ahead and drilled holes and it did slow the velocity down quite a bit. Now I'm going to see how food and wastes travel throughout the tank.

Yea I am thinking I may need more fish to fill the tank. But Angels and rainbows get pretty large. I was debating on getting more Yoyos but I am afraid they might bother the rams to much. so I was thinking about 6 angels, 10 rainbows, 5 rams, 1 yoyo, 1 bristlenose (might be another type of...

I have two Rena xp3 on my F.W. 120 gallon and need to reduce the flow because the current is going to be to strong for my future angelfish. I have a question on how should I position the outlets? Right now I have one horizontal spraybar and inlet on both ends of the tanks. Right now one spray...

I was looking at denison barbs early and would love to get some, but they are quite pricey.

Awesome thanks for the ideas. Also wondering are there different types of angelfish? I know their colors vary and everywhere I go they all look the same, but online there are different color

So I moved a few months ago and started fresh on my tank. Sadly I had to return all my fish to the LFS since I moved 4 hours away. Now that it is cycled I am debating on what I want to get. I have a 120 gallon that has mostly large rocks on one end and open space on the other. Right now I...

OKie dokes, last question for this thread. Got my two XP3s... Now, where do I place both intake and output tubes? Both intakes on one end and both outputs on the other? An intake and output on both ends of the tank? Or both outputs on the ends and both intakes in the middle, or vice versa...

the tank is 60x26x18, sort of kind of deep... So far the things that will be fixed/changed.... More substrate (not nearly deep enough) Cleaning of the algae issue replace HOBs with cannister filters to reduce water splash and loss of CO2 Daily dosing of Excel Possible additional light fixture...

surprisingly, of the 15 fish I got from walmart, only one died... The rest are all growing like crazy though! My tiger barbs were probably less than a cm long when i got them and now half of them are 2 inches! The sharks are slowly growing, but eventually I will take them back to a LFS. I...

I think I might stick with just the bulbs I have in that case, more light equals more co2 needed and since I am not using a co2 system, but dosing with excel I probably do not need more light. I think what I my try to do is get a raised portion of the tank (ie some kind of decor to make a flat...

Well that is good to know! So no sand and gravel mix. About how many more t5 bulbs should i get? 2 or 4 more at the same wattage?

I am sort of new to the planted aquarium scene and have been trying to get plants to grow, mostly just swords, some bacopa, and another plant I cannot remember the name.... Anyways I have a few questions... I have a 120 long with two rena xp3s and the tank is sort of heavily stocked with fish...

My cories liked to hide in there... I have 5 cories and only seen 3 for the past three months.... Then I decided to clean up the java moss and was surprised to find out I still had 5 cories!

So I have been looking around for the rena XP3s, and was wondering if anyone knows. There seems to be two different xp3 models. They both handle the same but their boxes and prices are different. Anyone have ideas?