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BTW I should add that the types of algae I'm dealing with appear to be Cladophora algae and Black Brush. I'm getting some SAEs to help cut down on the brush. This tank does have a few live plants so it's got daylight bulbs on it.

Ok AquariumAdvicers I come to you once again for some... aquarium advice... On my 50 gallon breeder tank I have been using AquaClear 70 filters and overall I really enjoy them. They are nice and quiet and fairly easy to use. However I have a problem in this tank that is making the AC70s die...

I am looking for 4 true Siamese Algae Eaters.

Did some looking around and none of the stores around here sell the SAE, found a couple "flying foxes" and some chinese algae eaters but none looked like the right ones. Anyone know of a good reliable online retailer that would send me the correct one?

Thanks for the hads up. Did some research this morning and learned to make sure the black stripe goes through the tail and to make sure it doesn't have a gold stripe above the black. My lfs is really good about that stuff but its still good to know what to look for.

My experiences as well. At one point I think I bought 3 or 4 and now I have... lots. I supply friends as well when they get new tanks, I just dump the water in my filter through a net and usually catch at least 8 that way :P I should also add, that's in a fully stocked tank with fish. Can't...

I was just playing around online today and decided to poke at one of those aquarium stocking level calculators and based on what it told me it said that I have about twice the stock that my filtration will support, I don't think that's the case but wanted to throw it out there to get feed back...

I would love to do a larger tank but as things sit now I've pretty much taken over any flat surface that's sturdy enough to hold a tank :P However I couldn't help but notice the the top of our dressers are clear and I happen to have a 10 and a 20 gallon tank down in the basement waiting to be...

I stumbled across a series of videos on youtube talking about setting up a nano lagoon on the cheap. Basically they are just using a 10 gallon aquarium, HOB filter, 5 pounds of aragonite and some larger aragonite rocks to form the reef. It looks like the entire thing could be setup for under 100...

I have a 40 long aquarium that I will be converting into brackish. I put some mollies in there today and since I had heard that mollies like water current I put in the PetCo powerhead I had picked up on the clearance table a little while back. I think the box said that it pumped 200gph. I really...

that's the method I try to use too

I've had this really dark brush algae stuff growing in my tank for months. I've tried blacking out my lights and all that and it just doesn't go away. I've got it contained to two pretty big patches on top of a tree stump and on a dragon statue. I've gotten over the aesthetics of it and the guy...

Very cool, I like the hut. It looks like it has an airstone that comes out the chimney?

If in doubt take the water to a store and most of them will test it for free. See if their results match what your kits are showing.

I'm working on a new tank that I plan to transition to brackish, it will contain columbian sharks and probably mollies. Having never run a brackish tank before I'm looking for any advice you all can offer. The tank is a 40 gallon long which I know is too small for the Columbians but they will...