Recent content by jinmon

Aha! Thanks for clearing up the WPG stuff - okay, fine, so I have too much light. ;) Ok. Er, I have thread algae. Not hair algae. Oops. Although who knows, I could have both. ;) If I've too much iron in the tank, why? Water supply? And what do I do? :)

Two questions - first off, I know the T5 HO lights are nice, I have shiny nice reflectors, but I thought 40 gallons was still small enough that just under 2WPG was still low-medium light? Not quite? :) Second - can Excel be used with fry/cories/plecos in the tank? And with my anacharis and...

The manufacturer's website is: http://www.aquaterra-intl.com/index.html They reference "slimline" models as well, but I couldn't find pix of those... just the SUPER COOL 3D ones... SO neat.

Hey guys. :) My free (bwahahahaha) 10 gallon kit came with a strip light with no bulbs. Looks like an ordinary screw-in socket, no ballast, so that's an incandescent fixture, right? I was looking at the Coralife mini compacts and was curious if people recommended them? Also, what are the...

Noooooooo!!!! Not CO2!!!!!!! :) Thanks for the tips, I was trying to get enough light to grow something besides java moss, but not so much that I'd need CO2, etc. I guess I might have to learn about fertilization after all, darn it! The plants look good though... argh. :) Going to go read...

Hi guys! Okay, so I've been surfing the web about algae, reading stickies, everyone else's posts, etc... and I'm still not sure what to do about the hair algae in my tank. :) It's a 40 gallon with 78W of T5 HO lighting above it (one 6700K bulb, one 10,000K). I'm running an AquaClear 70 and a...

Love the vined java moss. It'll be interesting to see if that shape is maintained as it grows, etc... but it looks fabulous. :) The columns look cool too, but what are the figurines made of?

I've heard the moss adheres better if you apply it really really sparingly and tie it on somehow. I bought a clump, tossed it in the tank (strategically, I swear!) and had floating moss clumps in my tank for forever. It grew to like 3x the original size in a month, I just gave away about twice...

Praecox rainbow. Why not? :)

Hee! I have two males - bought them together in one lot at the club auction, one was so small and pale I was sure it was a female... nope. So far, they're good friends too - never seen any aggression, they hang out, etc. I have hope! :) But I'll set up my 10 gallon before I try adding any...

Are bloodfins nippy? I was wondering about gouramis...

My gold barbs are pretty peaceful so far (in the tank about a month, accepted a new one into their school a few days ago with NO drama) and they're bright and colorful. Mine think they're cories though - they stay on the bottom 1/3 of the tank. :)

Congrats on having the tank in your house! :) I'm a total noob too, so I can't give you much advice on the background - I stuck mine onto the outside with plain old water, but it's now got air bubbles in parts (between the plastic and glass) and not looking so good. I've heard of people using...

Oooooh, that pagoda would look great with the bubble river: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=14686&Ntt=river&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1

I'm thinking of getting a betta - is betta food very different from regular tropical flake/pellets?