Recent content by Jonatheber

I'm getting lily pipes (currently using the stock stuff and hate it). Do I have the pipes on the side of the tank in the front directed towards the other side, and the diffuser opposite it on the other side? And put the return in the back on the same side as the lily pipes? Like this:

I have a 46 gallon bowfront and the center support snapped. I am getting a new tank and am going to try to transfer as much of the livestock (inexpensive freshwater fish like guppies) and plants as I can to the new tank. I have black diamond sand as substrate, well developed live plants...

I have a current 46g bowfront tank that is about to be replaced (center brace snapped). I've got a Fluval 407 canister filter and a CO2 art diffuser. The current setup has the CO2 diffuser and outflow from the canister about 1 foot in from the side wall along the back, directing the CO2 from...

Reviving this thread.... Don't you have to do something to cycle the water in the new tank? Transfer the water over from the old tank or something? Also, I've got a live plant tank. Do I have to move the substrate (black diamond sand) over to the new one?

I have a 46gallon bow-front tank. Today, for whatever reason, the plastic that runs across the middle of the tank decided to break (see pictures below). I have it clamped so there is no chance of the thing breaking apart. I went into Home Depot, and they suggested using epoxy to glue the...

I just redid my tank last weekend by yanking out the gravel and putting in black diamond sand. I have some established plants in the back, but have bought some others that are just getting started (e.g. rotalla). I also put some Vesicularia on the driftwood on the right using thread and hope...

Ok. How about a complete change of pace. Ditch the eco-complete (I can return it). Leave a layer of the big gravel at the bottom since it has lots of bacteria already. Cover it with inches and inches of black sand (what kind????) and use root tabs. The benefit there, I think, is the...

I am switching over to aquascaping from a standard gravel bottom. I have a high-tech 46g bowfront tank (other than the substrate) - Fluval 3.0 light, CO@ etc. My tank will have live bearers (mollies, guppies, cory cats, some tetras and a kuhli loach) My water runs high pH (around 7.8) and...

I've got a planted tank that has had algae problems. I have decided to add CO2 and try to have more plants growing to keep the algae at bay. If someone gives me a shopping list for a do it yourself kit, I'll buy that. If going with a kit from a commercial company makes more sense, I'll buy...

I had a BAD case of hair algae in my livebearer water tank. It made my mossimo moss balls look like chia pets (I added some pictures of the algae on two of the moss balls before they got really hairy), it was growing off of all of the leaves of my live plants, off of my fluval heater, and...

I have a 46g bowfront with a bunch of livebearers and (until 2 days ago) 3 cory cats. The water is 33% changed weekly, and has 0 ammonia and nitrite, and 20ppm nitrate. The corys have been fine for months. I purchased a few ghost shrimp to try to help out with some cleaning of the tank...

About a year.

PS One other idea I read about online (because the internet is ALWAYS right).... Does anyone have any idea of AlgaeFix is safe to use in this kind of tank? I also have a slight problem with a baby snail explosion - some of the plants I bought must have had some eggs I couldn't manage to...

It definitely is long, string and green. The attached picture shows it growing on the moss ball. It also grows on plants, a few fake ornaments I have and an occasional patch on the glass.

I have a tank with live plants and a fluval light at 25% for about 1 1/2 hours a day ant at about 70% for about 4 hours a day. I have hair algae I keep plucking out of the tank... I have three Ottos and guppies in the tank, and they basically ignore the stuff. Does anything actually eat...