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Was wondering could anyone here tell me what my ram is suffering from. Firstly let me say he is eating normally and swims around regularly. It is a male. What is wrong with him is his appearance. He is really bloated in the body area and if you look at him from a top view, his scales are...

Dosing phosphates got rid of all my spot algae problems. The only time I scrub my glass now is for the occasional brownish film.

I have an ahsupply 1X36 watt light in my 10 gallon hood. Fits perfect, but it is DIY meaning you have to do "some" fitting. Not much other than drilling 2 mounting holes and minor wiring up. Check them out at www.ahsupply.com. With that light, you should have 3.6 watts per gallon. Also you get a...

They will fill an entire space and then begin to creep into your other plants as long as they get what they need. Its not an overwhelmingly fast process though. With the correct nutrients c02 etc, it should take about 2-3 months to get a full carpet. Acicularis isnt that short of a growing plant...

And it works too!

Cool beans! I set up a dual 2liter today using rexx's method. It took me 5 minutes tops and there are no leaks! Works great. That info should be in a sticky somewhere. My silicone days are over. Also now that im running two 2 liters, I have my c02 levels about where I want them.

I never tried it without silicone but now just for the hell of it I am! I wonder would it still hold a good seal on a dual 2 liter setup?

Wasnt the water temperature too high?

The way I defeated thread algae was to remove it like you are now and let the plants catch up. Basically I got all my eye could see at the beginning of the day and at the end. I let the plants grow as normal. After about a week I noticed a whitish looking fuzz on some of my plants. The fuzz was...

I grow vals in a tank with the "stock" lighting setup so im sure lighting isnt your problem. It has to be ferts if you have 2 watts of light.

Hi. I dont think the loss of light intensity would hurt your plants that bad. I have a 72 watt PC that ive had for about 2 years. Im not growing anything serious with it, but whatever I put under the lights grow fine. I think you may have a nutrient problem. I had a nice set of vals once, but I...

Well, today I woke up and turned my lights on, added my daily dose of potassium, and in about 5-8 minutes my plants were bubbling as hard as they were when I turned the light off last night. Could it be my test kits are indeed wrong and my c02 is higher than I thought? Also, my rams look much...

I believe if you float that plant, it takes on a different look?