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200 watts will be fine for a 45 gallon tank. The rule of thumb is 3 - 5 watts per gallon. Some of it depends on what temperature you need to heat your tank to, but if you are around 76 - 80 degrees, 200 watts will be able to handle it. If the difference between the tank temperature and room...

Thanks for all your awesome advice. I am definitely planning on adding the loaches last. Given that I have a 10g for quarantine it will take awhile to add all the schooling fish. It will be at least 4 or 5 months before I will add the loaches so the plants and the tank should be more...

Hi Everyone- Just thought I would share pictures of my new (and first) 75 gallon tank. After getting a 10g tank for my daughter and then getting totally hooked on the hobby, I decided to go all in and start a 75 gallon planted tank. After a month or so of getting all of the equipment needed I...

Thanks for advice, Sinibotia. I'm intrigued by the Angelicus loach so I think I'll head in that direction. I will be setting up the 10g as a Quarantine Tank so I will be able do the meds that you mentioned. I had seen it mentioned in another forum that they recommended treating all new...

After several months of success with a 10 gallon tank I'm moving up to a 75 gallon tank. I wanted to get peoples comments on my stocking list. I'm mainly interested in smaller schooling fish and sticking with hardy species that will give me the best chance for success. 10 -12 Longfin Zebra...

75 Gallon Build I'm excited about putting together the 75 gallon tank. My interest goes to smaller schooling fish, so I'm thinking of a primarily Cyprinids - barbs, rasboras and danios, with maybe some loaches for some action on the bottom of the tank. I'm waiting on some cool Manzanita...

New to the forum so I thought I would say "hi". Came to the hobby purely on accident. I never had thought much about keeping fish until my 9 yr. old daughter came running up to me excitedly at her school fair showing me the goldfish she had won. Next thing you know we are off to the big box pet...