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    slimy brown algae

    Sounds like you have a diatoms. If you have a new tank, they will die off in a couple of weeks.
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    Best Lighting for Fish Color

    If I go with the one actinic or a 12000k am I loosing the effectiveness of my 4x40w 6500k GE NO bulbs reducing my plant friendly output to 3x40 = 120w?
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    Encourage your SAE to eat algae

    I noticed my SAE's would eat the flake food i fed the other fish. I never saw the 3 of them ever eating algae. They just played and chased each other around the tank. After I switched to TetraCichlid Mini granules (not a plug, just want to make sure anyone could find this), I noticed they would...
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    Best Lighting for Fish Color

    What k do you suggest for the best fish color? I have 6 neon dwarf rainbows and a paradise but all my color is washed out by my 4x40w 6500k GE NO bulbs. Should I go for a lower or higher k? I want my plants to do well but I also would really like to amplify the fish coloration. Thanks...
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    Lighting Suggestions for an Icecap 660

    I recently acquired an icecap 660 ballast wired to 4 endcaps (supporting 2 bulbs) and was wondering what you thought would be the best lighting setup for a: Tank Information 55 gallon plants: glosso, Aponogeton crispus, dwarf sag, java fern, dwarf hairgrass Fish: 6 rainbowfish, 5 corys, 1...
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    Looking for some hemianthus callitrichoides for Barter

    Please PM me thanks
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    Anyone know what kind of plant this is?

    does anyone know what kind grass is around the base of the log? these look like: glosso java fern Aponogeton crispus but don't know that last. Thanks in advance
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    Best Canister Filter for DIY CO2

    What would you suggest as the preferred method of injection? w/o an unsightly bulk in the tank? Thanks
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    Best Canister Filter for DIY CO2

    I have a 55g and am looking for the canister filter to inject my CO2 directly into the input line. Do you recommend any particular ones? I am open to suggestions. Before now, I used a hang on the back one and I want to minimize the CO2 loss with a new canister filter. Thanks in advance. I...
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