Recent content by teamgs

Thanks for the photos and tips. I haven't had the time to work on it yet. I am currently repairing the results of a brain fart on my part. I accidentally reformatted the data drive on my PC, while attempting to reinstall my operating system on my OS drive. With my data recovery software...

Thanks for the replies. I will test the dosing into the a cup of water. I have no reference for the dry ferts, as I never used them before. I ordered them directly from rexgriggs.com. The measurer may not be the most accurate, but it isn't too bad. Once the water turns cloudy, if I don't...

Greetings, For some reason, when I dose KNO3 into my tank, within a day, the water turns mildly cloudy. It then takes at least a week to clear, with water changes. I was following the directions on the fert bag, to end up with 11 ppm NO3, then tried cutting it in half, with the same...

I was very surprised myself. I have been fighting green water for probably 5 weeks now. My daughter is very happy that she can see the fish now. :D The openings of the filter are larger than a standard cork size, so bear that in mind when getting it. I also tried simply duct taping the...

Greetings, I found a relatively inexpensive micron filter in response to my need to get rid of green algae. Initially, I purchased a 295GPH powerhead and a Hagen Quick Filter attachment, which I had read here worked well to filter algae. Unfortunately, the filter was no where near fine enough...

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My bulbs do indeed run the length of the aquarium, however there are only two light sockets. The fixture is set up for two dual light bulbs. I can go with a lower wattage bulb, but they are shorter and would only cover about 2/3 of the tank length. Assuming that there isn't much of an issue...

Thanks for the assistance! I missed the part regarding the 25% per 4" above 24". Must have been reading too fast. :D I think I will get another 50/50, giving me 96 Watts. The only downside is that the current USA Sunpaq 50/50 have only 10000K white light, where the dual daylight (no...

My tank is 35" x 17" x 31" tall . Actually, I misread the results. At 144W I am right in the middle of high and very high. regards, Gary

Thanks for that link! :D It doesn't take into account depth, however. Don't you think this has an effect, since my tank depth is 30"? The link said that my tank was right at very high lighting. :o Regards, Gary

Greetings, I had my 96W dual daylight CF give out and am looking at what to replace it with. I am only growing low light plants, and no CO2, and have been running 1 - 96W dual daylight CF and 1 - 50/50 actinic/daylight. The 90G "tall style" tank depth is 30" to the gravel from the light. I...

If you are looking for color, what about Gourami's? My Neon Blue and Sunset dwarfs afe stunningly colorful, as well as my full sized blue and gold ones. Rainbows are also extremely colorful. My Bosemani's are outstanding. Regards, Gary

I would also say a dwarf Gourami or two. I have a neon blue and a sunset, and they are beautiful. The actinic bulb I run makes the blue in both fish look electric. Regards, Gary

Thanks Sudz! Well, since the second light is a 50/50 Daylight/Actinic, only 45W's of the light count to the equation, as I understand it. This would make my tank around 140W per 90 Gal, or 1.55WPG. BTW, the background is just the plain old photo type. It is adheared with vegetable oil...

Thanks! It remains to be seen how the rockpile will pan out. I have already had to remove a few rocks until I could find my blue gourami, which had gotten stuck in a mini cave! I am hoping that as the fish get more used to the tank, that they will stay out of the tight spots. Regards, Gary