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Hi folks Haven't posted in a while, but wanted to share our news. I just orderd a tank and cabinet for our home. It is 84x30x36, ~395 gallons. It will take the place of a current 55 gallon and a 20 long between our dining room and living room. There is a huge project ahead for us, as I must...

Our veggie garden is doing well again this year, as well as the potatoe beetles that devour leaves. It's always been my habit to crush the beetles [the mature ones have hard stripped shells], but the young freshly hatched ones are soft, and make a red mess like tomatoe sauce between the...

I have three FW tanks.....if/when I start a salt water tank, is there any reason I might not want to use water from these established tanks to start a salt water tank without cycling from square #1? CH

Hi Guyz While on the subject of id's, could someone tag a name on this pair I have? TIA!! CH

Yesterday I fetched a young zucchini from the garden for my plecos and others. I zapped a slice for a minute so it would sink, like I usually do. Pleco sniffed it out as well as others; including my false algae eater. Just found him dead.:^( and thinking that maybe he ate too much veggie...

90 gallon planted tank PF550 HOB @ 300gph 2 drop tubes for UGF runing on air stones.... 3 large gourami's 1 4" Bala shark 5 2.5" Clown Loaches 2 3" Red Tail Sharks Trio of Golden Killies 4 Algae eaters 1 small Zebra Loach 2 4" 3-line cats 1 Upside down Cat 2 3" Common Pleco's 4 10-12" Anbias...

Have been dosing Flourish [Comprehensive Supplement] for several months now. I add by counting drops from the bottle. About a month ago, my four Anubias began to sprout blossom stems....one of them actually sent 2 skyward. I thought this was great, so I increased my dosage from five drops...

Noticed the thermometer on my 55 last night was reading 81.....odd I thought, dials on two hydor 150w's set @ ~75. Noticed one had the indicator light on, so I turned it down, thinking that it was not properly calibrated. This am the temp in the tank is still high, and the indicator light was...

Are there any tell tale signs of Mollies that are 'over the driftwood'? I have a pair of sailfin's that just appear to be lke...old. In stead of being plump and robust, they look more like fish that haven't eaten in a week. Yet I feed them a variety of flake and fresh foods. They really love...

Searched this subject and got 5,432 items.....pffffffff I have a 150watt submersible heater that I acquired @ a tag sale. I put it in a tank the other day and it works ok, but there were noticable beads of water in the glass tube. I took it out of the water for fear of having it...

I want to order a large tank 120"L x 36"w x 30"h One end of this tank would protrude though a wall to a storage room where sump and related equipment would be hidden from view. I've been asked how many drains and overflows and where I want them. For this set up, I would like to have any of...

The other day I came upon a swimming pool with it's cover still on after a long winter. There were thousands of tiny polywogs [frog babies]. Has anyone tried to feed these to their tropical fish? Seems like they would be good live food, if fed small enough. Dave :roll:

Went to LFS #2 yesterday, after leaving store #1 due to second hand smoke from salesperson standing in side door....then sending her 7 yr. old to ask if I need help with something. :evil: Saw a tank full of mollies.....very active, some very large. They were in a salt water set up, and were...

OK...so I'm sure someone has tried thid before, but it seemed to be a good idea @ the time........@ least I wasn't going to harm my eco-system. I had been doing by-weekly water changes of 7-10 gallons in my 90gal. After a few of these, I did a test and found my general hardness to be 15. It...

Our tank @ 6 weeks is doing very well....We have both UGF and outside filtration for this 90g. With a timer, I run the lights on for 14 hours, off for 10, as it fits our viewing schedule. During this 10 hour night, the timner activates the big outside filter, but the UGF and the heaters run...

When we set up our tank 5 weeks ago, we planted 4 swords...about 8" high, along with sevral other plants. One of the swords has sent off a shoot/stem, which has produced a clump of new leaves and a single root. For now, I'll leave it alone, but common sense tells me that I could nip that...

I have Tetra-Tec PF500 for my large tank. I'm thinking about purchasing the heater that fits right into the intake housing. Anyone have critique of such merchandise? TIA Dave

Hello Folks Brought back our 90 gallon tank to life ~3 weeks ago. Stocked with plants and a few fish. Leaning toward more plant - less fish look. Joined group to learn,remember things forgotten, and chime in from time to time. Dave