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Since I have moved I've decided to take my 75gal in another direction and set up an African Cichlid tank. Previously, the tank was set up as a planted tank using 120lbs of planted ECO-complete substrate. My question is whether I can continue to use this substrate and whether it will maintain...

It's been 2 months and it seems my tank is fully established. Yet my phosphates continue to be high at 10ppm. Could someone fill me in on how this affects the plant life since the growth is less than i had expected. I have pressurized Co2 with 3bpm and 2.88wpg. My results are as follows: Gh...

Hey guys, I cleaned out my Ehiem filter (2224) today and it seems each time I perform the maintaince and set it back up it leaks. After a while, maybe a day, it will stop. Keep in mind this is the second time I've cleaned the filter since i've had it for a month. The first time I...

...about putting duckweed in the tank. What a mess, just spent close to an hour trying to take it all out. Ugh, are there any other low maintenance plants that look nice on the top of the tank? Thanks in advance. :D

At last, I have filled my 75 gal tank this morning and planted some fast growing plants. I have C02 running @ 1bubble/sec and have about 108 watts of light. I'm not sure if i should all the lights at once from the get go for a total of 216 watts. The bulbs are 2 1000k and 2 6700k T5. I...

After months of researching about starting a planted tank, it finally came time tonight to fill it up and make sure everything was working properly. A couple newbie pitfalls i'm sure. First off, I received a Eheim professional filter from a co-worker with no directions (apparently they don't...

Hey guys, I have managed to dive head first into this hobby with a newly acquired 75gal tank along with a Eheim 2224 filter. All for a case of New Castle beer. Not so bad. I couldn't have made it this far without the site, as I'm getting closer to getting the tank finally set up. I plan on...