Search results

Full tank pics here

I checked out hellolights.com they have the same bulbs dr fosters/big als have for nearly the same price. Guess I will just have to order from them. I've found some T12 6500k lights as I mentione d above at home depot and hoped I could nab some T5 with the same rating. Doesn't look like thats...

Ok, Lately I have been working on some planted tanks I neglected this semester and got around to changing some bulbs out. I went to Home Depot and found a few 6500k T12 bulbs for my big tanks and was curious if anyone has found any T5 bulbs? I found a one 21 inch T5 in the 2100k range which...

I was lookin at getting some flourite for my 55 as well, but at around 5-6 bags the price sorta turned me away. Something was being discussed about SMS soil or something? I don't really have any information on it. Hopefully some people will chime in with what they use in larger tanks.

I guess its frustrating as I was doing great and all of a sudden it sparked up. I tried dosing extra K and didn't get a improvement to be honest. I guess I could try triple the dosage..

I'd like to get rid of the algae without the help of fish, considering the algae will just return. Anyways, I did a complete tear down and re-scapped the tank in order to get some dead fish out behind some driftwood. I kept dosing normally except minus the phosphate and nitrogen, and still had...

Well its back. I even happened to do a 5 day blackout considering the Ice storm that hit KS here last week and still had the algae outbreak a day after I started turning the lights back on. I stopped dosing Phosphates and Nitrogen, to no avail. I even changed both of my DIY co2 to blast some...

Ok I will give that a shot and report back. Out of curiosity I tested the phosphate levels out of my tap, as well as the tank in its current state. Out of Tap: .5-1 Tank:0

Well that would explain why most of my leafs got yellow and looked terrible after I stopped ferts for awhile. Guess I will lay off the phosphate and keep dosing everything else? I might stop with nitrogen to. Is it a possibility that my seachem line is expired? A couple of them are from my...

Water changes to bring this down? And yes I was still dosing phosphates at the time, I was told to up potassium and leave everything else going.. Oh and should I lay off nitrogen/iron as well? What happens if phosphates hit 0? Algae?

79-80. See the first outbreak of this crap I had, I used Nitrogen right before a short vacation trip. I had never used nitrogen the first couple of months. I came back a week later and saw this. Did a water change to reset everything and vowed never to use nitrogen again... Well it still...

Its not 20liters, 20long - 20 Gallons. I apologize for stating it wrong. And yes I have stopped iron dosing, as well as cut back on the light to only 2.3wpg. I also didn't dose any iron or phosphate and still had an outbreak. And no the bulbs are not new, they came from my workplace which...

Alright, I've had my 20L planted for 3-4 months now and am getting REALLY frustrated with algae issues. So much so that I have all the supplies for my 55gal planted yet until I can get rid of the fricken algae im not setting up the tank. Basically I've got a horrid case of green hair algae...

Agreed, even though the limewood will get nasty after awhile - leave it out for a couple of days and take some sand paper to it - good as new. Or just buy a three pack. But the limewood creates micro-bubbles which works great to diffuse.

Thanks so much for the quick reply. Basically there will be 6 apisto in one 20. I estimate just 3-4 days though. And its a exteremly heavy planted tank, driftwood and caves and such.

Well I ordered some Apisto from ApistoDave, and to my surprise I got them really fast for ordering them monday morning. Anyways I opened the package to find a bag with a trio in it with my triple red and then another bag labeled Baenschi as a trio as well!? I'm not sure if I can place them...

Availability: Currently Unavailable

Does the temperature need to be higher for this fish? I think I was reading they require 79-84. Just not sure on how it'll affect my plants too.

Apistogramma cacatuoides Triple Red

I've got a dwarf apisto pair on the backburner so I splurged for a heater this afternoon. What temp should I keep it at ? 78?

That is a awesome looking tank. I can't get over the ground cover (Hemianthus Callitrichoides).. Unbelievable! I love the sloping effect too, is it just on a mound of substrate, or a piece of driftwood? Seems like it has the effect its stacked on the left side. Great stuff!

Well this past week has been getting rather good with some crazy temperature drops. I don't currently have a heater in my 20L planted but the temperature bounces between 64-68. With the morning being around 64 and then the afternoon/evening it'll sit around 68-70. Should I invest in a heater...

Well I was working today and noticed abunch of Snails in one tank. Just the other day I was reading about how beneficial MTS are and wanted to get my hands on some. I swear these look the same as the pictures I have seen on here of them. I've got around 3-4 tanks just infested with them at...

Well I setup two bottles this afternoon using a recipe I found in a archived thread. I have two 10gal power filters hanging on opposite sides on the tank, and put each bottle with tubing in a filter as close to the impeller as possible. I can hear it chopping the bubble up.. so I hope its...