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So I just set this thing up and I'm having some pretty serious issues. Even with the valve closed all the way, it is putting out an insane amount of foam/water. I set up a tube to just drain it back into the tank for now because otherwise I have to unplug it and drain the cup literally every 30...

55 Gallon Build thread So I got bored with planted freshwater and decided to finally make the switch to saltwater FOWLR. ~6 months ago: As of a few days ago: Equipment: Aquatech 30-60 HOB filter will be converted to a HOB Refugium Magnum 350 will now be primary filtration Two...

So I finally finished filling my 55 with RO water, got all the filters and power heads going, got the water up to temperature and put the live rock in. Then I threw a raw shrimp in to get the cycle going. My protein skimmer (Coralife Super Skimmer 65) just arrived so I have to assemble it and...

I'm going to start stocking my 55 gallon FOWLR tank in a week or two, so I've been checking out what all the pet stores have. Things I already know about/definitely want: Firefish Clownfish Bangai Cardinal Royal Gramma Things I've seen at the store but I don't know much about as far as tank...

I'm currently in the process of converting my 55 gallon tank from planted freshwater to saltwater FOWLR. I've ordered a BUNCH of equipment and hopefully next week I'll be filling the tank with water and live/base rock. I want to start planning out the livestock now even though I know we're...

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive RODI unit that just hooks up to my faucet? I don't want to mess with tapping into the plumbing underneath.

My friend recently acquired one of these and we're not sure what it is exactly, some kind of Tetra?

Well I figured I may as well document this as I go along. I should have started this a few days ago so let's get caught up: March 11, 2010 - Day 1: Filled tank with water and appropriate amount of Instant Ocean Sea Salt. Day 3: All parameters looking good - Temp 75 F...

I'm quite experienced with Freshwater but it's time to try salt! I'm trying to do this on a budget so I'm just going to start with a 10 gallon because I have an extra one right now. It's been full of saltwater for 4 or 5 days now, SG is 1.022 and pH is 8.1 So it's time to add rock yes? I was...

55 Gallon planted as of yesterday contained: 6 Odessa Barbs 9 Tiger Barbs (1 green, 2 albino) 6 Gold Barbs 4 Cherry Barbs 2 Bolivian Rams 1 Rubber Lip Pleco 1 Moonlight Gourami 1 Blue Gourami It bothered me that I only had 4 Cherry Barbs and 6 of all the others, so I went out and picked up 2...

The LFS has some really nice looking Gold Barbs that I thought would be a good addition to my Barb tank. I know that they themselves are more peaceful than Tiger Barbs, but would they be picked on by my Tiger Barbs or Odessa Barbs? 55 Gallon Planted 8 Tiger Barbs 6 Odessa Barbs 2 Bolivian Rams

So my 55 Gallon currently has 6 Tiger Barbs and 6 Odessa Barbs. I want to add probably 6 Green Tiger Barbs and 6 Albino Barbs. The problem is finding them at my LFS. So I checked out all the pet stores today. One of them had 3 Green Tiger Barbs but they were a bit smaller than the barbs I...

My new giant Bronze Cory: One of the Bolivian Rams: Odessa Barbs and Tiger Barbs: Probably my best fish picture ever. It's a lot easier with a fish that sits still. (Rubber Lip Plecostomus) The obligatory FTS:

My heavily planted 55 gallon currently has: 1 Moonlight Gourami 2 Bolivian Rams 1 Rubber lip pleco 6 Odessa Barbs I was thinking of adding Tiger Barbs, Green Barbs, maybe Rosy Barbs. Perhaps ~6 of each? Will they all get along?

I believe this has been correctly identified as Sunset Hygro: Don't know what this is: These are 2 different plants, not sure what either is called: Pet store has this labelled as Cabomba: Thanks in advance! FTS:

All of my tanks are so heavily planted that my Nitrates have a hard time getting higher than ~10. If all of my parameters are fine, is there any reason to do water changes?

**** batteries are dead so I'll try to get some pics up tomorrow. Currently I have: 7 Odessa Barbs 2 Bolivian Rams 1 Moonlight Gourami 1 Iridescent Shark 1 Common Pleco 1 Rubber Lip Pleco I'm thinking about adding: 1-3 Bosemani Rainbows 8-10 Dwarf Neon Rainbows ~5 Threadfin Rainbows Any...

Well I was greeted with a nice surprise this afternoon, looks like it finally happened! YouTube - Kribbies Let's hope the female doesn't go on a rampage and kill the male and, presumably the babies, like she did the first time I got this far.

My last attempting at breeding Kribs was moderately successful. Fry hatched, but then some got eaten, then the male died (which I can only assume was killed by the female), then the rest of the fry disappeared. I've had a new Male in there for about a month now, and there has been lots of...

I'll apologize in advance for the crappy cell phone pics. I thought we were just gonna pick up the tank today and maybe some wood. Had I known we were gonna go all out, I would have brought my camera. Before: Step 1, remove inner drywall: Reinforce the wall and move that wiring down...

As with basically everything else, it seems that online stores have the best prices, however a lot of them charge ridiculous shipping prices to Canada. A very popular one that I've seen is Drs. Foster and Smith, but as far as I can tell, they don't ship to Canada at all, you can't even choose...

Ok so it looks like I'll be getting a 55 gallon tank a lot sooner than I thought. I want to get all my planning and everything done now so that when I get the tank I can dive right in. I think I want to go with a whole bunch of relatively small fish. I'm just gonna list a whole bunch of fish...

Ok so it looks like I'll be getting a 55 gallon tank a lot sooner than I thought. I want to get all my planning and everything done now so that when I get the tank I can dive right in. I've never done a planted tank before but my friend just started getting into it with his so we've been doing...

Can I use those new fangled compact fluorescent energy saving long lasting bulbs for my fish tanks? I think the color of light that they put out would look awesome. Something like these: If so can I just put them in my regular light hood, where I normally run these?

Unfortunately my 20 gallon has come down with a case of Ich, I am taking care of it and I think it should be gone in a few more days. My question is, what can I do to my vacuum & bucket to avoid infecting my other tanks. Would really hot tap water be enough?