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Great, more good info. thanks! Im leaning towards just keeping the AquaClear at this point after reading the feedback. I am not doing any CO2 injections, however my plants are doing really well. I spend more time trimming them than I do worrying about water parameters and such...so thats...

Thanks for the feedback. Like I said, I have not had any problems, other than it has broken after 2 years, however I was just checking to see if there was any reason to replace it with a canister instead of the same thing again. I like trying out different things, so thats why I was tempted...

Ive got an AquaClear 70/300 on my 37 gal tank right now, however I need to replace it. The tank is a little crowded but is doing very well. I have the following: 2 buhsy nose plecos 6 Rummy nose tetras 3 Japonica Amano Shrimp 12 Harlequin Rasboras 3 Panda coreys 4 Ottos 4 Pygmy Corys 2 German...

Can the roots of the Java Fern ever be trimmed? I have some thats been groing very well on the end of my driftwood, however there are a good amount of roots that are off to the side not wrapped around the driftwood that are really ugly looking. Was contemplating doing some trimming, but I...

Absolutely Fish in Clifton is great, as is The Shark Aquarium on Rt 22 in Hillside is great also...mostly fw, but an incredible selection.

I tried soaking it in their regular flake food, and they ate it all. Just bugs me that I have to use it that way...seems a bit misleading the way they talk it up.

Flamingonhot....yes, its the gel vitamin food. Ill give that approach a try tomorrow morning when I feed them again and Ill let you know how it works out. Thanks for the advice!

Thanks dskidmore...that reminds me that I should let people know what kind of fish I have that are ignoring the food, Ive updated my signature to show them.

Just curious if anyone has used these foods yet? As far as I know they are new. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=12800&Ntt=gel&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1 I have had abslutely no luck with getting my fish to eat any of it even though Ive...

Oops, yep...ghost shrimp. Guess Ill go do some reading online to see how to help her out. :)

How do I know if my shrimp is pregnant? It looks like its underside is full of tiny green eggs.

Ive got 8 neon tetras and 6 rummy nose tetras....they dont seem to school in groups though, its kind of like a mish mash of tetras. I dont know if there is anything I have done wrong, like is there a way to encourage them to chool together?

Ok, so I got a bit side tracked, but Im back now. Pre-filtered tap water is now: NO3 = 0 PO4 = .5 KH = 3 GH = 5 PH = 7 The strange thing here is that I must have tested the tap water and got 10ppm a dozen or so times, now its suddenly dropped to .05?? which I retested 4 times...now Im...

oops...forgot the test results before the purifier...Ill be back in a few minutes with those.

greenmaji...the following is the output from the water coming out of the purifier. One additional question...have you used the water purifier yourself? Im curious because it seems as if nomatter what I do, I cant get the small particles inside the filter to stay there, they always seem to find...

Ok, so Ive been able to raise my nitrates to 12.5 ppm with the seachem product. my next question is how do I raise the KH, assuming that 0 is bad?

Ok, so Ive taken all of the advice here, which I really appreciate. Ive been doing PWCs with the new tap water filter I bought, and the PO4 has been cut in half. Here are the results from my last water test: GH = 4 KH = 0 Ph = 6.2 NO2 = <.3 NH3 = 0 NO3 = 0 PO4 = 5

greenmaji, I am using the Tetra brand test kit, but will look into your recomendation just to verify. Cant hurt to have 2 test kits to verify my findings. fastfly48, Of course Id listen to you...Im always open to hearing what anyone has experienced, Im not exactly advanced when it comes to...

I was having trouble anchoring plants too. Just thought of something, have not tried yet though. I was thinking of taking a plastic soda cap, drilling a small hole or two and feeding the roots through that. Then slip it under the gravel while letting the cupped part of it fill up with gravel...

greenmaji, Can you reccoment a specific kit for testing the NO2? Ive tested 3 times using that kit and always get the same result. The color chart that you match your water sample to doesnt have a 0ppm on it, the lowest one is <.3 ppm. For all I know I am at 0, its just that the chart does...

Just thought Id move this back to the top and see if anyone had any other thoughts?

Also, forgot to ask...I ordered Seachem's PhosGuard. Has anyone used that in the past?

Ok...just finished with a 10% water change...a little more removal of some algae, and some testing. Here are the test results: Tank NH3 = 0 NO2 <.3 PH = 5.0 KH = 4 PO4 = 10 Tap Water KH = 3 Ph = 5 greenmaji, thanks for the link to the tap water purifier, Ill probably pick that up asap, along...

Ive had mine for almost 2 years now, and it is only about 5" He has not grown at all since I got him home which leads me to believe he was an adult at purchase. I have read that the adults do get lazy and dont do such a good job at eating algae, so you are better off with the younger ones...

Ok, so work went longer than I thought tonight and by the time I got home, ate dinner and finished up some more work, my fishes went to sleep so I dont want to turn on the lights and disrupt them. I will get back to all of you with info tomorrow. Thanks again for your attempts to help out...