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I have no time for the hobby. Therefore I have plenty of stuff to get rid of. Not looking to ship, so local pickup only please. Main items to get rid of (vs throwing away or giving to the LFS) one Filstar XP2 one Filstar XP3 (both are very used, but fully operational, and I have all the...

Trying to sell our house, so I need to get rid of the extra empty aquariums in my basement. The smaller tanks are simply up for grabs. The bigger tanks and cabinets for them, I'm taking offers (even very low offers). What I have to get rid of: 20 gallon standard 29 gallon standard 40 gallon...

Trying to sell our house, so I need to get rid of the extra empty aquariums in my basement. The smaller tanks are simply up for grabs. The bigger tanks and cabinets for them, I'm taking offers (even very low offers). What I have to get rid of: 20 gallon standard 29 gallon standard 40 gallon...

I have a mint condition Milwaukee MA97 regulator in perfect working order I'd like to get rid of for $55-$60. I put a post in the classifieds section...wanted to make locals aware of it.

Mint condition, used for about 2 years. Needle valve, bubble counter, solenoid valve, etc. Getting rid of it because I'm weening myself out of the hobby and no longer need this regulator. Asking $55, plus shipping which I estimate at $5 for USPS priority mail...so call it an even $60. Prefer...

So I just added a 96w actinic to my 75gal setup...the existing 220watts is growing plants fine, but i wanted some blues to highlight my fish. eventually I'm gonna have a pair of 55w 50/50 bulbs in there, but I'm getting the bulbs from a friend and figured I'd just do it in stages, since I had...

Just a word of caution here... Found out the hard way on Monday that sometimes Flourite particles contain enough iron to get attracted to the magnets in a magflot scraper. I momentarily lost the 'link' to the inside scraper, and when i got it re-attached, some pin head sized flourite had stuck...

If you're in or around Lincoln/Omaha area, and keep planted tanks, POST HERE! I'd like to build a little list of 'locals' so that we could do plant exchanges to avoid shipping costs n stuff. So, I for one keep 3 planted tanks, and I'm in Lincoln.

Almost 2 years old on both. Both in 'like new' condition. Skimmer has had the Rio 600svt replaced with a maxi-jet 1200 and venturi kit to increase its efficiency, but I can include the original pump if you want it also, plus original paperwork. Hang on fuge is the medium size, about 4.5...

First off, let me preface my 'log' by saying that I'm one of those people that knows a whole lot about planted tanks, but am also lazy. I don't always practice what I preach. Thus, in my 75gallon log, you'll see various times where the tank looks terrible, and other times where it looks...

I'm just not very interested in my salt tank anymore. If anyone near Lincoln, say, within 1 hour, is interested in my setup, send me a PM. I'm not looking to give it away free, but it would not be expensive. You don't have to take my fish either. I'm mainly interested in getting a little of...

I finally got the nerve, after 2+ years, to pull out the driftwood that had the monster java fern of doom attached to it. Its a beast, but its seen better days too. Lots of holy leaves due it it basically choking itself out. The photo shows a normal office sized trashcan, and that's my...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/08/furry.lobster.ap/index.html Its like a hairy blond lobster...really kinda looks pre-historic to me. Interestign though.

sorry for the poor photo, but I'm trying to show how the aragonite sand on the left side of the photo has turned charcoal/black, and you can still see the right side is a normal color. this is all carib sea sand..no 'magic mud' or anything like that, and a few pieces of LR rubble. is my bed...

I'm talking about myself :roll: See the below image? That's the 'micro filter pad' for my Rena Filstar XP3. (ya know, its normally white and fluffy when new) I forgot I had one in there! I've been trying for a week now to get the stupid filter to run right...as it was barely pumping back...

I've been trying to stop the algae growth in my reef tank for 2 months now. Large green tufts of hairy algae growing all over my live rock, trying to cover some of my soft corals. I thought my bulbs were spent on spectrum,s o I changed both on 2 separate weekends. No help. I reduced the...

Ok, my first attempt at an anemone met with failure. it was a Rose BTA and it died in 3 weeks. I just replaced both my PC bulbs. 40gallon tank, running 14 months now, no deaths this year aside from the anemone and misc. hermit crabs & snails...so pretty stable. My PC bulbs are 1x10,000K and...

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/12646923.htm the UV membrane failed, and 18 adults were sent to the hospital with 'short wave radiation' injuries...sore eyes and sunburns. Glad I use PC!

Started modifying my Ninja 500R recently. Started removing the factory decals, and this weekend I changed out to a smoked windscreen, removed the rear fender, and rear foot pegs. Click to view Next week I'll get new mirrors to change out, and my Sarachu slip-on exhaust, which will increase hp...

I know I'm 'supposed' to replace PC's every 12 months max...but I thought I could squeeze more life outta them...especially since FW plant geeks used to say to replace PC bulbs on planted tanks annually too, but that turned out to be un-necessary. In FW plants, the degradation of spectrum in PC...

8O That's the face I made 10 mins ago when I opened my electric bill for the previous 32days of service. Yes I live in an old house, and yes it's been in the 90's a lot in the past 4 weeks... but I used 2,230 Kw!!! Last year I only used 1,533 Kw in the same time span. The difference is that...

If anyone out there has worked with stained glass or run across a stained glass forum that was fairly active, can you please share it with me here or via PM? I'm looking to get into making some small stuff (maybe move on to lamps and small windows) but the only forum I found was hit only about...

The substrate in a planted tank is important, but it does depend on lighting levels and the plants kept. I'll start with the low-light planted tank, since its very straight-forward. Low light substrates Pea Gravel/expoxy gravel - this is your cheap, run-of-the-mill substrate, and for a low...

Lighting is THE most important aspect of a planted tank...but nearly as important are CO2 and fertilizers. I say lighting is the most important because if you don't have enough light, there's little to no need for ferts or CO2. In fact, without enough light, your plants are simply going to wilt...

This post assumes a medium to high light tank. Low light tanks need very little fertilization, which I do bring up at the end of the post. Fertilizing your planted tank goes hand in hand with adequate lighting, and CO2 injection. Think of these as the holy trinity to a successful planted...