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Yes poor mantenance will cause nitrate spikes on any filter systems, wet/dry included....it's really important to be on top of your mechanical filtration when using a wet/dry filter. I don't see why you couldn't have a mud bed and a wet/dry you would just need a sump for your wet/dry and a...

The reason why some people say that wet/dry filters are nitrate factories is because food and waste particles can get trapped inside the filter media (read: bio balls etc) if there is no mechanical filter in front of the wet/dry part. This in turn can cause nitrate spikes as the material in the...

Cool to see a couple of people from Manitoba. I am in Brandon, Manitoba

I would do this, but instead put the new filter media in a mesh bag in your old tank for a while, then move it to the new tank.

the only reason why i suggested buying from your LFS was because it was easy to know that it was safe for aquarium use....don't get me wrong though saving a buck is a good thing too!

yeah, tetras all breed in very simular ways. You can make artificial spawning mops from a cork and some acrylic yarn. A darker green is what i have had success with.

they will carry eggs for a while before they will be fertilized when she molts. here's a good link about breeding RCS, video included of a prego RCS: Breeding Red Cherry Shrimp | The Shrimp Farm

a brand of prepaired fish food. Everybody raves about it....haven't tried it myself as none of the stores around here carry it.

your LFS should sell salt that is made for the aquarium trade. That's where i buy mine as there is no question that it is safe for aquarium use.

Looking forward to seeing how you make out! Please give us an update when you can

if you keep serpae tetras in a group of 5 or more, they will leave your other fish alone and only bug each other. Also, having lots of cover in your tank will reduce this behavior.

Brown water from tannins isn't necessarily a bad thing. For instance, if you are trying to create a Amazon biotope you will want the tannins for a more realistic result. Some fish even require tannins in the water to get them to spawn.

To clean the sand after the tank has been running for a while, i just use a 1/8" tube and siphon off the junk that is sitting on top of the sand. If you do it right only the garbage will be sucked up and the sand stays on the bottom.

So, like the title says, is everybody else in Canada as happy as i am that the postal workers have been forced back to work? Personally i had ordered a few live plants off the net like 2 days before the lockout got announced. Looking forward to getting a package full of dead plants.

High Nitrates will cause your fish to become stressed. In turn lowering the fishes immune system effectiveness responding to bacteria or fungus. Many fish illnesses live in the aquarium all the time, but the fishes immune system can handle them when it is healthy. do lots of PWC to get your...

the increase in girth may mean that she is holding eggs and is ready to spawn.

the net would probably work. I personally use a triangle of filter foam over the end of my intake.

Plants that flower (like a pepper) need Phosphorus to help create the flower/seed. If you intend to just grow green vegtables you can get away with out having to worry about Phosphorus. Check out Plant nutrition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for more info on what plants generally need to...

60x60x60/231 = 935 US gallons. Which will weigh roughly 7797 lbs. i hope you are building this thing on a floor that can handle it. I have seen many tanks on the internet that are made from plywood etc that are over the 500 gallon mark. Usually anything bigger is made from concrete. there is...

You will have to dose stuff for any plant that flowers. Stuff like lettuce etc that doesn't flower will do fine with out dosing anything

QT == Quarantine Tank

Rinsing the sand before putting it in the tank is key. It can be done with a old pillow sack and your bath tub. I also put a dinner plate on the bottom on top of the sand and when filling the tank pour the water onto the plate. This helps to ensure that the sand doesn't get messed up from the...

Snail eggs look like small dots, usually black or tan coloured, inside a blob of slime. Snails usually attach their eggs to plant stems or leaves or the side of your aquarium. Cardinal eggs will be scattered about some fine leaved plants or even in the gravel and a little spheres that are...

If you wanted to get into breeding egg layers (like neons, Serpaes, most tetras etc) a 2.5 gal tank is prefect for a breeding tank. You would keep the female in there and get her nice and fat with eggs then add the male. Once they breed take the parents out and let the eggs hatch.

i have a red tailed shark that is very good at scavenging left over flake food etc and any alge that grows on my driftwood. I still have to feed him alge waffers and blanched cucumber etc as they can get aggressive if under fed. Also red tailed sharks have been known to attack other fish that...