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I'd like some catfish that wouldn't get too big and would maybe not hide too much. Right now I have 2 spotted raphael catfish and a pleco. I'd like a couple striped raphaels as well. I know they like hiding too. They just look cool though. I thought about a few pictus, but I'm afraid my...

What would best new life spectrum food to feed? I have the 2 Oscars, a jack dempsey, flowerhorn, midas, and green terror. Except for the Oscars the others are only about 3 to 4 inches now.

That looks pretty good. Also would it cause problems to use black lights as moon lights?

They're 6 & 8 inches. The pellets are probably like 1/8 inch diameter. I'll try the new life spectrum. The bigger Oscar eats the frozen shrimp and blood worm gum drops whole. Thanks.

What size and how many bulbs is a good recommendation for a 210 gallon fish only aquarium?

I've got new world cichlids and had been feeding flakes, shrimp pellets, tetra color granules, and frozen shrimp and blood worms. They devour all those foods quickly. I bought Hikari staple because I heard how good they're supposed to be. The fish seem really uninterested in it. The oscars...

I do kind of like the purple tint to the water.

Thanks again. That's what I was thinking when I bought the fixture, but it actually looks surprisingly well lit. I have it in a canopy I built 1 foot above the water level so the light spreads enough to make it to the ends. The fish do look nicer closer to the surface though. Would the...

Thanks. Would it be too much to use 2 T12 daylight bulbs plus a t5 or t8 dual fixture with a colormax and power-glo 18000k bulb?

Thanks. Do they make either one in a t12?

I have a 210 gallon fish only aquarium. Mainly CA/SA cichlids. I was curious what would be the best bulbs to really bring out the colors of the fish and make the overall tank look great. I currently have a 4 ft T12 2 bulb fixture. I can probably switch to a different fixture if needed. I'd...

I didn't know if just using the regular cartridges in one of these would work well to help with mechanical filtration. The 210 gallon aquarium I was considering putting it on already has a fluval fx5 and rena xp4. I was thinking as simple as it was to change the cartridges in these it might be...

I was thinking of blocking off the outlet and putting it out of the bottom of the housing so I could just fill it up with whatever.

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No, I haven't built it yet. I was thinking about it unless someone had a reason why it wouldn't be very good.

I was just curious why no one uses one of those house filters attached to a pump for supplemental filtration. Unless I just missed it somewhere. I thought it'd work pretty slick. Any thoughts? Thanks.

I'm using a Eheim 2080 on a 54 gallon corner aquarium. I know it's way more than I need. I'm curious what I should set the flow rate at. I'm going to have common and fancy goldfish and a school of neon tetras. Thanks.

I bought Seachem matrix expecting to see some amazing biomedia they had made. When ordered 4 liters for an Eheim 2080. When I got the package it was surprisingly heavy. I opened it and it appears to just be gravel like some people put in their driveways. That would explain the weight too...

I just didn't want to cycle the tank if there was a different problem and I needed to tear it down and reclean everything. That's my only worry about a fishless cycle is that I'll spend the time to cycle and then the fish will die anyways because of some contamination. If you guys don't think...

Yeah I wasn't sure if the fish that were in there for the 10-15 hours would be enough to get the cycle started. It was a new tank but the store had a resident cat that climbed in and on everything so it was full of cat hair they cleaned out. I assumed they just cleaned it with a wet rag. I...

Thanks. Yeah I just put the zeolite in after so the biomedia could hopefully take care of the ammonia and nitrite but if not the zeolite would help. I just was afraid maybe the place I bought the aquarium had used something to clean the aquarium with that was poisoning the fish. It took less...

In the tank that has been running for 2 months all the fish are doing great. There seem to be no problems at all with it. I guess if I continue to not lose any fish I guess it's still doing fine. I ask about the 54 not the 210 anyways. If I have questions about the 210 I'll be sure to ask...

It's been running for 2 months now.

Yeah I thought the tiny fish in a big tank would make a hardly noticeable difference in parameters. We actually took a water sample to the lfs and the said ammonia, nitrate, and nitrites looked good which is what I figured for a tank that had only been setup for 15 hours at the time.

Ok. I'll leave it running for a couple weeks with no fish. I have a 210 gallon running and put fish in it a few days after setting it up and they're doing good. Ive been keeping fish a while and guess I thought cycling was putting fish in to cause ammonia to get the bacteria to grow and...