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update! as of today and after a 3 day blackout, cutting the lighting from 248 to 124 watts and also from 12 to 7 hours a day, the algae seems to be decreasing at a quick rate! seems like the SAE's are keeping up. Thanks for the help everyone.

Have you thought or ever done it? I have a two car garage I know I could turn into a business for probably less then 10,000 dollars. has anyone done this successfully? All we have here in Rapid City, SD is a Petco, and a Petsmart. The other three fish stores in town have been run out of business...

Thanks for your help everyone, I hope a combination of dosing Excel, a 3 day blackout, and lowering the lighting to about 1.5 watts per gallon and only 7 hours a day instead of 12 will solve the problem... Fingers Crossed!

here are gold algae eaters Tropical Freshwater Aquarium Fish: Gold Algae Eaters I took a test again of all my water conditions and everything is right at 0 or 5ppm, the only thing is that the ph is at about 8.0 could that be a problem? Maybe when I put my plants back in the tank (after a...

I also have snails in the tank as well as 2 gold algae eaters that should be able to eat the algae if it was Diatoms. Am I mistaken?

After looking at pictures online, I dont think its BBA either, its not a hairy algae, its flat and grows all over the leaves of my plants no where else. it also has a slimy texture.

I took the plants out, and put them in a heated rubbermaid tub with some water, I have checked the levels in the aquarium and their all spot on, although I dont have a test for potassium, Hope it works! how long should I leave the plants in the tub?

I think its black algae, its all over everything, I have changed the pads in my filter, and decreased lighting from 12 hours to 7 hours, this is in a 72 gallon bowfront, its kept at 78.5 degrees and has 218W at 10k grow lights, I believe their VHO T5's Anyone have any advice?

My kissing gurami has a milky popped out infected looking eye, any ideas to what it is and how to treat it?

Here is a picture, tough to see the scales, but his eyes are very bulged out...

I have three tiger barbs, all the water is great, perfect quality, i have one tiger barb that im afraid has dropsy, but im not positive, its whole body is puffed up, its scales are sticking out, and eyes are pushed it, its so sad. But im not positive shes not.pregnant... Can anyone help? If it...

are you sure your plants are fully aquatic? ;) that was my problem!

Another person at my LFS that will be getting a talking too... I'll just order a plant package off liveaquaria that i know are FULLY AQUATIC Thanks for all your help guys!

They may not be fully aquatic plants.... I didnt even think of that, i know the banana plant is but the rest of them may not be... Duh :)

Im thinking about over a few days moving the ph back to 7.0 as well as dropping the temp from 80 to 78, as well as adding a screen to the top of my aquarium to cut down on the light. Think this would help?

Its 54x4... So im right at 3 watts per gallon

Yes its t5ho, whats bba?

Alright, so I just put plants and fish in my 72 gallon bow front (after a month of cycling) and its been about three weeks since I added livestock and I'm getting brown spots on almost all of my plants. I checked all the levels and their all great! 0 nitrate/ nitrite. ph is at 8.2 could that be...

heater unplugged and no light on it goes to room temp, about 74 degrees.

ok, I have a 72 gallon BF that I want to turn into a planted tank. the problem is is that this thing hovers around 84 degrees. with the heater turned off, when the light goes off at night, it cools back down to room temp, (74). my questions is, is how can i stop my lighting (4x54 watt) 6500k...

Im looking on ebay and marine depot, etc. for a cheaper RO/DI filter, as well as a 48"T5 light for my 72 gallon bow. Any of you have any suggestions on good filters or lights?

I saw that on there, It doesnt come with the autofill though. the complete kit one on there is still 5 dollars cheaper! What will I do with all the money?! haha

This might help, It has a lot of information on them! The Lionfish Info Sheet: Captive Care and Home Husbandry by Frank Marini, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

I came a cross Tom Rapids Pro Series filter, its a sump, a 4 gallon autofill, a skimmer, and a canister filter all in one. For $300 bucks this seems like a buy to me, As i hate the hassle of a sump. (noisy,expensive, has to be tuned just right) etc. Anyways, this looks like the best of both...

Ok, So I have been doing freshwater tanks for sometime now and just use a canister filter, I have tried a sump before and never had much luck, noisy, take up a lot of room, and overflow if their not hooked up right. anyways, I was looking at this filter at marinedepot and wondered if anyone had...