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Is it safe or beneficial to use tank water to water vegetable garden? The only thing I use in my tanks is Prime.

I feel like Xmas came early!! I've heard these are the best HOB filters. So far I like them, but they seem so fragile and brittle. Any recommendations or secrets with care and maintenance to keep these in tip top shape?

I have 3 tanks and have no idea on how to stock them. 55 gallon that will have two Aquaclear 110s. 36 gallon bow front that will have one Aquaclear 110 and a penguin 200. 20 gallon that will have a penguin 200 and penguin 100. All are cycled and I am in the process of shuffling and...

My nitrites were off the charts after only one week from the start of my fishless cycle, and have been there ever since. Ammonia always disappears within 24 hrs. This is what I've done to try to get past it......14th did 100% WC brought it to 2-5, didn't dose back up. Just left it at 1 ppm from...

I made this moving bed filter just because it looked simple enough. It is attached to a DIY sponge filter. I believe the sponge filter is working fine. There is water coming out of the air holes on top of the moving bed. I'm just bit disappointed with the moving bed. I'm thinking about replacing...

I found this forum quite by accident. Was researching fishless cycling for my half barrel. That's coming along so far, I think. I'll update that on the thread I started about it, later. I'll try to keep this thread on "filter advise". Well I've learned a lot (more than I probably bargained...

I need help figuring what I did wrong! I started fishless cycle Oct. 16. With lots of seeded material I was at 0 ammo and off the charts with ites and ates by Oct23. I thought I was doing really well. After a few more days of ammo going to 0 overnight and ites off the chart, I decided to do a...

I want to set up a 30 gallon half barrel pond with a 2 gallon biofilter spilling into it(skippy design, wish me luck with this build). Where is everyone getting the beautiful potted plants to put in container ponds. And how many comets do you think can live in this setup?