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I just picked up a blue gourami from my lfs, and while patiently letting the temperature equalize before starting to acclimate him, I figured why not test the water from the bag. It's pretty bad when testing someone elses water seems like a good way to kill some time :oops: Anyway, here's...

OK, first I know, gregwatson.com is the answer. But on a whim while ordering some other stuff, I got a bottle of Kent Botanica K. I didn't really look at the details - it was on sale so I added it to the cart. Now that I have it I am looking at dosing, and wondering if my numbers are correct...

I just set up my 29G about a week ago, and look what started sprouting: I have no idea what it is, but I'm sure it came from the Flourite. I have two of them growing in the tank, and there was one I found while I was putting the Flourite in the tank. The Flourite had been sitting wet in a...

:drain: I found my Black Mystery snail dead in my 75G tank today. Actually, he's been dead a few days but it took me a while to realize since they often sit dormant for days at a time. Everyone else in the tank (4 GF, 2 BN plec, lightly planted) seems fine. I've had the snail a little over a...

I'm setting up a new 29G, and for the first time I have a wood canopy to go on top. I have a coralife PC fixture, which will be up about 2" from the top of the tank on its legs. The coralife instructions are quite adamant that there be glass separating the light fixture from the water, but...

I have been slowly converting from silk to real plants over the past month or so, and after reading all I could find on algae, it seemed that I might have excess phosphates. So now I have procured a Hagen PO4 test kit, and I measure a big fat 0ppm. Is this likely to be correct or do I have a...

I have a new 75G tank with two 3" goldfish that has been up for about 10 days. Up until yesterday it had just an Emperor 400, now it also has an AC500. My plan is to remove the Emperor, but I am wondering if it might be best to leave both filters on there for a time. I've been testing every...

I'm moving my 2 GF from an Eclipse 12 into a new 75G tank, and I have put on an Emperor 400. It seems to be working OK, but the filter is way too noisy. I don't mind the splashy water sounds, but the motor sounds like a little garbage disposal, and the lid rattles. I took it back to the lfs...