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Well i had a 55 Gal with 3 discus and was planted all nice, my little girl knocked over my homemade CO2 bottle and the liquid got in the tank with out me knowing, so i lost everything. :bawl:I blame myself for putting it in reach of her, so i have 55 Gal with 2 55 Watt CF. My question is i don't...

I have a 55 Gal planted tank. I bought some plants and thought that I cleaned them hoping to keep the ram snails away. I have a sand substrate and I have tons of MTS. I want to keep the MTS and kill off the ram snails. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm looking at getting a Milwaukee MA957 setup from here: Milwaukee MA957 CO2 Regulator With Solenoid and Bubble Counter What else would i need besides the CO2 tank? I have a defuser from this product that i am using now, so i planed on using it for the pressurized system. Plant Gro Co2...

I'm ordering a 2 55 watt kit from AH and i need to know what type of bulbs to get from them? This is a fresh water plant tank. What k level should i get?

I am looking at upgrading my lighting. I have 2x40 watts now. I have a 55 gal and am going to be adding a canopy soon. I want to all a lot of live plants. I was thinking something like ~ 3 wpg. Would something like this work or does someone else have any suggestions...

Well I overhauled the tank and added a new blue turquoise discus yesterday. So far so good he/she is eating and swimming with the other 2 so I’m happy. 8)

I have a 55 Gal in my basement right now and i'm looking to get a new wood stand (not really wood but the compressed...

I have a dual floresent hood. Could i install 2 flourescent VHO bulbs to up my wattage? Can flouresent VHO bulbs go into a regular flourescent housing?

Right now i have 2 discus in my 55 gal and i have about 80 watts on the tank so it's about 1.5wpg which i know is mid/low lighting. I'm looking for some plants that will do well in low light to mid light. I'm looking for some type of grasses for the foreground and larger plants in the back ground.

I'm looking to buy a CO2 test kit but i can't find a lfs or a online retailer that carries just a CO2 test kit. I have read where you can take your PH and KH and figure what your CO2 is in the take but i have also read that if you use any peat or a water softening pillow that this can make that...

I'm looking at getting this system for my 55 Gal. http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18478/si1501563/cl0/plantgroco2naturalsystem I have a Magnum 350 Canister filter. If i send the CO2 into the intake to the canister would this be a good enough disfuer? The next question is i'm...

I'm not sure where to put this but i'm looking to buy some discus from a local breader. I live in the Dayton, Ohio area and i'm looking to buy some discus. The LFS around here don't really carry Discus and if they do they want $55 for a 3" discus. I know about http://www.cincinnatidiscus.com/...

I have a 55 Gal and I want to add peat to lower the hardness and PH. Where should i get it and how much to add? I have tried the stuff from fluvial and it did not do anything to lower either the PH or hardness.

What do ya all think?

I have read most of the post on the liner sizes but they are conflicting. I have layed out the pond size and it is 9' by 9' and will vary in dept from 1.5' to 2'. I have based all calutaions off of the 2' to give me a little extra. I have seen that i need a 15' by 15' liner and then i have read...

I just got a female less then a week ago and i come home to see that they have spawned! 8O :D , so about how long till they hatch and then how long till they free swim?

Ok so i'm going to get a 18 watt UV Sterilizer. I have a 55 gal tank and from what i read i want to address algae and parasites so i could only pass about 100 GPH through the UV filter. I'm looking to add a fluval 104 which does about 125 GPH. I already have a Magnum 350 Pro system on there and...

I'm looking at a UV sterilizer. I have had a horrible problem with fish doing great and for no reason just dropping off like flies. About every 2 months 1 or 2 fish just die. No reason at all. It's all about the same symtoms. Eating and doing fine, then not eating. Then goes up to the top for a...

Ok so i'm trying to do this planted tank right and none of the lfs has the MTS's! Does anyone have a some that i could buy from them?

I'm looking at Eco-complete FW planting sand. How much should i get for a 55 Gal and i'm also looking at pool sand if i do decide how much should i buy? If i do buy the SeaChem Sand do i still need the MTS? If so how many and how soon? Question 2. I have a Mag 350 w/ biowheels. I will be...

Does anyone breeding them? If so, i'm looking to buy them and i can't get them at the lfs. They can get Gold German Rams and i did get a pair of them the other day, but i still want some Blue German Rams.

I have a 55 Gal tank. I want to install a undergravel filter. What i want to do is drill out 3 or 4 holes on the bottem of the tank and then have that go to my filter. I'm thinking this would help with keeping the substrate cleaner and keep from having dead spots in the UGF. The tank was made by...

Ok last week I bought 2 small angels. On the first day one of them ate and both were swimming just, out in front all over the tank acting fine. Day 2, one was hidden and the other one was eating just fine like the day before. The one hiding still was not eating. Day 3, the Angel that was eating...

I use to work in a pet store for about 4 or 5 years and i have a good general knownledge of how everything works in a closed system. I know that activated carbon is used up in about 24 hour after it is put into the tank. What benifit does using carbon provide? I will be adding more live plants...

What are the pro's and con's of a undergravel filter? Should i have one or not?