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Thanks for the advice. All seems fine so far.

OK, I have a well established tank, and except for the darn black hair algae, all is well. :lol: Last night at 2:00 am the power goes out, and this morning I come down to feed the fish, and find the Penguin is not moving. :cry: I did not touch the wheel, but carried the whole thing to the...

Had you noticed this? http://www.cloudytanks.com/reviews/aquariums/purigen.htm Now you have me interested, too. :mrgreen:

Hey TankGirl! Thanks for the advice on the lights. Took some doing, and a funky piece of glass cut at Lowes, but the 20" Current USA Satellite 80W fixture is working out great. I can almost feel the plants relief! Peas? What's next, caviar? :lol:

Tom, just joined this a.m. after seeing it under your name, thanks! Don't laugh, setup is a 42 gallon Hex we were given by a neighbor. We have 2F gold gouramis, a M blue gourami, a black F molly who just had four little ones, doing well (3 light ones and one black one) a shrimp, an african...

Thanks everyone! Gravel vacced with a 25% H2O change. All seems well. Pretty tasty, Too!! :lach: Tom, I see you are in C-Bus! Me too. Go Bucks!!

It's kinda funny, those of you with kids will laugh. :lol: This a.m. my daughter, who loves the fish and always wants to help feed them, got Dad to let her do it on her own. Fwoosh! There goes maybe twenty days worth of flake food into the tank! I madly scrambled for the net, and got I'd...

$10 + shipping. I have a FW tank and no use for this bulb, had to order another dual daylight bulb, so if anyone needs this, lmk. 40W 17" bulb for the 20" fixture. eric@mackenbach.net

Took well founded advice here, and got a new light fixture for my 42 Hex. Due to the top, which I had to modify and cut new glass for, I had some size restraints. Got a Current USA Satellite dual lamp fixture. This comes with 2 bulbs, + a moonlight and fan. The first bulb(s) is what they...

Thanks for the re-assurance, everyone. I wonder how long it would take for the wheel to dry, and kill everything off (say I was not home)? Of course, the bottom third of the wheel would still be submersed in a little water, I think. :lol: With my luck, If I threw it in the tank, I'd knock...

OK, so we had a little power outage this morning. About an hour and 15 minutes. About ten minutes into the outage, I took the bio-wheel and submersed it into a big glass of water taken from the tank. The power came back on about an hour later. Did I do the right thing? If I didn't, what...

Hmm, this is sounding more fun all the time! The hood I have has a glass panel that is only 4" depth. You are right, that 20" light has a depth of 7.5." So, I take it I will need to cut off some of the plastic hood so that the light is unobstructed. Good thing I have a Dremel. I will go...

I'm pretty much a newb, but I think they are the best B&M in C-Bus. But very pricey. Catch 'em on their sales twice a year (Going on this week!), 40% off a lot of stuff.

Does the Moonlight have any application in a FW tank? Does it bother the fish?

Wow, thank you all. Medusa, thanks for pointing out the 20" at Champion. I need to look into this. I will have to call them to find out the dimensions, since the description on the site is kinda Sketchy. I poked around on Champions site, they do seem to have the 18" bulbs you mentioned. I...

OK, the good news is I have a free new 42G Hex tank. The bad news is the light, and what can I do about it. The current light is an 18" fixture, and since its a Hex, I don't think I can do much about that. It throws off a measley 15W :cry: I want to have plants in the tank, so I need more...