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Quick background. I have a female emerald that has a sickness that i am hoping you guys can help me diagnose I first noticed it about 5 weeks ago when she was not swimming around the tank much and kinda just swam near the top (always an active eater though). Looking at her i noticed she has...

Hello all, I am wondering if a koralia pump 1150 would be to strong for a 75 gallon. Online it says its good for 70-150 for a planted tank and i am looking to upgrade to a 125 in a year so i Would want a powerhead that works for that tank aswell.

I do a PWC weekly. About 50%. I typically dont do gravel vac cause i use ADA AS but i do try to suck up some debree on the surface when i see it. I do plan on changing some plants around soon and moving some rocks. Normally i see alot of gunk trapped underneath them. Ill See if that helps

I lowered the lights about 20% and cut down on the fertz for a bit. We’ll see where that goes. Are the blue lights in the LED bad? Should i dial them back more Went through the thread. There never seems to be a concrete answer which is why im so confused. Should i lower the light output, or...

Hi, i have a fluval planted 3.0 and i am wondering if the setting i have is to strong. The tank is a 72 bowfront that has been set up for 8 months. See attached image for light setting. Im am getting alot of brown algea on plants that are exposed the most to the light while the ones that are...

No I haven’t. Im thinking of putting the intake on the side with plants but am not sure if the plants will block the water from being sucked into the filter

So, after a long debate with myself i have decided to rescape my 72 bowfront and reuse the drift wood, rocks, and plants (and add a few news ones) because i don’t really care for the way my current scape turned out. The idea i have is to have the layout be like a large triangle where the plants...

Is it possible, or a good idea to say add a layer flourite then a layer of ada aquasoil on top of it. I am mainly want to do this to add a thick layer of substrate and adding pure aquasoil is expensive. Also, flourite is said to add alot of iron. Another idea is adding a think layer of Osmocoat...

hello all, I have need for some advice. I am currently running a planted tank in a 72 bowfront, C02, liquid fertz, root tabs, and 2 T5HO. half the plants seem to be doing really well whiles others are not. I am thinking its the lights. the fixture i have is from odysea and is a cheap fixture...

i have a very thrive Crinum calamistratum thrive in my tank for months. its leaves grew to about 2 feet and i didnt see any signs of it dying. this past week however i notice the leaves started browning somewhere in the middle then fall off. Now all my leaves are at least broken in half. i...

Would you guys say a canister filter is better in general? And how much and what size to get the same kind of filtration?

Why hello everyboy, i have a filter question i have a 72 gallon bow front with a marineland emperor 400 and a marineland penguin 350.. all together its rated to clean about 160 gallons. these filters have done great but i have a major issue with them that maybe you guys can help. I do water...

Whats a good indicator for how much CO2 you should be adding to your tank via pressurized C02. Right now i am pushing about 2 bubbles per second but when I look at my diffuser (a class one from CO2 art) the stream of tiny bubbles doesn't seem like that much... I man there is still a stream of...

so my 72 gallon bowfront is going through some type of plague that i hop you guys can help me identify it and kill it. my bowfront has been running fine for 7 months and i haven't had any problems until the last few days... I went to the fish store to buy a two corys to add to my school. I am...

So i found 2 32L soda stream CO2 canisters laying around my apartment so i figured i want to make use them for my bowfront tank which has only been set up for about 2 weeks. I have kept planted aquariums before with success but never used CO2. What do I need to set up the tanks and how much...

I am not sure the laser cutter can cut polycarbonate, and i sense its probably very expensive. What is your opinion on eggcrates. I heard they dont allow alot of light through if if i want to get one it would be black to make it less noticeable. I think my light will only be an inch above the tank.

Sorry I should proof read what i type. I meant Heater, what is a good affordable heater to use in that size tank. Will it be better to use lets say 2 150 watt heaters, or 1 300 watts. Also i just had an idea for a lid. I have access to a laser cutter at my school. Do you think it would be fine...

Hi, I have a few question about a 72 bowfront tank im setting up. Do you know any good light fixtures for a good price/ Im looking for a duel T5HO. I saw some odyssea lights which were very cheap however they had mixed reviews. some saying good, others saying they started fires. Most reviews i...

so i seen a 72 bowfront on craigslist, I am wondering if this is a good price 300, for the tank, stand, lid, and lights. i really dont care about the lights, and he claims the tank has a small scratch that is barely visible when filled up and in pictures. he lives about an hour a way so...

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I have a T8 ballast that is capable of powering 4 T8 bulbs at i believe 48" lying around my apartment. I was planing on using it (all 4 bulbs at 4ft) for the lights on a 72 bowfront. I want to keep a mix of plants not to demanding (but want to get at least one kind that's redish), and i plan on...

I have things like muscle shells and barnacles in my freshwater tank. Tank has been up for over a year without a problem. I would boil it first tho

So I was wondering if this would work, if you are trying to cycle a new tank and experiencing alot of fish deaths and the water changes are becoming to much to handle or you dont have time to do it, couldnt you just dose your tank with prime for a day or two until you have time to change the...

No I dont plan on using CO2, I use excel once and awhile but havent for a while. the reason I would want two marneland 350 filters is because I was always told its smart to have twice as much filter capacity then your actual tank size. I will look into both filters that you and dcutl002 mentioned.