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I buy my flake food in bulk, but after a while I have more powder than actual flake food. I now have about a 1 pound bag of flake food powder and don't know what to do with it. The larger flake food sinks to the bottom where the fish can get it, but the powder floats and heads right for the...

Hi all, I have an established tank that has been up and running for the past year. Though the tank is doing fine, I think it is time for some soil improvement. My tank is a 135 gallon Discus / Amazon tank, heavily planted (Amazon Swords, Anubias, Crypts, Java fern, Jungle Vals, water onion...

I started my 135 gallon Discus Tank build about 1 year ago, give or take 3 weeks. It has been a long and arduous process filled with heart ache, frustration, confusion, disease, new plants, dead plants, flake foods, frozen foods, live foods, diatoms, too much light, too little light, new bulbs...

I started my 135 gallon Discus Tank build about 1 year ago, give or take 3 weeks. It has been a long and arduous process filled with heart ache, frustration, confusion, disease, new plants, dead plants, flake foods, frozen foods, live foods, diatoms, too much light, too little light, new bulbs...

Does anyone know how to dose fenbenzadole (safe guard) for internal parasites in terms of drops or tsp or ounces per gallon? I am dosing the Discus in my 135 gallon tank. Secondly, The fish are recovering from a bad case of gill and body flukes. They are fine now and back to normal. Now that I...

:confused:What kind of snails are these? While cleaning my tank last night, I noticed these snails this morning. These snails are small and appear to be digging in the substrate. Are these good guys or bad guys. I did not add these snails. I am sure they were hitch hikers od some sort, but if...

Hi all, I came up with a use for my extra magnum filter. I use it as a vravel vac. You know when you are doing normal vaccuming you are emptying buckets and buckets of waste water. It is a real pain, because when you get underway, it is tome to stop and empty the bucket. In my system, I have a...

Greetings all, Attached are PIX from my 135 gallon Discus tank. As Discus are sensitive and require higher water standards, this has worked for me. Though not exhaustive, and not what others may choose, I am attempting to offer ideas that may help someone new to Discus or other sensitive fishes...

I was out on Saturday when I decided to drop by my LFS for a few items (carbon, filter media, ball valves etc). They have always had a very impressive Discus display tank with some of the most beautiful fish and plants I had ever seen. I had always dreamed of having such a nice setup someday. To...

Hello all, I have a Discus tank (135 gallons) set up and running for about 7 months now. Fish are doing fine and growing well. My setup consists of an overflow sponge filter system (1 left and 1 right) before it goes down the drain tubes over a polyester filter pad, into an amonia reducing and...

I have always had a love of aquariums since I was a child. Back in the 70s, aquariums were very expensive and little was actually known about how to take care of many species of fish. I got my first aquarium when I was back in college because I thought it would be cool...besides I was taking...

I have a planted tank with low light plants. For the past 3 months I had to deal with BBA and now Diatoms. I have some nerite snails on order, but how do I prevent Diatoms in the first place. Once I have them, are nerite snails the only solution? Signed.......frustrated and confused.

:thumb:I have been doing aquariums for a while and took a 10 year break due to military service. I recently got back into the hobby and back to rearing Discus fish. I have never given too much thought to plants, I just watched them die and thought plants didn't last very long anyway. Boy was I...

Greetings All, I recently had a major learning lesson (Thanks Rivercats) and a local water quality expert. I have a 75 gallon tank, and recently for a 135 gallon tank. My 135 gallon tank is almost up and ready to go once I get my 56W UV sterilizer. I has having many issues with my 75 gallon...

Has Angels, tetras, mexican cherry barbs, baby discus and 1 cory cat. Simple setup, not too much work other than filtration. Dwayne

When you are trying to get your water right and avoid chemicals, you have to do three things, remove chlorine, remove chloramines and remove ammonia. After doing much reading about the dangers of chemically treating water, I decided to do a simple DIY project. First I used 2 whirlpool whole...

My updated Amazon aquascaping. All live plants, driftwood and mangrove roots. Tank has 7 Angels, 5 Discus, 13 mexican red cherry barbs, 2 green coreys, and 3 rainbow sharks. Plants are all amazon swords, java ferns, java moss, water onion and a few others that go well in this environment. Your...

Janis, I hope this works! Dwayne 858106,-82.292679&zoom=14&markers=27.858106,-82.292679&size=400x300&sensor=true[/IMG]

Greetings All, what are your thoughts about airstones in the final stage of the wet / dry sump? I don't run an air stone all the time. At night, I have my air stones connected to a timer. When the lights go out around 10 PM, my 36 W UV sterilizer kicks on ( external and after my 2 stage external...

With any tank it is always important to monitor your water chemistry and make adjustments when necessary. When I tested my tank water last night, I noticed that my nitrates were high. As I am not one to throw chemicals after imbalanced water, I prefer to do required water changes and keep live...

Have you ever wanted to have a R/O station but did not have the money, skills, plumbing knowledge or nerve to get one? Well I was in the same boat until I got creative and built a portable R/O station myself. I already have a R/O system in my house, but my wife was never going to let me fill her...

Hello everyone, after almost a 10 year lay off I am back to aquariums again. I started my first 20 gallon aquarium in college back in 1984. I learned the ropes like most of us with blissful ignorance and finally a learned scholar by 2001. I am a MAJ in the U.S Army initially coming into the...

Greetings everyone, I need some advice on how to proceed. I have set up a 75 gal fresh water Amazon Biotype setup. The tank has been up and running since 10 September. It has live Amazon plants and drift wood. It has one small catfish which was a stoeaway inside a piece of the drift wood. So the...

Hi all, I am new to the forum but not new to the hobby. Have been in the aquarium world for many years (approximately 17) when I had to sell all of my gear due to being in the military and the frequent moves required. i am getting back into the hobby after an 11 year lay off. I have set up a 75...