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This would be my first saltwater tank ever. Before I decide to tear down my cycling 10g or 20g plunk down money for rock, wave maker and salt mix, I have some questions. Coming from planted freshwater. I have a 20g tall and a 10g currently filled and cycling them (for freshwater). I got them...

Hi- Last summer I moved from a tiny house in Denver to a nice 10 acre property in Mobile, Al. Sadly I had to sell all my tanks but am looking for a good deal to get back into the hobby but that's neither here nor there. House is about done being fixed up finally. I have two barns and I already...

this has been happening for a while (or i just haven't noticed til recentely) and they seem happy and healthy and eat fine so I don't know if this is normal whenever I first turn on my light they have almost no color (almost clear) and look sick. after the lights been on a while they color...

I have this giant hunk of applewood from my grandparents' apple tree. its cured and all. before I strip the bark I wanted to double check that's its safe for the tank. from what I remember fruit tree wood is okay. never been sprayed with anything. course I just thought this isn't going to be...

back in june for kicks I put a couple three small little cuttings of ludwigia repens (only around 3 inches) in my moms pond to see if it would grow and even see if it would bloom. I put it in there and let it run its course. it didn't bloom but it went a little wild. longest piece is over 2 ft...

found out that my family is going to move back down to mobile al where the're from. my grandpa passed a few weeks back and they don't want to stay here in Colorado any more. I'm going to make a big change and go too since i love it down there since i will have opportunity. its happening by the...

i know using regular plant food uses ammonium nitrate usually and isn't fish compatible but what about growing out some plants in water without fish to put in a tank with fish. mainly to get some of my plants to propagate a bit faster. i have some all purpose plant food that's 6-10-10. if its...

I ended up doing some work on my 55 yesterday and got some new fish for it and added some plants. I figured I would start a thread to track my progress with this tank since I am going planted community this time around with it. I got this 55g for free (almost a year ago to the day) from my mom...

kind have noticed my plants aren't growing the best and have been getting some pin holes in my anubias and my wisteria seems to be curling up. my research has pointed to a potassium problem. read I can just use potassium chloride. saw one thread that said see the sticky for the calculator but...

I got some hornwort I would say about 2 weeks ago I think. I put it in two different tanks. 1 10g with 2x13w bulbs in an incandescent hood. and my 55 with a single t5ho. it has over the past few days been spitting out quite a few new shoots. but they are more brown and barely green. there is...

depending on when the mail shows I should get my new heater for my 55 later today. might show when the lfs is closed. i'm going to crack clean before I get some new friends it has my moms pond goldies (3 about 3inches) in it now. i'll rehome them to my 30 that has my exes goldie and hill stream...

for my 10g that I am moving into a 20L I have laying around I was originally going with a single 24" t5ho. now I am looking at a couple clamp lights with cfl. I had come across an article with showing them vertical vs horizontal and another long thread on another forum that just about using...

i am considering a pressurized co2 system for my 55 i am redoing soon. i also have a 10g that i am planning on upping to a 20g long. if i built a co2 system for the 55g could i also run a line to my 20g as well off the same equipment? or does it really need a separate setup? i ask because my two...

planning on rescaping my10g planted up to a 20g long in the next couple months. probably going t5ho since i like how well it lights up my 55g. open to really any lighting setup but i do have to stick with a glass lid. i have 2 cats and they get curious and they love fish water. would like to...

as my other thread states I am planning on a big rescape on all my tanks here soon and figuring out what I need ahead of time. i don't like the whisper internal filter on my 10g anymore since i went planted. it takes up space and some of the light gets blocked. i want to switch to a hob but...

i'm planning on rescaping all three of my tanks starting towards the end of april early may. my 10g is planted and I want to do my other two planted now as well. plant bug has really bit me. I was planning on using floramax again in my 55g and probably cheap gravel in my 30g since I may not...

since no one hangs out downstairs in the basement anymore and its become storage mainly I moved my 30g up into my bedroom this evening. now I have a bit of a fish room. took me 2 hours and i don't know how many trips up the stairs but happy i don't have to run up and down to do a water change...

went to a hydroponics store here in Denver yesterday and picked up a new light to use for my planted 55g I am starting. it is a 4ft hydrofarm single tube t5ho light with a reflector I bought separately for a total of 48 bucks with tax. saved me some money not having to ship a fixture and i'd...

about 4 months ago I picked up 5 marigold platys at petsmart when they were on sale for a buck a piece. as far as I can tell I have 3 males and 2 females. for whatever reason they have never bred. not a big deal but I find it strange. my work has been drying up so i am around a lot more than...

when I get the gold fish moved out of my 55 gallon in the next week or so I am going to restock my tank. I really want to do cichlids and plants but of course if challenging. one idea I have is a pair of rams. bolivian I think. with some other species. any other types of fish that would get...

in the next week or so I am going to get some fish for my 55 gallon and move the goldies that are in there moved into a different tank. I may end up with large growing cichlids so plants may not be an option for the 55 . plants are more for the 10 gallon I have with the option of growing them...

tank is 10 gallon with 2 13 watt cfl. has 3 platy, 1 male betta, and 1 ghost shrimp. whisper internal 10 gallon filter. about 30 baby java plants and the one anubias. no co2 or ferts had my anubias nana since the end of august. all the growth is on one end of the rhizome. it had 2 baby...

a few months ago i bought a nice bunch of duckweed on ebay for a couple bucks. strange as everyone says its a nuisance and covers the whole top of the tank within a few days. me not so much. in fact its the opposite. i've almost lost all of it. its in a 10g tank with 5 platys, 5 ghost shrimp. i...

so i am not sure if they are just not going to grow or what. i got a pack of water lily bulbs about six months ago. they just planted in gravel no plant substrate. well its been like 6 months and none of them have sprouted. they are in a 30 gallon with a 30 watt plant bulb. i'm thinking that...

my mom needed her goldfish (4 of them) brought in for the winter and i took them since i have no fish in my 55. she's not making them a tank that they over winter in til after the new year. after i acclimated them and let them go i got a shock as one of the comets has no tail. it was all...