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Can anyone identify the species for this guy? It's some kind of polyp, but I can't seem to find a picture of anything that matches the lack of fingers on the buttons and the mat that they retract into.

Ok, so I'm finally sick of home made co2 and ready to put a real system on my 75 gallon tank. Plus, the wife finally said I could. :D And of course I start looking around and warped my little brain trying to make a list of all the parts and figure out what's the best kind of ph probe, and what...

I've been running my 75 gallon planted with some mopani wood, giving it a nice tea color. Letting the tannins color the water was intentional, as I was trying to make a more Angel friendly home, which it did, maybe too well. Recently I've doubled the lighting to bring it from a low light to a...

I'm still researching like mad to figure out everything I'll need to get my salt water tank up and running. Hardware wise, I've got things under control. At least I will once I evict the fresh water angels from the tank and drain it for the rebuild. So far my only real goals with this tank...

Just starting out my research on converting my 29 gallon FW tank to saltwater. Planning the typical Nemo tank. A clownfish or two and hopefully an anemone they might take a liking to. Just hoping someone could point me towards some more info on a few things. I plan on using a mixture...

I was wondering if anyone here had any angels that raise their own fry? I've separated the eggs a few times myself and raised out a few batches. Once when I just left the eggs alone, they made it to free swimming stage and the parents seemed to be taking care of them...until they became a late...

I was wondering if anyone might be able to suggest a way to chill out one of my angels. The past few days the male has been getting SUPER aggressive towards the female. They are a mated pair that has spawned nearly a dozen times already. In the past they've rough housed a bit, and the female...

Ok, I admit it, I went too far. The lure of the fishies drew me in and I couldn't resist anymore. So now I've reached the point where there's just too bloody many of them! I'm trying to figure out where to fit everyone and who goes to the pet store. (Big Al's down the road, they take good...

I've noticed that one of my GBR's is starting to look like a male, and chase the other female around like my males did. Now I know for a fact that both of them are female. I've watched them both lay eggs, aside from the obvious differences in finnage and the pink belly. However, one of them...

I'm wondering if maybe male GBR's ever hold eggs or fry in thier mouths. My male has been guarding some eggs for the past 4 days and now he's not eating and acting lethargic. He could be having health issues of course, his spots are pretty faded, although his blue/yellow looks brighter than...

So in my quest to find happier fish foods, I decided to try out some freeze dried tubifex. It's freeze dried and compressed into little cubes. Seeing it as a nice high protien thing I dropped a cube in there to see how the fish react. They loved the stuff, especially the Panda's. This is the...

Just ran across an article that reminded me just how little power it takes to run an LED. http://superpositioned.com/articles/2006/02/07/powering-leds-costs-mere-pennies He literaly uses pennies (and dimes and salt water) to light up and led. While it's not really much more than a nifty home...

In the process of moving fish around I checked out Danger Snail, my mystery snail. He's not lookin so great recently. His normally yellow shell looks bleached out and pitted. Being a bit worried about him I picked him up to make sure he was still kicking. His door flap is super thin and it's...

I think I made a stupid mistake here. I'm in the midst of making a new light setup for my 30 gallon tank and I picked up a pair of 42 watt FloureX "Lights of America" bulbs. (model 9142B) I was figuring it'd put me at just over 2.5watts per gallon and with some DIY co2 I'd be in good shape...

Well I managed to save my 30 gallon from the deal with my wife. So instead of only having the new 75 gallon, I'll have the 75, 30 and 10 gallon tanks. Wich of course means MORE FISH! :D The current plan is to get rid of all but about 6-8 swordtails, and move them all to the 30 gallon tank...

So I've been in the process of getting my 75 gallon planted. I knew it was a mistake to get Parrots Feather, but I figured I'd take a stab at it and see how it goes. Right now I have 46 watts of NO and 60 watts of NO plant lights on my tank (pretty low light by most standards) My goal was and...

Ok, I'm not sure if this is a normal thing or even actually if it's always the same panda. I've only seen one at a time do this though. Every now and then one of the panda's will swim to the top of the tank, then go stiff and fall down backwards. Then just lay on it's back on whatever it...

I've finally saved up enough brownie points with the wife and managed to talk her into letting me get an 80 gallon tank from a friend of ours. :D I just talked to the guy at the new years party and it looks like I'll be picking the tank up tomorrow. So once I finish cleaning it (It's had...

I was hoping to get some opinions on stocking some angels. I'm working on getting a 30 gallon planted tank up and running. Right now there are 5 Panda Cories, 4 Zebra Danios and a rasbora in the tank. The danio's and rasbora are just visiting until all the swordtail fry get big enough to evict...

I was down at Big Al's yesterday and they had some Cory's labeled as Leopard Cories. After getting home I went to look up info on them for a friend and I keep getting pictures of Corydoras Julii instead of Corydoras leopardus. And even the ones they are saying are leopardus don't have NEARLY...

I've been setting up the lighting on my new 29 gallon and I picked up a dual 24" fixtur. When it came time for lights I decided to try out Philips Plant and Aquarium bulb. Figuring I wanted the best light for my plants. I noticed when I got them that they are 2,700K bulbs so I was expecting...

I've been trying to figure out the cheapest way to connect my two tanks. A 20 gallon extra tall and a regular ten gallon. Mainly to keep the water the same between the two tanks. The idea being that moving fry or a pregnant fish to one tank or the other shouldn't shock the fish, and spreading...

I've been reading through some ODNO DIY stuff and was starting to wonder. Since the ballast is the limiting factor in an NO setup, keeping the bulb from going 'boom' or otherwise burning out from the short circuit created by current moving through the gas. Couldn't a small resistor be used to...

Ok, so I'm really sure she's full o eggs. I was hoping someone here might be able to tell me if she looks close to popping or just somewhere in the middle. I haven't been able to find a decent picture of a swordtail showing the gravid spot. For that matter I'm not really sure if the spot...

I've just got my first batch of danio fry in a kind of round about way...opened the filter and a few dozen flooded into the tank! After thier sudden ejection they all quickly attached themself to the nearest surface in the tank. What I'm trying to figure out now is how long I should wait...