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I had a hair algae bloom on everything in my 75 gallon. I reluctantly got two little flagfish because the guy at LFS swore they work for hair algae. Cut back the lighting a bit and in less than a week they cleaned the tank spotless!:thm:

Thanks!:thm:

I was thinking about doing them in foam, but i ended up going slate (was going to end up being more work than I wanted)

Thank you! I am really happy with how the caves came out. Now I just need more plants!

Okay, first off I wanna say that this 3D background was a rush job and I ran out of concrete during the process. Some spots flaked off because it was too thin but I figure once I get some algae growth it will cover up the imperfections. Unlike my last background on the 55 gallon this was a...

Thank you, thats exactly what I wanted to know. I think by the time I get my hands on some free acrylic we will be house shopping so I guess I will stick to just drawing up blueprints for now. Thanks guys!:thm:

So I asked my old boss if he has any spare acrylic backboards and he said hes got a bunch of tempered glass backboards. They are 3ftx4ft 1/2" thick. I was thinking maybe I could use a single backboard for the front pane and plywood the rest. Of course I need to figure out how to plug the four...

If it was an air pump or other non necessity I would not mind as much, but to be without a filter for weeks is a little absurd

So last Christmas I asked my fiancee for a Perfect canister filter for my 55 gallon aquarium, instead she decided to order a Rena Filstar XP3. I was totally stoked because it was a much nicer filter than I asked for but a few days ago I ran into a problem. I was cleaning out the filter media and...

I feel your pain. I bought a Visi-Therm Stealth Pro 300watt and light stayed on but stopped heating within 2-3 weeks. I contacted Marineland and they promptly sent me a Visi-therm 300 watt as a replacement (not stealth pro) and it failed after about a month, this time light is on, no heat and...

She said she got it from aquariumguys and they helped her pick it out.

Theres plenty of people that eat Plecos too.

I was considering doing some of the plant substrate but the cost kept me back. For my 55 gallon tank I tossed in 50 lbs of pool filter sand and a 4 litre wine jug for CO2 with two basic 18" T8 bulbs... I can tell you my plants are growing inches a day! I bought a bunch of those walmart mystery...

Cant tell the size of the tank but I would recommend swapping the gatorade bottle for a 2L soda bottle, it will last much longer. The footprint is about the same anyways. Actually now that I checked your tank setup if thats the 55 gallon, I would say two 2L bottles would be better. For my 55...

I used pool filter sand and had 0 clouding,.

I just set up a new tank with pool filter sand, and I must say it really makes me want to tear up my other tanks that use gravel and chuck it n replace with sand... Sand is SO much easier to clean... Sand shows poop easier, but unlike gravel the poop and food doesnt get lost into the cracks of...

Just went to feed my oscar and noticed he didnt come up to the surface when I opened the lid which was odd... Stuck my finger in the water and it was frigid cold! The temp had dropped to under 70 degrees. My 300 Watt Visi-therm pro refuses to kick on anymore, ive only had it for 2.5 weeks... I...

Wow, what a stark contrast to mine! I mixed the cement dye very sparingly to keep a neutral looking color to it. Yours almost looks like a marblish look.. interesting

In any home improvement store next to the concrete lol... Its kind of pricy, about $12-15 a bottle... I only bought one bottle and just used different mixtures to get different shades... Forget buying $60 worth of dyes, I got great results just mixing shades.