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The kelvin rating is an attempt to describe the color of the light spectrum emitted by a particular bulb. The higher the kelvin the more blue the bulb. Although it's true that blue wavelengths penetrate water deeper than red/yellow wavelengths, I don't think it's correct to say that higher...

A planted 5G tank with a 6-8 neons and some amano and red cherry shrimp will look great.

You don't really provide much information for anyone to locate a potential problem....but it sounds like ich. Ich is most noticeable in the fins. I have had excellent success in treating goldfish and many tropicals with just salt. I make a concentrated salt solution so that when it's added...

Time to do some research: http://www.koivet.com

That's a beautiful looking tank. I look forward to update photos to see how it matures. With that said, I'm almost surprised you haven't been hammered for "over crowding" or questioned on your choice of discus since most strains have been bred by evil fish breeders to produce completely...

I think shrimp and snails are great for small, desktop tanks...especially in relation to the relatively small bioload they add to the tank.

Many plants will tolerate salt treatment. I have treated a planted tank with basic hardy plants (vallisneria, wysteria, java fern, anubias, petite anubias, microsag) at a concentration of 1 teaspoon per gallon without any problems. fish were cured and japonica shrimp were fine.

Angels will spend a lot of time cruising at mid-tank. How about a some hatchet fish to cruise the surface?

My daughter (6 yr) and I setup a minibow 5 in her bedroom a little over two months ago. The tanks contains neons and amano shrimp and is planted with live plants. She (and I) love this little tank. I would have opted for the minibow 7 which is made of glass but only comes in black. She...

Goldfish will nibble on algae and it becomes a supplmental food source. On my GF tanks I encourage algae growth on the back wall and on some ornaments/plants. I remove it from the front and sides with each water change at which time I also vacuum the gravel. IMO, this works best if you have...

I noticed the new T5 lights in a recent Drs F&S catalog. Other than being really low profile, I couldn't see the advantage of having more bulbs to get the same wattage compared with VHO/CF when considering that T5 bulbs were expensive. They seem to be the "new" thing but did I miss something?

I still can't believe she did that. I know she's only 6 but she's very involved with keeping our fish. In fact, we just setup a planted 5G minibow tank with neons and amano shrimp in her bedroom. She's good at feeding the fish, helping with water changes, and can do some water tests (dip...

Thanks OrionGirl, It looks like a divet at the beginning of a scratch. Probably where the corner of the glass top impacted the bottom and then slid to the edge. I figured maybe someone might have similar experience where some rockwork may have fallen onto the bottom of the tank. I doubt...

Hi all, Interesting day today. I have a 110G aquarium that is in the process of being setup. My 6 year old daughter climbed to the top and was trying to jump off using two grocery bags as parachutes. Off course the glass top collapsed under her weight and she fell in. Good news - She...

Your photos bring back memories! A few years ago, I spent a week scuba diving around Grand Cayman. Everyone has to visit Stingray City and do the obligatory "stingray pizza" thing. It was lot's of fun...as you know!

It is not entirely acurate to state that carbon is at most active for only a few days. How long carbon will stay active in any given aquarium system depends on a variety of factors like the quantity of carbon, efficiency of water flow through the carbon, the level of organics in the aquarium...

dave76, See the link below for info on acrylics. Plexi-glass is a name brand acrylic. Laird Plastics One of my favorite lfs has two large holding tanks made completely of PVC sheets. My guestimate on their size is 10-12' long x 3' wide by 2.5' high. He segments them into smaller (or...

Try this link for some detailed angelfish breeding info. Angelfish MicroHatchery

It's the same stuff. Just add it to the aquarium following directions on the package. It apparently causes the skin of the parasite to break down....they basically "dissolve". I might suggest that you treat the fish, aquarium, and filter. Good luck.

Wetman, Your wish is my command.:D Checkout the online store at goldfishconnection.com. Rick just started selling Prazi since it hasn't been available for that long on the "open" market. Prazi does tend to come in large volumes but Rick breaks it down into small (50G) doses for...