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Yeah... a dollar or two for a quart of plain ammonia at Ace Hardware is a lot cheaper and easier then using guppies or feeder fish, either of which may introduce pathogens into your tank. If you want to cycle it quicker than the 4-6 weeks it will take with either fish or plain ammonia, then you...

I see you've been a member since August, 2008. How long has this tank been set up? How long have you had these plants? What else is in the tank? Size of tank, etc.? Do you have filtration? The spots appear fuzzy... are they?

Are you going to fishless cycle using plain ammonia?

How did you come up with 1,750 lbs.? How many pounds of rock are you putting in? How heavy is your stand? Remember the rocks will be displacing some of the water @8 pounds/gallon, 62.4 pounds per cu. ft. ... 1,000kg per cu. meter. Most rocks, gravel to solid granite has a weight of around...

Remember the "Carpenter's Rule"... measure twice, cut once. Use a soft measuring tape to lay it flat starting 1' outside of one end, then down the side, along the longest part of the bottom, down into any deeper holes, then back up the other side and at least 1' out of that end. Same for the...

Redundancy is the key, which you partially covered. How cold did it get in your home?

Here's a few care sheets I have in my Favorites folder. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37172 http://www.flippersandfins.net/adfcaresheet.htm http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile99.html http://thegab.org/Tropicals/african-dwarf-frogs-care-sheet.html

See above. I clicked send too soon before I typed out my next couple of paragraphs.

I answered your EPDM liner questions in your Emily's Pond thread. As far as the stock tanks, look for used farm equipment auctions or even foreclosure auctions and you can get them for pennies on the dollar. Those Craigslist prices aren't that great, from what I recall the last time I...

Oh yeah.. I remember my welcome thread. LOL But I didn't remember this small snip from the 8 page thread. Maybe he can expand on the info and about the need for PWC's even when using these products. PS - I did get my raise and it was actually a 1,500% raise... unfortunately, 1,500% of...

If you put it parallel with a load bearing wall, you should be fine. Your tank will be around 1,000 pounds but to put that in perspective, five or six men would weigh in around that same amount and if you had a party and had five or six men leaning against the wall... or standing close to each...

DrsFosterSmith.com has EPDM liners on sale right now. The 20' x 25' is $262... almost $100 off their regular price and they usually have low cost or free shipping on big orders though I'm not sure about liners since they're HEAVY and I see a little disclaimer that they are only sent via ground...

DocTim, As you know, I'm a big proponent of your One And Only nitrifying bacteria in a bottle products but in general, I'm not a big fan of 95% of all the other company's bottled products available online and off the shelves of pet stores. That said, how does Waste-Away work that would help...

I have a blog about "Driftwood Cleaning & Curing..." and it has a couple of links to low-cost online places to buy driftwood. If you have an automatic dishwasher, that works great for cleaning and sanitizing driftwood that won't fit in your largest pot. See my blog for more info.

Ravines behind old cemeteries??? We might have some canals nearby some of ours but I'm not sure that counts as a ravine. LOL You obviously haven't ever been to New Orleans famous old cemeteries... where almost everyone is buried above ground. If you dig 6' under down here and you might...

Wow... who dug up this old thread from 2007. I started reading the thread and then saw that I had replied and I knew I hadn't replied to this recently.. then I noticed the date. LOL

I copy/pasted the URL from the 3rd link to this page http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/Img2009/View/205.jpg and that looks like Slate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate Note that Slate starts off as large rock formations and is cut into the thin slate sheets/shingles that folks more...

My 2" x 4" stand is very similar but I put the 2" side up so the tank is supported by the 4" width. Here's my blog post, "My DIY $20.00 BIG Tank Stand" with pictures and instructions. http://goldlenny.blogspot.com/2007/03/my-diy-2000-big-tank-stand.html Here is one pic of the completed frame...

I should add that the advertised 500G for that 10' x 13' liner... that's probably not accurate. You're going to have close to a 1' loss on all four sides for the top few inches and overlap onto the ground. That leaves it as 8' x 11' available for the actual water. Lets estimate 2' deep on all...

Well, the PVC one at Lowes is 10' x 13' for $49.00. A 10' x 10' EPDM from F & S is $56.00 and the 10' x 15' at F & S is $89.99 or the same 10' x 15' from WaterGarden.org is $84.00. If $50.00 is your budget for the liner, then go with the 10' x 10' EPDM liner for $56.00. At least you won't be...