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Thanks for the input guys. Yeah I am starting to agree it is not a good use of snail control.

Many years ago when I had my first 2.5 gal Wal-Mart aquarium I had one of these with 2 neons. Then as I moved up to a real aquarium he/she moved up with it. This fish would disappear at times and I finally figured out it was swimming up the return of my filter and staying between the media...

I have read that for snail control a loach would be the way to go. I am building a planted tetra type of tank. 30 gal and all the plants at every lfs has small snails all over them. I thought about Black Kuhlii Loach (Pangio...

Wow! Amazing tank you have. Well done.

very nice build. looks great.

Well I went to that link and played around. A 4' x 2'x 2' would be cool but also a house payment.

Lowe's grade of acrylic is too thin. I think 1/8 " is the thickest I've found at three within driving distance. I found this on another site. http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=334

It shouldn't be a problem. I have used both before on my 20L and the water quality was always perfect. I only vacuumed the gravel directly around the power head side and left the other side of the tank alone. Never had any problems with health of fish and plants grew like crazy on the...

Thanks guys the pics help.

It was a dart type of tag. I found it at Bass Pro Shops in NC. It had a pack of 20 tags and wasn't that expensive. The following link has an example and where to place it. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fishing/html/FishingMonitoring/FishTagDescriptions.htm

He said they are very small. I sent him a link to register and post here. When he bought them one had the orange tummy and the other did not. They seemed to have paired at the LFS and were working together on clearing out an area.

Hello all. A buddy of mine is trying to breed convicts and is trying to figure out how to tell the sex of them. He has two that acted like they were sweet on each other but now they both have the coloring of females. So, can anyone post a pic of a male and of a female convict for me? Thanks

^^^ What he said. In my 20H I had sand. Did a mix of blue, black and white for a really good texture affect. The only issue I had with it is that you can't run an under gravel filter and ammonia would build up faster. Cleaning was a snap. You just vacuum over the "stuff" and it lifts out...

Just make sure, if you are unsure, to have it plugged into a GFI circuit.

Just go 12 deep instead of 20. Maybe 28 tall then add canopy lighting with a HQI lighting setup. Should give plenty of light for planting.

Looks great I want to do more plants in the new FW I am setting up.

I have done it once in the past but the way I did it is a QT with shad saver (used in live wells to keep fish from stressing) in there and lots of ariation until it gets used to you and the rectangular environment. Slowly change water out until most of the shad saver is gone. Then you could...

I am obviously new here and am just enjoying all the diy threads and builds. I have been keeping freshwater aquariums for almost 25 years now and am setting a 20 L up for my wife's school room. Going to start on a nano reef for the first time in a month or so. I live int he upper part of...