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Looks like java fern to me.

The cheapest alternative is to add KN03 (potassium nitrate). You can get the powdered form and mix up a small batch for dosing. Check local hydroponics stores (some may have it, many don't) or you can order from Greg Watson. PMDD store at bottom of page: http://www.gregwatson.com/...

Yup, I think it's a type of cladophora (algae), too, but it's not short stuff like on the marimo balls (which I have), it's almost a hair algae. In the water, it actually looks kinda nice, when you take it out it flattens and is almost paper-like. It was sold as java moss - the funny (?) thing...

I had an experience where somebody thought this was java moss (in the back):

Um, 4 year old thread. Plus the person hasn't been "seen" in 2 years.

The old tank water is just handy. Obviously, you don’t want to rinse it in water straight from the tap if it has chlorines or chloramines, it might harm the bacteria on the filter. But there is nothing wrong with using fresh treated water.

I don’t think they become round by themselves. Our aquarium currents can’t mimic how they grow in the wild. When I divided mine, I tied each half back into a ball with thin fishing line. edit.... some propagation info here http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/cladophora.html quoting (near...

Are they bubbles or more foamy? If it's foamy bubbles, still not to worry, they are not a problem in themselves, but what that would mean is you have an excess of organics breaking down - you sometimes see the same thing along lake shores, turbulence disrupting surface tension (waves - or in...

Don't know for sure. Would you google pictures of staghorn algae and see if that's close? http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=9 This page says " Seems to grow mostly on tank equipment near the surface." It has 2 pictures but when I googled, there were others to look at and they...

My oldest tank still in use is a 29 gallon that I bought in 1984. (The one I had before that was damaged by the movers when we moved back from Edmonton). It has some scratches that would be nice if I could replace it, but there's really no NEED to.

Mine has been in the tank over a week and never sinks. The brand name is Zoo Med, I got it at Big Al's.

I just received one (small size) that I ordered for my paradise fish. I was so excited to give him this toy to swim through. He has ignored it. I think a fish like a betta would like it better. But I think it looks very nice, it adds something to the top of the tank. I have mine nestled...

Unless you have a physical barrier of some sort, without any holes, if you put both gravel and sand, they will end up mixing. In one tank, I purposely have sand and gravel mixed together on my lower level (total approx 1 inch thick)... after I gravel vac, the sand is on top because it is...

A product such as Prime, does not remove ammonia, nor claims to. It binds it and turns it into the less toxic ammonium which is still available to the bio filter (and plants if you have them) and may still be read on some test kits.

WOW!! That is fantastic!

Find out from your water utility whether they use chlorine or chloramines. Usually they have a web page and this information is there, otherwise phone them and find out. This is something you should know. Your bottle of Stress Coat says something like “Instantly removes chlorine and...

Imagine the person who ordered the pump and opened their box and found the Excel. I was expecting a Big Al's order a couple weeks ago. I was downstairs, as usual, and my son called, "I think your Big Al's order is here." We watched as the driver got out and carried a box to the neighbour...

And the uncured silicone is under the water line? Just a dab, but still.... I would have bought a new suction cup, they're pretty inexpensive.

Amphipod Look up "fairy shrimp" or scuds. Fairy shrimp: http://www.vernalpool.org/inf_fs.htm Scuds: http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/angling/protalk/rowley/scuds.phtml No problem, you just have a critter you can see. And live food for your fish. Most of the other life in our...

Not as far as I know. There is a fish called "least killifish" - heterandria formosa - which is a small livebearer and not a real killifish.