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Swiped two 14w spiral flourescents from around the house and "Wow!" is the only way I can describe the difference. I'll go out and price check the 15w-daylight version this week; I'd like to buy the compact flourescents, but $20 for lighting is a bit much for me right now. Will the 500ml...

I'm running a 30w incandescent over my lightly planted 10gal, but I'm not sure if it's enough since none of the plants will grow and I see browning after about a week inside the tank. My plan is to purchase 4x25w bulbs and use a 15w plus a 25w in each tank. Now, I'm not sure if my plants are...

Out of all the tetras which school the best? My ideas for the SA community sort of revolved around the fact my neons would school so it would be a bit of a let down if I got a lot of independant fish.

Alright, I'll try and find a screen the outputs with. Thanks.

There are several SA biotopes. This should help you out: http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm

Just add some fast growing plants to out compete the alge for nutrients. Hornwort or duckweed would work, but duckweed a pain to remove from a tank once established.

For those of you just starting the hobby like me, save yourself a lot of heart ache, effort, and time and run a fishless cycle. I've had two tanks running fishy cycles for the last three weeks and I'm about ready to scream. I'm doing three or four water changes to keep the water pristine and...

You can use nylon to cover the intake.

It's an added level of mechanical/bio filtration and it keeps my fish from swimming into the output tubes. Plus it saves me money.

Try soaking the bloodworms in garlic. Garlic tend to make picky fish eat and if he's not eating because of internal parasites garlic will help cure them. Also try and give them more food variety.

This actually worked out pretty well. I bought a sponge large enough to cram into my UGF outputs after being cut into pieces for less than $2. And aside from having better bio/mechanical filtration the sponge allows water to move through it (thanks to there being no shield) and creates a small...

Sunburn?

The filter off your penguin is full of the bene-bacteria you seek to grow while you cycle. You can reduce the cycle period by a week or two or three by using established media.

:D That's perfect! I'll see if they carry them at PetCo/Petsmart. ($40 is a bit high for me. Aquaria on a budget = :()

Yeah, that's what I had planned to do. Going to pick some sponges up when I go and get a new tank hood and enchange my emerald cory. *prays to find a 10g that can hold more than 30w*

Since people have been talking about how carbon isn't really the great for clearing up anything but medication and chemicals from water, would it be in my interest convert my UGF from carbon filteration to sponge? I havn't been able to find extra carbon cartridges for my filter and since I'm a...

They inject a dye into the fish. It's a carcinogen so all of those fish are doomed to die of cancer

The planted tank I have always wanted to do, so I'll be going full out on that (3.5-4.5 wpg, CO2, KO3 added to the water) and, as plants go, ignorning the SA biotope idea. Here are the fish I want to do: 2 Rams, 3 Spotted Cories, 5 Black morpho tetra, 5 Red Phantom Tetra, 4-5 Apple Snails...

Yep, mine do it all the time. Sometimes they'll float around on the top for 10-20 minutes. The bolting to the surface is just them breathing.

I'll stick with two. A SA aquarium sounds fun :) I never though of doing a locale spcific tank before.