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RTR, I checked out your tank specs. page and all I can say is holey-moley. You are a LFS unto yourself. Impressive.

I guess I don't really have a point, I was maybe looking for some explanations? I think your right, that most of the people on this site are going overboard and filtration is just one of the many areas in which they do it. I can understand. We all have a lot of money and time invested in our...

Seems like most of the posts I read about setups have way too much filtration than is necessary. I guess you can't have too much, but why bother with the expense and maintenance. I've heard of some 100+ gallon tank with 3 canisters....come on. IMO, if your not overstocked, isn't the...

Check out the "sticky" thread on Ich in the article section. It's very good and you should learn all you need to in order to defeat Ich and not loose any fish.

SoCal, I'd say you did pretty good, especially with all the "throw in" stuff you got. I just bought a rectangular 125 gallon acrylic tank and black painted stand. The tank came with 1 48 inch hood and T8 light fixture. Cost $733.00 out the door. I've been all over my area and this was a...

Same thing happened to me. Actualy, I'm waiting to clear up my ich problem before moving them to a 125. First I noticed ich about 2 weeks ago. It was on one of my Balas and a few Tetras. I had two Balas at about 3 inches. I added salt (about 1 tblspn per 5 gallons) and raised the temp to 80...

I do between 25%-40% weekly depending on how lazy I feel.

It looks to me like a "Black Phantom Tetra". I have 5 of them that I bought at Petco. Here is another link to a care sheet. http://elmersaquarium.com/10tetra_blackphantom.htm

I'm in Napa. Also, the fish are not included. I'm also not willing to ship. I was thinking to use it as a quarantine tank or a hold to age saltwater. But if someone wants to come pick it up and give me $150.00, I'll take it. dannieboiz, I tried sending you an e-mail but your cp says you...

I am in the process of setting up a 125 and shutting down this system. I bought the tank and stand used from a LFS. The tank is acrylic and has a few scratches in the front. I've lived with the tank for 3 years and the scratches never really bothered me. They probably could be polished out...

My tank sits near a window in the bedroom. It was the only place I could put it when I got it. It gets some late afternoon sun that filters through the window and into about 1/3 of the tank. So I do grow some different types of algae in the tank. Looks like some hair algae, your typical...

Correct me if I'm wrong. Nitrates are the end result of the nitrification process which have to be removed with water changes. Live plants use nitrates and co2 and produce oxygen. Would it not be fair to say that algae (a plant) would be good in that it uses some nitrates, produces some...

Thanks guys. I think I will get a book...I'll check out "Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants by Peter Hiscock" as well as some others. I usually do that with just about anything I get interested in. I get curious and it's amazon.com here I come. As stated, the Pleco may be a problem....but...

I've been checking out LFS within an hour of where I live lately just to see what they have and at the last one I went to they didn't have a tank over 10 gallons and had a SW puffer that was easily 1 ft long and about as big around as a volleyball. The poor guy was in there diagonally! The...

Ok. I decided to skip the UGF mainly because I think it's 3 plates for a 72X18 tank and I didn't want 3 power heads. Too much clutter along the back. For my 55 I've always had good quality water with just the Penguin 330 and weekly water changes, vacuuming, and filter maintenance. Looks like...

Thank for the input so far guys. Over the past couple of days I have upped to salt to 1.5 tsp. per gallon and plan to add more tonight to make it 2 tsp. per gallon. I'll keep it there for over a week and then dilute through regular water changes until the salt is gone and then hopefully my ich...

Thanks guys for all of the input so far. Will a 6500k full spectrum 40 watt flourescent bulb be ok to grow some of the plants mentioned above?

Thanks guys for the input. My lighting is composed of two 36 inch flourescent fixtures with one white and one blue tube in one hood. It's been awhile, so I don't remember the brand of bulb. But they didn't come from the hardware store. I bought them at Petco, and if I'm not mistaken, the...

Here's my info. 55 gallon acrylic fish only tank with lava rocks, fake plants, and average sized gravel - the kind you find at Petco in the 25lb. bags and all different colors. My fish info. is below. I've had my tank for about 3 years and have always thought planted tanks were more natural...

Anybody got any ideas. I know, sounds like ich. None of the other fish do it. The Clown Loaches do it just occasionally and on only one item in the tank - a plastic tree stump. All of the fish are relatively new - purchased within the last 2 months. The tank has been up for 3 years. I...