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My question would be, when figuring out watts per gallon for planted tanks do you use the 19w or the 75 watt number? I was thinking you're use the 19 watt. Which for my next project, being a canopy for a 100 gallon, to get the 3wpg I want I would need about 15 of them under the hood...

If you're down with the web auction concept, I highly recommend www.aqudbid.com , they often have full plant packages on there and good prices from most of the sellers.

Yeah, which bulbs? And were those 75 watts of incadescent light or 75 watts of CF usage. I have noticed alot of the "replacement bulbs" out there replace 150 watt incandescent with 42 watts of CF for instance. I have been toying with the idea of an array of these over a 100 gallon in...

I'd be careful. Not c02 injecting won't be compensated for by higher light levels, if anything the higher light levels will necessitate the c02 injection. Or was I reading that wrong? I have also been toying with the idea of a river steup with a strong cross current. But i'm too tied up...

Well... I have been thinking about this one... It depends on how much water volume is involved in your tide. If it's a variance of say only a gallon or two. Here is an idea. In one corner of the tank build a piston, use two pieces of PVC pipe fitting into one another with an O ring...

I'm about to build a stand and canopy for my 100 gallon and i'm working primarily off the garf.org plans myself.

I have been considering the AH supply kits. But I have also been wanting to see if perchance there were any sources for just the parts and do it even less expensively. As I am trying to see how low a cost I can do a good hood for.

I have replaces ballasts in two fixtures using the same GE ballast. One uses 3 , 30 watt tubes, one uses two 55 watt CF's. Both work great since. Either i'm overpowering the 3 tube one, or underpowering the CF one, or both work the same. I just know I got a "dead" 110 watt CF fixture...

My 100 gallon tank was testing at 0 nitrates, added 1.5 teaspoons of stump remover, the next morning I was testing just a touch over 10ppm. Now I will wait and test again Saturday, see how "hungry" for it my plants were. I have already noticed increased pearling, but I don't know if that's a...

I have a friend who has kept angels and he eventually learned that he had one mated pair, and any attempt to add others to the tank resulted in them defending thier area and inevitably the others being driven into a tiny corner of the tank or killed. I agree with the "defending ones...

The male was removed the isntant I looked in the tank and saw him in a little pipe with no fry. Have you ever had a male nest with eggs and not fertilize them? The second male I had in a tube with eggs, the eggs never hatched or developed. They just stayed there and eventually started to...

I'm sure this will get some raised eyebrows.... I have a 100 gallon myself and just wanted a heavily planted tank with less destructive fish. So I have a group of about 20 cardinals. Then my girlfriend fell in love with some brightly colored fancy guppies, so I have 2 males and 3...

There are hardier and less hardy plants. I have started tanks that had plants in them from day one. the problem is getting enough nutrients in the water for plants right off the bat. The best plant i've seen for that is called "foxtail". Grows like a weed everywhere i put it and great for...

Guess who got a garage full of tools, including a table saw for Xmas?!?!?! This bring me to my first project, building a nice canopy and stand for my 100 gallon. I found great stand plans on line, and have already sketched out most of the canopy design in my head by visiting some local...

YAY Z_man , thanks again for your article. I am now the proud owner of a small swarm (about 20-25) Peacock Gudgeon fry. I moved the pipe , father and all, into a grow out tank I was already running for some paradise fish which had spawned (ergo why i know thier fry like daphnia). The...

You might also want to keep an eye out on www.aquabid.com for the glosso, I've seen it pop up once or twice on there and you can often get a good price on it via the auction aspect of things. I've purchased both plants and livestock off there and have had good dealings so far.

I have a rack of tanks in my workshop (6 tanks right now, 24 gallons each, and room for 3 more). I have the tanks running and cycled but want to add c02 for the sake of growing out some plants and such. I have seen things about needle valves that you can "chain together" for multiple...

Good. When I got it at home depot the guy told me "well that's not a chemical it's just alot of very potent bacteria that eat away at the stump. " I worried, but then I realized this is the same person that probably sold table saws until people started making fun of his three missing...

Actually Z_man, your article is one of the ones i've read. It's a great article and is what i'm working off of right now. Right now I have alot of little pairs of eyes on the sides of the pipe but not free swimming yet, and the father still fanning them. They are in a tank which also...

You're probably OK. A quarantine system is for addicts like me who have a herd of expensive fish who are overly paranoid. If you are beginning in the hobby and take care when buying you should be OK. My general guidelines are to look in the tanks to make sure there aren't any sick...