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Great Review!!! :headbang2::headbang2::headbang2: It's concise, but does a great job of pointing out pros and cons. To me, sounds like build and design of the light are good, but maybe QC is a little lacking. Given where this light is made, that's not much of a surprise. For $80/shipped...

"Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!... Lala how the life goes on..." Well, aside from the devastating news above, I've been a little busy for updates for a while, but I find myself with a little time. Took about 5 weeks to cycle, even with a lot of plants and a seeded filter. As I...

The weird part is that the Otocinclus affinis I have in there haven't had any problems, and usually (at least in my experience) those are very sensitive fish.

My own little personal tragedy. The fish I thought were Parotocinclus eppelyi....turned out to be Parotocinclus letcia (aka sp 'peru') and an MORE rare fish. And I've lost them all. For more pics: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2239985#post2239985

This fish were amazing. Truly gorgeous. Tiny tiny tiny. So wonderful. Survived for months nearly unattended in a low tech tank I had downstairs. Then, I move them upstairs to my high tech 60-P. I spent 18 hours acclimating them. I'd even put an otocinclus affinis in there first, because for me...

:iagree: Right on the money!

Something's fishy..... The dude's other sales are all weird, like he's some kind of scavenger ebay/reseller. Secondly, the pictures of the tank are still in a warehouse, most likely the manufacturers warehouse. I'm sure it's completely legit, it's just that something is weird about it. The...

For a business class I'm writing a paper about the increase in women as entrepreneurs, especially in the small business category, over the past 10 years. I'm interviewing a couple of women locally, but I'd really like to find a woman or two that operate e-commerce businesses. The businesses can...

The question is a little confusing, however, Paraguard is a medicine, so in that respect it is certainly useful. I don't think I'd just starting treating every fish that comes in with Paraguard, but certainly it'd be a great multi-medicine for quarantine tanks. Some people probably treat all new...

I'm an eheim man through and through. For the past few years, I've been on the Pro II series, but lately I've started to go back to the Classics. For the money, the classic is pretty friggin' awesome.

:grinyes::grinyes::grinyes: But, I've been successful just using a net and a lot of patience. Scoop out every little bit one day, might take an hour, who knows. However, inevitable you'll miss some, so go back a day or two later and scoop out any you missed, and keep this up. In like a week...

You should calculate based on the actual wattage, not the equivalent. CFLs work great for plants, but they have a considerable amount of restirke. A good estimate is to say that 86% of the wattage is making it out of the fixture.

Rolling on the paint makes it look nicer from the back of the tank. I've used a brush and a roller...from the front of the tank they both looked the same, but the roller was easier.

As far as brand, I couldn't tell you. Whatever the Lowe's brand is. But, I use Latex Flat Black paint and I painted lik 4 coats plus touch up. Latex is nice because it's so easy to remove if/when you want to change or do away with a background.

So that there's no secrets, a picture of the tank after I scooped out a net full of algae:

I got all the parts in for my controller and I got it all soldered together: I have four independently controller sockets in the Technical-Pro power supply, with 2 spares for non controlled power. I have 2 24 VAC controlled ports on the controller for my water change solenoids when I pipe...

I know it and I still didn't follow it: "Never adjust co2 unless you'll be around to see what happens" I adjusted my co2, trying to get it to a good level for livestock, and wouldn't you know it, I turned it too far down....and then went out of town for 5 days. Man, ALGAE CITY!!! It's the...

I've never heard of this. Great idea!

You can add the baking soda or you can just do your next water change with all/more treated water.

This gets into what is called a "Naturally Planted Tank", where soil is used as the substrate and they are still generally low light tanks. Most NPT's do not even use added lighting, they are simply placed in a window for sunlight. NPTs are require a bit more than just adding soil, so if you...