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Because different aquarium lights cover different spectrums. For instance some 6500K full spectrum aquarium lights have a CRI index of 98 or higher and duplicate natural noon sunlight perfectly. Others highlight different parts of the spectrum to simulate different types of daylight and...

I love WD-40. I use it on every mechanical device. I hose down my dirt-bike with it, quad with it, RC-cars with it, engine compartment of my '71 El Camino with it, electronics with it, etc. Love it.

Thanks guys for not bashing me too badly. Let me clarify on the "what they do well" part of my post. Yeah, ok, if you want to say it's the people that own them, etc. etc. What about the fact that the dog is capable of it? You can train a Tea-Cup Poodle to be the nastiest thing on the panet...

I'm so sorry, it sounds like you are very conscientous and do everything you can think of. However, I agree with Harlock. You may have overpowered your bio-filter. Also, do you ware gloves when you have your hands in your tank? It wouldn't take much soap or lotion to kill your fish. We take...

I think Pits can be good dogs in the right hands. However, you can not ignore the potential these dogs have or "what they do well". In other words, I do believe that being aggressive is in their nature. You can either foster other traits and the aggressiveness will receid or you can foster...

I'm setting up a 125 right now. I bought the Rena XP3 after much research...most of it on this board. Sounded like a good filter for the money. I've always had good luck with Penguin products, but from what I've read, the Filstar outperforms. I was also going to go with an undergravel, but...

Kasakato, you mention taking media from your Filstar and placing it in the tank. What exactly do you mean? What media, and where do you place it? Just in the tank, or do you have a smaller Filstar for the QT? Harlock mentions a sponge filter. Is this filter running in your main tank or...

I've read in a few books as well as on this site that small Clown Loaches don't do very well. Once they hit about 3.5-4 inches the hard part is over and they should be fine. One post I think I saw recommended getting about 5 and hoping for 1 or 2 survivors. I bought 3 about 2 months ago and...

T8 bulbs and balasts are 32 watts. T10 and T12 are 40 watts. You can use T8 bulbs in a higher watt fixture, but a higher watt bulb in a lower watt fixture may not light (the balast is 32 watts). If you know that you have a T8 fixture, I would stick with T8 bulbs. T8s are supposed to give the...

I have always tried to buy healthy fish and put them in my display tank. However, I was considering starting a quarantine tank prior to stocking a new 125. I haven't had much trouble with fish bought at my LFS, just an occasional outbreak of Ich. I'm not sure what is more trouble, setting up...

Skip this. Sorry. :thud: Sorry, never posted a poll.

He could be getting nipped when your not looking. After 2.5 years in the tank together, My Oscar started picking on my Pleco constantly. The Oscar was about 10 inches long and the Pleco is 12 inches long. It got so bad the Pleco couldn't even come out and clean the glass. He just stayed in...

Mine is probably the most active fish in the tank. I think he doesn't know he's a Pleco. I've had him for 3 years and he never hid. I thought when I brought him home and put him in the tank "you are a neat fish, too bad I'll never see you again". Didn't happen. One of his favorite things to...

Pl*co, I had an idea for bamboo from looking at your tanks. I've been wanting to get some sort of tube for my clown loaches, but everything I've seen just looks to fake. Maybe I can find some large ID bamboo for them. Also, I didn't check the tag to see if the piece I bought was aquarium safe...

After your done rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing and rinsing, you could try to put them in a small container with a feeder goldfish or two...

I would toss it. Driftwood isn't that expensive and it's not worth contaminating your whole tank and killing your fish. JMO. J

I've had Oscars for 3 years. Just recently switched to smaller community type fish. I'm no authority on Oscars, but I can tell you my experience. First, with enough filtration, water changes and gravel vacs. a 90-125 gal tank could house two oscars easy and comfortably. I had two in my 55...

Awsome tank! What kind of fish do you have or plan to have?

When you are figuring out how many GPH for filtration, watts per gallon for heating, tspn per gallon for meds., percent of water to change, etc., etc. do you use the tank size or the actual water volume. I figure my 55 gallon tank has around 40 real gallons of water in it after you subract for...

Sweet tanks Pl*co. My fav. is the 10 gallon. I like the bamboo. Anything special done to the bamboo before adding it to the tank? Does all of the wood make your water soft? When I first set up my tank, I wanted one of those fancy lava rocks you see at the LFS with all the caves and holes in...