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I'm in the process of getting CO2 set up for my 29 gallon tank. What would be my best option in your opinion to get the CO2 into my tank most efficiently? I have a HOB filter not a canister, so I can't do an inline setup, which seems to be the best option from what I have read. After that, it...

Don't know if you've seen this, but I stumbled upon it today: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/20-diy/677265-iaqua-my-touch-interface-aquarium-controller-arduino.html If you if want some inspiration, or just to see what others have said. Its over a hundred pages, so I haven't read through it...

Sounds like fun. Do you actually have a tank? I assume you will have sensors for all these things in addition to controllers. Controlling CO2 would probably be good too. A camera feed might be nice too, more for fun than anything else. A remote automatic water change system might be...

Change your water.

Of course sir.

Well, if you aren't specifically trying to breed them or wanting babies, you might be better off just leaving it as is, so you won't have to worry about the fry. That said, I was in a similar situation where I just started seeing eggs show up between the coarse gravel in my tank, so I went...

By danios, I'm assuming you mean zebra danios. I'm not completely sure about the spawning behavior, but it could be. As for saving fry, unless you have extremely dense plants like big piles of moss or something, you will have to remove them from the tank. Try putting large marbles in the...

I had a divided betta tank with a mesh divider and HOB filter, and the side without the filter was always less physically clean. (Presumably they were the same chemically.) It wasn't a very high power filter, so you might have better luck. Still, if gunk is going to be a big problem, or you're...

Killer robots. Sounds safe. (But really cool either way.) Brian

Oh, sorry. I don't know how I missed that. But yeah, that would work. I was thinking of doing it a different way, the logic you would use for doing it that way didn't occur to me. I was thinking you would enter specific territorial boundaries for each species, then have the computer find...

What do you mean a spreading calculator? I am kind of considering looking in to trying to make it, if it doesn't exist. Thanks, Brian

I was thinking the other day about biotope setups (more out of curiosity than intent to set one up), and what a pain it seems like it could be to research how to set up an uncommon biotope. I was wondering if there was such a thing as an interactive biotope planner. To clarify, the what I am...

Personally, I think khuli loaches are really cool for that shape. A bit small, but they are fun to watch. I don't know much about the species you mentioned, so I can't offer any input on those. Brian

I don't know that what you suggested would be the best setup for that tank. Based on what I have read, platies have very different requirements for water parameters than rams and otos, so maintaining them together would probably prove difficult, even with the adaptability of commercially bred...

What kind of/how many African cichlids are they? Are there fewer than there used to be, is that why you are moving them to a smaller tank? I can't say too much because I don't have experience with cichlids, but like Rufioman said that's probably too small for most African cichlids if they were...

What sort of tank and equipment do you have? Are there any fish currently in the tank, if so, what? Do you have any past fish keeping experience? Do you have an idea for anything general about the tank? (i.e. community tank or species, any particular region, etc.) It's very hard to suggest...

I don't know what kind of algae it is, but I've had the same thing on my plants. It did seem to clear up around the time I added some amano shrimp. That was also about the time I moved them to a bigger tank, but its disappearance seemed to coincide more with the shrimp arriving. Also, it has...

I like them just fine. My first fish were a pair of female betta in a 10 gallon tank. That was because of my under-informed belief that females are not aggressive toward each other. Luckily for me/the fish I figured out soon enough that they liked each other much more on the other side of a...

Ok, just wanted to make sure. Brian

With the nitrAte test, did you make sure to follow the directions and shake the test liquids before adding to the sample, and then shake the sample really well after adding the liquid? With the chemicals they use, particularly the second one, for nitrAte tests, it is critical that you shake...