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I have to add, plants most other hobbists love like Myrio (Peacock feather) is super invasive here... There's a weird mix of emergent growth turbid lakes with high nutrients and the clear lakes with beds of submerged growth that technically have low nutrient levels. Septic systems supplying the...

They're likely down (southerly) from a sink on what their well draws from. The limestone karst geology under the sand and clay beds creates these weird pockets of down flow and up welling as the water flows downhill towards the south. I'm in a pocket of up welling (Silver Springs, a first...

I'll talk with my wife about the hex tank and maybe reselling it or getting a 40 breeder for the fish room to have a different approach. We got lucky on getting back into the aquarium hobby because we found a cheap deal for a bunch of cichlids (Osars, JD, Convict, Sevrum, and Syno cats) that...

I want sag grass at the lowest level or crypts and then lots of tall medium-to low light stalk plants. Maybe swords if I can do fert tabs to enrich the inert soils. I can't keep up with high nutrient substrates, not to mention weekly pruning. I'm down in Horse Country of Florida, so there are...

I have other hobbies that are similar in terms of meeting your peers. It's even worse in these times about inviting someone into your home when just posting pictures of your pride an joys is possible. I really appreciate your advice and would love to learn more from your experiences. I think...

Man... these new LED fixtures sound better and better with the dimming and auto timing features. The NICREW SkyLED lights are right in my budget range if I dont want constant growth and weekly pruning, let alone individual CO2 injection systems for each tank. I'm going to try the NICREW system...

Oh no... That's exactly what I was worried about as far as quality and longevity in terms of the products on the market. I read on another forum to go with aquaponics resources but I'm not really trying to flag myself for growing weird plants. I just want to enjoy a full spectrum color on my...

BTW, did Rex Grigg pass? I tried to search his last posts and could not find them.

Thanks all for answering. I thought I was bothering everyone. Strange how this forum has changed over a decade. I have 4 tanks and growing now. I have a 125 standard, a 75 standard, a 55 standard, and a tall hexagonal that was sold to me as 75 gal... I'm doing well flushed play sand in the...

Ah... sorry I wasted everyone's time by trying to read this

Forgot to add: Tank conditions: medium to high light output, peaceful tanks, moderate budget The 75 hexagonal came with 3 rubber lipped pl*co, an SAE, and a sad panda cory in need of friends. It also had an old marineland cannister filter. The 55 rectangular came without anything.

Hi All, Long time aquarium hobbyist, I came across a deal for 75 gallon hexagonal and a 55 gallon rectangular tanks and had a few questions: 1. What planted substrates are people going with these days? 2. I have an old Rex Grigg CO2 regulator with solenoid and am about to get a new 5# CO2 tank...

Thanks.

Want to thank you all. I took a break from the hobby and am now getting into it again. This is all great information! Not to jack the conversation, but does this information scale to 100+ gallon tanks? Still have an old RexGrigg CO2 regulator with solenoid and needle valve.

When you set up, plant a full tank. No scrimping on the amount of plants. Algae issues are often caused by a lack of macrohytes and nutrients. You can find testimony and support for this on the Estimative Index method.

The hormones are a myth. Nitrogenous wastes, however, do impact fish health immensely. A fish given very small quarters will be stunted in TL (Total Length) due to physical injury and outgrowing the capacity of the filtration system. You can also note that fish do not follow determinate growth...

Thank you all. I had the Q tank laying around doing nothing, so I got the aquarist itch and decided to fill it up with extra trimmings from a friend's tank after they moved out of the area. If I uproot the HC now, I really don't have a place to put it for the next few weeks.

I've owned fish and done plants for years now... but when looking up how to treat some black neon tetras in my Q tank, I got some conflicting results. Method 1: Formalin Method 2: High temps (82-86 F) and 2 tbsp/ gallon of kosher salt (non iodized) Method 3: Simply high temps (82-86 F)...

A single oto will be ok in the tank. You can try blanching zucchini slices or spinach leaves for food if the guy runs out of brown and hair algae to mow down. Your other fish might enjoy the treat as well!

No pictures. I was in middle school (that's a long time ago) at the time. I looked at a few tetra species, and can say that they looked a lot like a bloodfin tetra. They definetly had a forked homocercal tail and dorsal fin about halfway down the back which formed a rounded triagle. The...