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I got them at my LFS - Fish Gallery, on Greenville Ave. in Dallas, TX. They were 3 for $25, but I could have gotten 3 for $15 if I got smaller ones. I may get 3 small ones to go with my 3 big ones at some point. They are kind of expensive as far as plants go. But they're super unique. This...

You might want to try marimo balls. I have three in my tank and I love them. Then again, I've only had them a week. :) Everything I've read about them is wonderful - they're low maintenance, love cold water, suck up algae nutrients so that it doesn't grow in your tank, and they're quite cool...

I found a very interesting book on aquarium design this weekend at Half-Price Books: Aquarium Style: Imaginative Ideas for Creating Dream Homes for Fish (Hardcover) While its fish husbandry skills leave MUCH to be desired ("Use 16-17 Red Tigar Oscars in a medium-sized tank"), they do have...

I had driftwood in my brackish tank, and after a few months, I started getting this thick, black algae on everything. The driftwood was rotting! When I took the wood out, it smelled rancid and was so soft I could push my finger in it. I'm no professional, but I think I would stick with...

Ok, this is going to be a little drawn out so you might want to get some coffee and hunker down for a bit. :coffee2: I have two tanks - an Eclipse 5 gallon corner with a couple of bunches of java ferns, stocked with two pristella tetras and an emerald cory cat. My second tank is at home...

I have a five gallon Corner Eclipse at work. I have two clumps of Java Fern that pretty much double in amount every 2-3 months. I have to throw away huge wads of the stuff. I think it's a great plant for a small tank because it gets full but not too high and it looks good in a clump on its...

I currently have a setup for a brackish tank, 0.005 salinity. I have an Eclipse 1 (15High) tank (biowheel power filter setup) and a Fluval 204 canister filter rated for 40 gallon filters. I run the water through the canister filter and it spills into the original Eclipse filter, over the...

I got some 5-test dip sticks at Wal-Mart last week that seem to work ok. Normally I buy my supplies at PetsMart and my live animals at an LFS, but when I bought my puffers last week (yeah Puffers!), I bought all of my supplies at my LFS to do a nice thing for them. I checked the prices at...

Successes in my 5-gallons I've kept quite a few things successfully (over a year) in a 5-gallon with the Eclipse-styled filter. (It's actually a tank I got at Wal-Mart that is identical to the 6-gallon Eclipse, except it's 5-gallon). I kept guppies in there Ok, and I also was able to keep...

Chlorine related question I use Stress Coat to dechlorinate my water both in my work tank (5gal FW) and home tank (15Hgal BW). The bottle says that it takes the chlorine out "instantly", but I always stir it for 1- 2 minutes before adding it into the tank. I usually change 1 gal out of the 5...

Yes, the Turbostart was refrigerated, enough for 40 gallons. I called around and no one in the area is carrying Biro-Spira yet. The Turbostart, 1 oz, was $9.95.

Yeah, I wasn't able to find any Biro-Spira, but I did find some TurboStart and put that in there. I haven't noticed any spikes, but it has only been 48 hours. I ended up getting three Figure 8's, and they look very happy and healthy. I've been feeding them brine shrimp in the morning and...

I found a shop with Figure 8, and it's one of the more reputable in the area. They also carry ghost shrimp, so I'll get a couple of Figure 8's and a half-dozen ghost shrimp. Also, I did a water change last night and didn't add any more salt to the water, and apparently my snails loved it...

Actually, it sounds like a Figure 8 might be more to my style of fishkeeping. Because I'm a renter, I hate to commit to much bigger than my 15-high, but from what it sounds like, a 15-high would be suitable for a Figure 8 or two. I don't quite like the looks of them as much as I like the looks...

I have a 15-high tank that has been used as a freshwater tank for over a year. The top of the tank is an Eclipse biofilter wheel setup. Before the tank was a freshwater tank, it was a brackish tank, housing spotted puffers (t. nigroviridis). When I moved a few years ago, all my puffers died...