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What is the exact type of lighting you have? Compact fluorescent it sounds like..what is the size of the tank, and how many watts is the bulb? How...
Rosie, my porcupine puffer. The best fish ever! She eats from my hands, and follows me every time i Enter the room..soo cool fish
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i had my water tested yestarday, and nothing showed different, it was all good. my question is...for a 18w uv sterilizer, how much flow would it...
okay i will thanks. Thats what i thought, UV's do help with algae. I just read some other fourms, and people do say they work...so..i mine as well!...
okay sounds like a plan..so your saying get both?
so you think i should get a protein skimmer instead of the uv??? i have a porcupine puffer, and a flame angel in a 38gal. I feed rosie (porc puff) 2...
then whats going to help me...the whole point of a uv steralizer is to eliminate algae. Should i do a protein skimmer instead?????
Anyone? I need to order! :)
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So im going to get this uv sterilizer. I've been dealing with large amounts of algae, and need something to help! So what size powerhead should I get...
Snails don't keep up with this stuff, and I don't have any inverts in my fowlr. But what about my questions?
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Okay, so for the past month or 2, I've been dealing with a large amount f algae in both of my tanks. At first I would just clean it off, and it'd be...
I'm a little confused, are you talking about the base rock affecting your ph? Because if he said it does...he's not very knowledgeable ...there is...
If it were me I wouldn't be to concerned, spawning is quite common, how are your params?
Zooxanthellae is colorless, so it's probably spawning from stress, it's normal, just acclimating, if it's new
Aquatraders.com is a very controversial website, and many people say the lights are low quality, but I own 2 fixtures and haven't had anyyy...
Yes, that is pretty accurate, but it's much easier to buy a metal halide lighting system (1 MH bulb with usually 2- t5's) metal halides usually run...
Pc is usually not great for anemones, but what's the size of your tank? With t5ho, they put out a lotttt more light than pc, so lower wattage is...
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