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My Ignorance Sorry, I'll show my ignorance. What do you mean when you say not till your cycles are done ?
Both I put my sponge filter in today. Let me get this straight. You are telling me to keep both filters, but to put 3 sponges in my cannister. ( no...
Fluorescent Tube As it turns out I am going to have to suffice with a plain old fluorescent tube for a week or so. The other bulb did not work. I...
You're Right You're right. The 420 will not do much for plant growth. I got that more to show up the fish.
I have a 30 gallon planted tank. For a light source I have a sun reef 50/50 6500 trichromatic daylight & a phosphor actinic 420. My question is,...
As I Said As I said, I was talking about a friend who has the 2 discus in a 30 gallon. I just purchased 2. They beautiful ! My tank is 36 inches...
You're Right You're right. I've been doing my home work. Everyone I have talked to has had 2 things to say. A cannister filter cannot be converted...
I have heard that sponge filters are excellent for a discus tank. I currently have a cannister filter that hangs on the back of the tank. They say...
I read the article you sent me. Thanks so much. Still, I am very confused ! I have a box filter now, with the sponge, charcoal & ammonia chips. The...
What kind of filter media should be used in the discus filter ?
I have a friend with a 30 gallon tank ( 18" x 36" ) & he has 2 healthy adult discus. Of course the most important thing is to keep the tank...
How many adult discus can be kept in a 30 gallon tank ?
Where are the best places in the tank for frogspawn, button coral & blue mushrooms ? ( bottom. mid range, top, lots of current, less current, etc. )...
There You Go Again ! ( LOL ) There you go again. ( koralial 1, ato system ) Why is it that everyone on this site speaks Greek but me. ( LOL ) I...
Sorry, I am relatively new with reef tanks. In fact all I have @ present is a 10 gallon nano. Much smaller than most of you I am sure. I know what a...
Siphoning So you are telling me that, when I do a water change, on my 30 gallon fresh water planted tank, I should not siphon the gravel ? Leave all...
Blanket The blanket came off today. There was a bit of algae left, not much. I googled algae problem & it said much of what I have heard here. It...
Does the diet of a pleco consist entirely of algae or can it be a bottom feeder much llike a catfish ?
I blanketed my tank today ( Friday ) & plan to remove it on Monday. Like you, I don't know what is causing it. The water tests ok. I guess, if it...
Gravel Most of my algae is on the gravel. I vaccuum it up on my weekly water changes, but it starts coming back the next day. My pleco is no help....
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