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Apologies for the dumb question but how do you plant the grass seeds in an aquarium? Does one initially lover the water level to just above gravel level plant seeds and wait for germination before filling tanks? looking for a carpeted planted tank for my 55 reset.

Good Morning, I have a Cascade 1500 filter it came with my 100 g. I was wondering what media do others use and in what order? From top down the unit currently has: sponge, sponge, sponge w/charcoal pack., sponge w/charcoal pack. The tank is not planted, current occupants: Dempsey, Salvini...

Ah how great is it to get a fresh idea thanks Colin. Now to rethink my tanks: a 30 g tall, 40 g bow front, 29 g, all planted, and a newish 100 no plants....so I'll be removing the charcoal from the first 3, adding charcoal to the 100 cannister. Luckily all the tanks are "seasoned" and have...

Another idea to repurpose my 55...

Thanks you, Utah and Colin for taking the time to reply and clarification...I guess filter cartridges are the fish industries version of razor blades and printer inks, Now to start weeing my tanks off the cartridges.....thank you....

Apologies for the dumb question but I'm a bit baffled...for time immemorial I always thought filters, HOB etc should have a activated charcoal and filter floss. After all many of us buy those prepackaged cartridges. Now it seems that may not be the thing to do since some articles point to...

Well I made the jump to a 100gal from a 55, and in discussing the move with my LFS guy, he stated spend the money and go acrylic. They are stronger and lighter than glass...but cost a lot new....but he said to try FB or Craigs list. I got lucky and found a local who need to get rid of a 100...

Thanks for the replies...dang I whish the LFS had Bristlenoses when I I was there oh well...

I currently have a 2.5 inch Rubberlip pleco and was wondering if I can add a small similar sized Bristlenose pleco in a 29 gal?

great project there and the results look great!

Seems to me your tank is already plenty full but since you got shrimp you should probably just get fish with very tiny mouths...shrimps would be a a great buffet for many fish...as far ab breeding the shrimp you probably aren't being inundated with baby shrimp.

What fun...It's always exciting to stock a tank...such decisions; you can got the way of by: 1. area i.e. a south american tank, an asian tank, african cichlid tank etc... 2. Species specific - ie. just oscars 3. Or what ever just strikes your fancy... But the most difficult part...

Thanks ColinT for your reply, I'm very sure it's HIH a good p[ic is not possible since my quarantine tanbk is a 45 qt tub, but the head cratering is very irregular and looks like all the picutes I've seen of HIH. I'll give the API General Cure a try as well as the salt too. I appreciate you...

Thanks to all for your input...so many varieties and ways to go. I think I'll go via hang on sponge and see what happens....

My Salnini Cichlid has a hole in head disease, he's now in quarantine tank that I treating with API Melafix,. Other than moving to a new tank with better water quality is there anything else I can treat him with.?

Hello - I was wonder if anybody has compared UG filters vs Hang on Sponge filters...I'm looking to convert a 55 gal to a half tank and terrarium and looking for options for the aquarium portion. The tank portion would only be about 13 gals.

Some fish are just Jeeze"wish I can have one", like all hobbies there are those holy grails, we mere mortals long after. I've seen arowanas in my LFS but then I think they will outgrow my tanks. My sig. other allowed me my 100 gal, but anything larger just ain't happening. A dog she can get...

Thanks for your reply...wow talk about fancy, and here I was just gonna glue a plexiglass sheet halfway up the tank gravel and soil the terrarium side LOL...but hey now I have a new word in my vocabulary...Paludarium...now to youtube it...thanks loads...

Hello All, I have a 55 gal where the center bar broke., the tanks doesn't leak but I thought I would divide it half with one side being 25 g aquarium and the other side being a terrarium with newts/salamander. I'm thinking the aquarium side hold some small african cichlids with an undergravel...

Well Life happens...i can't think of all the times I failed my parents and I'm still alive....glad to see you're back on track the tank looks very nice...

Man that's expensive Sushi:p whata great video, now to make a visit to the Koi capital in the world.

There was quite a bit of algae, but washing is a bit of a misnomer I guess a better term is rinse. The only decorations I got from the previous owner was several large rocks, they were just a simple rinse. After I put the sand back in there was quite a bit of organic mum so but adding water...

Yup it's a bit of work but worth it in the end...luckily for me I didn't spill any water....at least not yet.

Hello MCordia, So I got my replacement tank, but I knew that the tank would be operational/cycled when I went to pick it up, so I set up buckets of dechlorinated water ready to go when I came home. This was for rinsing the tank and the rocks/sand/plants that came with the tank. Arriving at...

This is very impressive you must live in a warm place, hard for me to imagine having tropicals in a an outdoor pond., in foggy SF.

Thanks...looking forward to the transfer in the next two weeks or so...

Great comments - after replanting how di the plants do? was there a die off and re-growth?

Hello, I going to be doing a somwehat similiar move, what did you do with your plants when the 100g was a community tank?

How did your move go?....alas moving is always stressful and hopefully yours went well. I'm going to pick up a used 100 gal and that's going take time. I will being emptying all of it from fish to gravel...luckily there's no rush to reestablish since I have enough tanks space to house the fish...

Good Morning All, After a 55 gal tank failure and a planned move to a 100 gal, I figured it was time to seek some seasoned advice, so here I am. Background: currently have a 40 gal bowfront ( common Pleco,T-Barb, Jack Dempsey), 30 gal tall (planted, 2 angels with various common community...