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  1. PewPewChris

    How to have clear water without carbon?

    Another question or two... 1) I assume this "should" clear up once the bacteria regenerate? 2) Do any of you folks use carbon in your planted tanks?
  2. PewPewChris

    How to have clear water without carbon?

    So on the most established tank (10 gallon column) I did a 25% water change and squeezed out the sponges in my HOB and added floss in place of the little carbon I had. Water is slightly cloudy, the least of the three tanks. The 10 gallon quarantine tank same process...same result...newer tank...
  3. PewPewChris

    How to have clear water without carbon?

    New to planted aquariums...but love watching the plants almost as much as the fish. I've read you shouldn't be using carbon in planted tanks. I was using a little bit in my 10 gallon column tank with plants and they seemed to be doing fine, crystal clear water, used flourish, etc. for plants...
  4. PewPewChris

    40G Marineland Breeder Glass Tops ~ Where to Find?

    What size was it? Everything I am seeing is not the 36" I would need (or slightly less, thus the issue). The Aqueon is the only one the interwebs keep taking me too and that's the one that doesn't fit.
  5. PewPewChris

    40G Marineland Breeder Glass Tops ~ Where to Find?

    Good call, never even thought about that...
  6. PewPewChris

    40G Marineland Breeder Glass Tops ~ Where to Find?

    Setup my new 40G Breeder yesterday...the top the guy at the LFS sold me was for an aquarium with a middle brace. I honestly would have made the two piece glass work and have to openings on either end of the tank...but with my Fluvall Plant light running the length of the tank I'd have to remove...
  7. PewPewChris

    Where to find ammonia for fish-less cycle?

    Got the new tank up and running this afternoon/eve...first canister filter and I also installed a UVC so took a good bit longer than I thought. Fritz's Fishless Fuel will arrive at my door tomorrow and the cycle will begin.
  8. PewPewChris

    Where to find ammonia for fish-less cycle?

    Other than amazon...do you find any box stores or LFS that carry the brands for aquarium safe ammonia for cycling? Trying to buy all the stuff tomorrow and want to start the cycle if at all possible.
  9. PewPewChris

    Why is it so hard to find female gouramis?

    Good to know, I may have to do some calling around...surely I can find a few in and around Atlanta
  10. PewPewChris

    Is it ok to add some snails earlier on during the fishless cycle?

    That is the plan...just didn't know if snails could be added "sooner" in the cycle, once ammonia is pretty much gone as a first add before it's fully ready for fish. I thought snails might handle differently. I'll stick to the plant only cycle and feed the little pest snails that pop up to my...
  11. PewPewChris

    Is it ok to add some snails earlier on during the fishless cycle?

    I'm starting a fishless cycle tomorrow on a new 40G breeder I'm picking up. Plan to deck it out with all the features, Fluvall 307 w/ UVC filter, nice 300W heater, fluvall plant led light (56W I think)...still trying to figure out substrate and what plants I want out of the gate. This will house...
  12. PewPewChris

    Why is it so hard to find female gouramis?

    I wanted to get 2 females to add to the male dwarf blue gouramis I have and love...can't seem to find them anywhere...stores have males for days
  13. PewPewChris

    Floating plants with lid on tank

    I have glass tops...salvina grows so fast I can't keep up
  14. PewPewChris

    Is this tank “ugly”?

    If your fish are happy and you enjoy watching your fish in the tank...it can't be ugly. I personally like the look of your tank
  15. PewPewChris

    Last Fish You Bought/Got

    bristlenose pleco
  16. PewPewChris

    I am guessing this white little spec attached to my glass moving around is a baby snail? Hopefully it is anyway

    pest snails I'm sure. I pull them out of my "show" 10 column tank when they hitch rides on plants and put them in my quarantine tank that houses an assassin snail.
  17. PewPewChris

    40G Breeder ~ Dream Equipment Build

    If money wasn't an object, what would your dream 40-gallon freshwater breeder be, equipment-wise? Tank: Top: Lighting: Stand: Filtration: Heater: Assuming a community tank environment, with live plants...
  18. PewPewChris

    What are you doing today?

    Oh I already have MTS...had a tank in college, loved it...wasn't mature enough to care for it properly. Fast-forward 20 years later...I've got the time, the money and the maturity (I think) to get back at it. Purchased a 10 gallon column tank for my desk...that's already spread to another 10...
  19. PewPewChris

    🐶 POTM Vote Now! - November 2022 Pet of the Month Contest

    This is Leela, or as she is called most days..."The Pretty Pretty Princess" Leela is 10 years old, a German Shepard mix of some variety. Leela lost her brother, Mac, a little over a year ago and has become very much a daddy's girl. She has spent every day by my side since March 13th, 2020 when I...
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  21. PewPewChris

    New fish keeper

    True...didn't even think about that
  22. PewPewChris

    What are you doing today?

    What am I doing today...thinking about my next tank...
  23. PewPewChris

    New fish keeper

    Still debating on what my substrate will be in my step-up to a 40G Breeder. Do folks ever do a sand layer with fine gravel over top? Seems like the best of both worlds?
  24. PewPewChris

    Marineland Glass Aquariums ~ Decent Quality?

    I'm extremely organized and clean when it comes to the 2 - 10 gallon tanks I am running today, so spillage and such isn't a concern. Thanks for the input, still waiting...figure I will buy something the day after Thanksgiving and start to piece together what I need to get it all cycled and ready...
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  26. PewPewChris

    Marineland Glass Aquariums ~ Decent Quality?

    I'm willing to spend a little more $$ for good looking build quality...without going overboard obviously. The stand at the store I went to looked pretty sturdy.
  27. PewPewChris

    Marineland Glass Aquariums ~ Decent Quality?

    Looking at a 40G Breeder at the LFS - it's a Marineland and also can purchase a nice stand. The glass aquarium is like $179.99 I believe...worth the cost?
  28. PewPewChris

    Fluval 406 filter

    What kind of lid do you have now?
  29. PewPewChris

    New to the hobby and in need of help

    I think the above issue is half the fun in keeping fish or mini-ecosystems as I like to refer to them. I'm a novice myself, but keeping the fish and plants happy and watching how they change/interact (both for the good and the bad) is what makes it intriguing to me. As others above have said...
  30. PewPewChris

    Ich?

    Update? I'm curious because I am new to the fish keeping game and I swear I see ich, then I don't...then I do...then I don't. I think part of it is the color patterns of certain fish and the LED lights we use, etc..
  31. PewPewChris

    Filter making tank cloudy

    Do you use active carbon?
  32. PewPewChris

    Water changers

    Will the Python connect to any style bathroom/kitchen faucet?
  33. PewPewChris

    New planted tank question

    I'm new to the forum and fairly new to fish keeping (kept some in college, but treated them poorly...like most stupid kids). I have a 10 gallon column tank and this has been my first step into using live plants. I honestly have just planted them...used some flourish and they have done fine. Like...
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