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  i did not know that. will that be enough light for my plants though?  i have baby tears, amazon swords, micro swards, anubias, and frog bit.  Thanks for the tip, That is interesting.  I wounder why that is?

No prob! glad i could be the helper and not the helpee for once!

Will do!

i dont see why it would hurt anything.  i change decor in my tank all the time.

Thanks for the advise! i think im gonna try it!

i have 1 three spot gourami, 6 rosy barbs, 6 bronze cory, and 5 Bolivian Rams. (plus a few snails).  it is a moderately planted 55 gallon tank fyi. it looks like this:

i think those are eggs, that being said, they are not from an apple snail (probibly a different snail species not sure what one).  gestation period very between species but probably within 2-3 weeks (just a guess)

no, the tank does not get any natural light.  it is in a windowless basement. sorry i forgot to quote prior to posting.

everything i have read suggests that you put your tank lights on a timer and put it on roughly 12 hour cycles.  some things i read also suggest varying that based on actual daylight hours in the region your fish or plants are from.  my question is this... how important is this?  right now this...

Most recently i added some more driftwood,  a couple more plants, 6 coreys and 5 Bolivian rams.  I did have to take out one of the gourami who was getting aggressive with the rams but the other gourami seems fine with them.  this is where i am with the tank currently and i did manage to get a...

    Thanks, but i didn't know tanks had a shelf life.  how long do they usually last?  i always figured that glass and silicone would last forever. After that i decided to redecorate.  over the course of three weeks i changed a third of the substrait with my weekly water changes. (what a pain i...

i cant really start at the beginning because i didn't think to take pictures from the start.  that being said i took the first pic right after i joined the forum and i am starting this thread to track and share my tanks progress.  First a bit of history:  my father had a 55 gallon aquarium that...

Welcome!  has your tank been cycled yet?

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 i divided my tank into three sections, then during my weekly water changes i took the fish out, and removed and replaced the substrate in 1 section a week for three weeks.  i also used rock in-between the new and the old substrate to minimize the mixing.  that way i didn't get rid of all the...

do you have a cover on your heater? could it be a heater burn?

That happened to my tank as well and i never had any ill effects.

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it is mopani wood.  after googleing mopani wood sap i think that is what it is.  Thanks for the thought.  will the sap hurt the fish?  is it weird to have sap leach out after the wood has been in the tank over a month?

I noticed this on my driftwood today, not sure what it is.  hoping its not bad.  is it a fungas or maby some sort of eggs?  i dont think its eggs as i only have rosey barbs, gourami, and apple snales and it doesnt look like eggs from any of those i dont think.  i just want to make sure its not...

Hey guys, i'm new to the floating plant world but i've heard that my gourami will enjoy them and i like the look of them as well.  i have a 55 gallon aquarium with 2 gourami, 6 rosey barb, 6 bronze corey, and soon to be a pair or trio of Bolivian rams.  i have plenty of drift wood and rock as...

Welcome. check craigslist for tanks and equipment.  ive gotten some great deals on there and im just a bit south of you (MD)

Has anyone ever had an Opaline Gourami in with  Bolivian ram?  i have a 55 Gallon Tank that is moderately planted, over filtered and has both driftwood and rock hiding places.  i have two gourami, one opaline male (the boss of the two) and one 3 spot f email and a school of 6 rosey barbs.  i was...

i have "eco complete" substrait.  is somewhere between fine gravel and dirt, but more on the fine gravel side.  you can check it out here http://www.petco.com/product/111998/Eco-Complete-Planted-Black-Aquarium-Substrate.aspx how do you think they would do with that?

so, as much as i wanted all of you to be wrong, last night my red fin just snapped.  he beat up on my barbs for about an hour and i took him out and donated him.  :( so it looks like im in the market for a bottom feeder.  i dont want loaches because i like my snails so i think im going to get...

if my red tail does get aggressive and i remove him do you think i would have better luck with a rainbow shark? or would i just have the same problems all over again?

  Please take everything that website says with a very large pinch of salt. Stocking is way too complicated for a database-driven website to get right, and forum policy is not to promote it because it is so unreliable. You'll get better advice from the people of the forum.   thank you for...

thanks for responding today!  i have been using an online aquarium calculator to see stocking levels and according to that im @ 87% when everything is full grown.  (also i do have excellent filtration with two aquaclear 70s)  as for "proper numbers"  i have six now and i thought that would be...

so far i haven't had any issues with the red tailed shark.  he has kind of taken over the area under a large piece of drift wood in my tank but he doesnt go after other fish unless they invade his little shelter.  i have one opaline and one 3 spot gaurami.  they are not dwarfs and i considered...

i actually posted this in the beginner section yesterday but as i have had zero replies so far i thought i would try it here: Hi all, i have a 55 gallon tank that is very well established with 2 gourami, 1 red tailed black shark, and a school of 6 rosey barbs.  i just removed a common pleco from...

sorry it took so long but here is a cellphone pic.  please excuse the boxes in the foreground, im still unpacking from a recent move.

Hi, my name is Dan and i am new to the forum.  i recently inherited a 55 gallon fish tank that belonged to my father.  it had one lonely pleco in it so i added a few fish.  i now have 2 gourami  (one opaline male and one blue f email) one red taled black shark a school of rosy and red glass...