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lol i am sure that its over 200... i just put a few shrimp pellets twice a week and do a partial water change now and again... it looks like an ant's nest in there...

Please explain...

I am getting to the point where all my tanks are stocked the way i like it... I was thinking what the hell am i going to do next...

For all intents and purposes algae is plant... their photosynthetic pathways are identical (just about) to that of their more differentiated cousins... So any plant food will feed algae as well. The trick is to figure out the equation that favors the higher plants more than the algae... Light...

this over hang is not a problem... once the stand can take the weight them... the advice given by tank manufacturers are many to protect them from liability... A lil common sense and grains of salt go a long way...

get some 5 gallon buckets from the hardware and put some of the catfish in it... give them an air stone and feed them algae pellets till you can rehouse them...

the shrimp will not hurt the fry... The mollies infact will eat the baby shrimp (some will survive) and this might increase the spawning rate.... Cherry shirmp are really small... and jn the off chance you lose a few fry... consider it natural culling...

Try some cherry shrimp with your mollies... and if you can get some java moss... you will have some many mollies you will not know what to do with them....

Does anyone have any experience with using a sump/refugium on a fresh water tank... i was going to use my spare 29 gallon and i discovered that it does not fit at the bottom of the cabinet of a 72 gallon... so i am going get a 15 gallon or 20 gallon... \ i intend to but 2 gallons of bio ball...

If you get cherry shrimp the betta will eat the babies... Get as much java moss as you can and this can look really good

burn it with fire.....

What i want to know is... What are u going to put in it...

Some fish secrete a chemical in the water that limits their growth to the volume of water that they are in... This is common in fast growing fish that live in seasonal water systems.... Some slow growing fish never stop growing... catfish, loaches, etc

I have 29 gallon tank in the basement that i just top up from time to time... It has 3 inches of gravel in it and a 100 plus ghost shrimp... and a giant ball of riccia... I feed the tank some sinking pellets every week or so... I opened the eheim classic attached to the tank to get some of the...

The tank is 72 Gallons and it has a Ehiem 2128 rated at 160 gallons... Last night i added to much ammonia 4ppm and this morning the ammonia was at .5 now its at 0. I think i will do a huge water change and tomorrow and add some fish.... Thats 3 weeks with some mature media and 3 cups of...

more waiting........ good god

So this is week 2 of my fish ever fishless cycle on a 72 Gallon tank. (i seeded it with mature gravel and filter media) I can now go from 1ppm of ammonia to 0 in 24 hours... My Nitrites are still high... so i am going to keep feeding the tank with ammonia till Thursday, Then i will do a massive...

I have planted and my 72 Gallon Bow front is cycling... I am thinking about adding a 29 gallon sump to the set up.... I think i can create a partition in the sump to add some addtional filtration in the following order... A "sock" filter Bio Balls Riccia Filter (in this area i will grow a...

Sweet... i am going to plant the tank and add a few cups of mature gravel today.. Hopefully that should significantly speed up the cycling...

THanks... I have an eheim 2128 rated for 160 gallons tank on a 72 gallon tank... so i hope that does something...

Thanks for all the advice i have gotten so far... Thanks to you guys i moved from planning to put 6 discus in a 46 gallon tank to a 72 Gallon tank... I dont consider myself an expert just intermediate so i listen to everything and sort it out after... I have begun a fishless cycle of the tank...

I am so amazed at the different things that i keep reading on the care of discus. I bought 3 highly rated books on amazon and i have been reading anything i could find online... from what i read 6 x 8 inch discus in a 72 gallon tank will be fine. I get the high temperature, high protein foods...

Have you heard of SAFESTART (instant tank cycler)... i am looking up other reviews online...

I take your point... I was thinking also that i should do the following in concert... Add mature media to the filter Add some Nutra Fin Cycle or something of the like Drops of ammonia I have never done a fishless cycle... all me other take i have cycle naturally and used mature media to get...

Your tank is too small... and when you turn the lights out the lobster might eat ur fish... you need a bigger tank and these babies can get to 6 inches in length. Also as they bottom feeders / night feeders you will foul your tank, even is you used sinking food. You need at least a 29 gallon...

Ok so i have not given up on my Discus dream. This week i got an other tank. I got a 72 Gallon Bow Front, stand, 80watt light and a Eheim 2128 with a ton (literally) of supplies all for $350US (not Euros... lol...and this one is my last tank) Is this suitable for 6 or 7 x 3 inch Discus??? From...

the second person with the net works I put al the eggs in a breeding net in a 29 gallon bare bottom with an air stone... I set the temperature a little high... 27C I also have the set some brine shrimp ready in the hatchery My Fingers are crossed... thanks

I will get a razor 1st thing in the morning... i tried moving some tonight and man its slow going... i lost a few... How do i save them from floating from away...

The 2 Corys i had in the 46 Gallon spawned today and i am try to move the eggs to a 29 gallon tank with a breeding net... But moving the eggs are a pain... any advice... the picture sucks cause i cant find my camera and i am using the my laptop webcam to take the pic...

My tank is 36"L x 16.25"W x 20"H

So... i am so lost now... All i have read say 40 to 55 is the minimum for discus... Say it aint so... Or suggest a comparably beautiful fish that is suitable... please...

I moved to the USA 7 years ago... lol... and i am not offended... its funny... i was actually going to say... that i was like the US Army... i cant have an army and not use it... but i did not want to offend anyone... lol

yeah... you guys have... i will move my 6 or 8 perfect angels to this tank in 3 months or so and take the rest back to the store for credits... I will get 10 danios and add them to this tank with the mature filter soon enough... and let the tank mature for a month to 6 weeks.... I will get my...

Man it is hard to have equipment and not use it... to the max... i will cut back on my lighting further... lets say 6 hours for the first month... but and lots of ferts... I was even toying with the idea of taking the fish out and using miracle grow plant food but that is a stupid idea...

look at your neighborhood craigslist... and i think the smallest tank you should get is a 29 gallon... But i dont know how old you are... or what your living situation is like...

and hope fully alot of plants too... lol... But i will only run it at max lighting for 2 hrs a day... the reast of the i will run it at 96 watts...

You guys made me shed a tear... if not discus or angels what... The sad thing is... I have a 55 gallon that has 9 x 1.5 inch angels 18 or so neons and 3 corys... I was planning to let these angel grow up together and then try to breed a pair... (and if they all survive take 3 back to the...

1. it a DIY CO2... the yeast and nutrafin ladder combo... 2. the light is a Coralife Deluxe Series Aqualight Double Linear Strip Fixture (so the least light it can output is 96 watts) And you know you guys give me very good idea... I have an extra tetra ex 45 running on a heavy stocked tank...

bummer... Its a good thing i posted here b4 i went out a plunked money down on the discus... So i a going to modify the plan a bit... quite a bit... Lighting 7am to 11am: 96 watts (its the lowest amount of light i can run with this coralife 11am to 1pm: 192 watts 1pm to 7pm: 96watts...

i for got that to add that i add the the substrate is came from a mature tank and will added some of that tetra bacteria culture to speed up cycling. From what you guys are saying... i think i will try 4 x 2.5 inch discus instead...