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I found a post somewhere where a guy uses 2 heaters hooked up to a dual plug temp controller. It bypasses the thermostat in the heaters and uses an external prob. He said his tank stays very stable. I think he had a 125gal with 2- 400watt heaters. I am going to get one of these and another...

Actually I think that is the problem. My wife is always cold while I am sweating up a storm ! So she likes to keep the living room 78 -80F With the light on for 12 hours a day the temp is elevated 2-3F I turned the thermistat down for the house and told my wife to wear a jacket... :) But it...

Would it hurt to have 2 400watters ? Thanks

Hello all I have been having a lot of trouble with heaters in my 90usg tank. I am on my 3rd heater in the last year. I thought it might be dead spots so I pointed my power head towards it. I have a 400watt Hydor heater in a horizontal position. I have the temp at the lowest setting which is...

Sorry for being such a Newb , but what is AE ? I need to find a good place to buy plants. Thanks Chris

I was thinking of adding a small incondesent fixture with two 40watt spirals. Would this work? I think I will wait on the high power light for now. I just bought the 18,000K tubes. :( Looks like the guy in the store knew as much about it as me. So these will hurt my plants? I still have my...

Thank you very much for all of the info.. I have a magnum 350 canister filter with the bio-wheels. I also have a broken fluva 403 that I am going to drive with a 400gph powerhead but I have to work out some type of strap around it to hold it together because of the massive pressure the power...

Right Now I have two T-10 40watt 18,000K tubes. I know it isn't much but I was considering getting something off eBay in the 260watt range or I could use the 30" bulb type fixture I have with a couple 40watt spiral bulbs. Eventually I will get the 260. I want to try a couple of diy yeast co2's...

Hello everyone. I am new to all of this so I need a lot of advice. I have two tanks. 1 90 gal and 1 29 gal. The 90 gal is setup for fish only and I have 5 medium sized fish and 4 small fish in it. The 29 gal is not in use yet. I would like to make my 90 gal a planted tank. Should I move my...

Will Do Thank You. Still getting use to the site. Chris

Hello everyone. I am new to all of this so I need a lot of advice. I have two tanks. 1 90 gal and 1 29 gal. The 90 gal is setup for fish only and I have 5 medium sized fish and 4 small fish in it. The 29 gal is not in use yet. I would like to make my 90 gal a planted tank. Should I move my...

I am having a similar problem. I have one 400watt heater in the middle of my 90 gal tank and I have to keep it to the lowest setting of 72F and I still have temps between 80-83. None of the water flow is pointing at it, I am going to try moving my heater in front of the output of one of my...

OK.. I just tested. Please let me know what I really need to work on. Temp 80F PH 7.6 Nitrate 40+ ppm Nitrite 0 ppm Ammonia 0 ppm KH 4 x 17.9 = 71.6 ppm GH not sure if I am just testing wrong or if there is somthing wrong with my test solution. It wont turn Green. I keep adding drops ...

Thank You ! I forgot to add that I also have 2.5" Siver dollar as well. and my two light bulbs are 40watts each at 18,000 K (power glow) Here is the loach I have. The store told me it was not a very common one. I have had him or her (how can you tell? ) for about 4 yrs.] Click Here to see My...

Hello everyone My name is Chris, and this is my first post to this forum. I have a 90gal freshwater tank. Here is a list of my equipment: 90gal all glass tank Magnum350 pro delux filter Fluval 403 ,currently broken I am going to try to use a power head to drive it when the power head...