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Yes, the lights are laying flat right on top of the glass. Just went down to Home Depot and bought the end pieces for the lights and a couple of ballasts and went to town. They're fairly well packed in there, so they don't slide around a whole lot when I take it off to do water changes. It is...

Here's mine. You can't see the lights inside, but there's 6 48" T8 bulbs laid inside with room for one or two more maybe. It's a 55 gallon. Lights up the whole room with the lid open. link to hood

The UV lighting from the flourescents will eventually degrade the plexiglass and make it very brittle. Don't know how long this would take. On the other hand, you could go to a glass place and get a piece cut for your tank. You will lose about 4% of the light emission for each surface of the...

another crappy one...

and here's a couple of crappy pictures of normal shrimp...

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Haven't seen a pregnant shrimp before, are they egg layers, or are these little guys already out and hanging off her belly??? More pics to follow...

I have heard the Malaysian Trumpet Snail will eat algae and only the parts of plants that are decomposing already. Haven't been able to find one myself to try it out. Don't have time to look up a picture of them right now. HTH

Well, after all the subtle encouragement I received here, I called on it last night, but it had already been sold. Kind of figured it would be, but I wouldn't have known without calling. Fiancee wanted to put lizards in it... :blink: ...the horror. She said she would keep it in her classroom...

Damn! Haven't logged on for a few days. Sorry to say I didn't get it. Don't know if it's still available or not, but the problem right now is space. I'm renting a 2 bedroom duplex right now and I've taken all the space I have right now. What with the 61" TV, 55 gallon set up, 65 gallon in...

$250 for a 250 gallon tank w/ oak finished stand, rocks and pump. Sound like a good deal? Found it in my local swap-sheet. May have to talk to the fiancee about this one... :hey:

:rofl: Ah, you just made my new day CFC. I needed that today. Happy holidays everyone.

a1wonder, as for the hydrogen peroxide, it's chemical makeup is h2o2, so I figured it would be safe if used sparingly. I used a syringe to apply it to the top of some of my plant leaves trying to get rid of the algae. It killed the algae, but it also killed my clams, 4 neon tetras and a few of...

I'll agree with Bob. A 3x3 is plenty thick, and a 2x4 will work for you. You will have to brace it underneath with more 2x4's than just at the corners, but what he's got looks more than enough. According to my references, the compressive strength of pine is somewhere around 5000 pounds per...

But they're not going to eat my shrimp right? If so I need to get them out of there tonight because I'll be gone for the holidays Wednesday through Saturday.

Well, I went to the fish store last night to see what kind of loaches they had to help control my snail population that has been rapidly growing. They had some skunk loaches that looked kind of cool, so I said what the hell? I'll get 3 of them for the $5 they cost. I also picked up 5 more...

I've heard Malaysian Trumpet Snails will eat your algae and dying plant leaves, but leaves the healthy parts of the plant alone. Might be an option if you can find any. I can't seem to find any around here.

No underground filter, but I've got a sizable chunk of wood in there and I did find a group of eggs on it, but it's got so many cracks and crevices, there's no way I'll be able to get them all. I think I will try some loaches. I've got some extra room in the tank anyways, so I'll try to find a...

Okay, I've noticed that the snail population in my tank is rapidly increasing. It's on an exponential curve, and would like to solve it. I've been picking snails out by hand over the last couple of weeks, removing about 20 or so each time, but I'm sure there's still more in there. Is there a...

Okay, I've had my neon rainbows for around a year and a half and have been waiting for them to turn blue!!! They kind of have a bluish tint to them when they move around, but not the bright blue I saw in my fish book. So far, I've been disappointed. That and the fact that they school with my...

Definitely don't just seal it with silicon. Put another piece of glass on top of it if possible. Silicon alone will not hold it for long if at all.

Yeah!!! Rancor's rock! Looks awesome. Maybe you could do a Star Wars themed tank? I think that'd be kind of interesting.

I agree with Astroboy. I really don't see what the hype is all about with the python. You can go to your local hardware store and get a faucet adapter with a hose thread on one end and your faucet thread on the other. The faucet thread might be hard to find, but you can take your current...

I would say either would work fine with a small tank. For ease of assembly, I would use the first one, so you won't have to cut a 45 in glass, and leave a little space between the two pieces of glass. You don't want the two pieces of glass to touch. Maybe an eighth of an inch or so. Fill it...

Just be careful with the plastic. Flourescents will break it down over time, so plan on replacing it in a few years.

Just add a 1x2 around the inside edge so it can sit on the top of the tank. You can even hide the plastic top of the tank with a little moulding. Be sure to make it a touch oversized because wood will move with the seasons...With a 1x2, you'll have 3/4 of an inch on both sides to play with, so...

Looks like a ghost shrimp to me, definitely not an amano.

Yup, they'll be fine. Had 10-12 in mine with no problems. They actually eat algae, so it's a good thing.

I've got seashells in mine without boiling them. Had them in there for 6+ months. Not very big ones, but quite a few little ones. Course, my pH is already pretty high at 8.3...

Here's a top view. Let me know if someone sees an opportunity for improvement and even general opinions.

Okay, I've got a 65 gallon corner tank that is just sitting in my house right now. I'm not going to set it up until I move into my own house. Hopefully not too much longer. Ideally, I'd like to put 4 discus, 1 elephant nose and a small school of a smaller type fish. Possibly harlequin...

Talking to my buddy that designs optics, he says you're going to lose 5-6% for each surface of the glass, top and bottom. That's for clean uncoated glass. You'll also lose another 3-4% for the surface of the water. So you're going to get roughly 85% of what your lights put out. So if you...