If you leave it floating watch for it to get sucked into the filter intake, if you have a lot of surface agitation from something like a HOB filter instead of a power filter that comes out an intake under the top of the water. The HOB filters have a tendency to […]
I’m going to do that on the 55 gallon when I transfer them over, for now I had to put the filters like they are since the hood is wooden and I didn’t want to mess with cutting more holes in it when the filters were going to be on the tank […]
I would have thought for the Hillstreams, you would have put both intakes on one end and both returns on the other. Thus making it like a river flow. Place one at mid tank and one toward the bottom on each end… Obviously what you have works, just not what I imagined… […]
I also think it has to do with how big the tank is. My 125 gallon tends to have slower moving spots even though it’s greatly over filtered compared to how much filtration the previous owner had. I have slower moving fish in the tank and they don’t seem to have any […]
I was looking at a tiger lotus, I didn’t know they could get that big, but it does state that they need a lot of root room (6 inches or more), so I would have to put it in a pot, even in the 125 gallon tank as the soil/gravel is only […]
Shannon,
I see Ray made mention of your screened in porch, something I wanted to mention also. Most outdoor plants require 6 hours of sunlight to bloom. They will grow, but not bloom, and, if you give them less than 3-4 hours, they may not grow all that well. However, if you wish, you can also […]
Aaron,
Is that your site? If it isn’t, then it’s certainly NOT spam IMO. Heck, even if it is your site and you have the best prices in the world, it’s worth sharing… maybe adding a disclaimer that it’s your site.
As long as you don’t start using O-cea_n-P-ure in the Subject line. LOL […]
Hi Shannnnon, Oops, did I use one too many “n’s” or two too many? (LOL) — check back to your signature. Anyway, with a lot of work ahead of just you, and your uncertainty on how this will go, a container garden is a good way to get your feet wet (LOL) — couldn’t […]
That’s why my 55 gallon is covered with duckweed on top, to help diffuse the lighting since the CFL’s put out so much light Beware of duckweed though, sometimes it grows so fast you have to take a bunch out just to keep up with the new growth
Amber
Lenny V. aka […]
You have very close to the same light fixture that I have on my 55 gallon tank, I also get a lot of algae issues. I think it’s a very high output of light and if you don’t have enough plants in the tank to keep up with all of that light […]