The tank that leans away from the wall is the 55 gallon and it has a solid wood base, which I’m glad for. I probably put it a little too close to the wall. The 125 gallon metal stand has 6 legs as well, and the front of the stand angles forward […]
Amber,
What you might be seeing is if you have the stand too close to the wall, there are nail strips along the edge of a room that the carpeting is held down with (to keep it from pulling away from the wall) and if you put the back edge of any furniture on that and […]
I have my 55 gallon upstairs and occasionally I worry that my floor won’t hold the weight but I figure at the same time it’s only a 55 gallon too, if it holds the weight of a bed and other furniture the floor should be built well enough to hold a 600lb […]
When living on the second floor of an old New England farmhouse, I placed hardwood flooring under my stands, running perpendicular to the hardwood flooring already in place. This was meant to also help in distributing the weight of the tanks, hoping the floor would not give way, giving the tanks a grand entrance for […]
I’d probably use a single piece of wood cut to fit the stand and appropriately stained or painted, and the height of the edging, if there is one, or 1/2″ thick, to cover the top of the stand. This will help ensure that the weight of the tank is equally distributed on all edges of […]
I have an API Fresh Water Phosphate Test Kit.
Sent from my iPod Jimmy
On Jun 11, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Amber Berglund wrote:
Well actually they have other test kits by different companies that only test phosphate, I was only looking at the API products at first Are there any other recommended brands […]
You would have to do a controlled siphon removal of water one time to find the “mark” for a 25% PWC (37.5G in your case or you could just do 35G or 40G for simplicity).
Top off your 150G, at least to the bottom of the top frame (or your preferred water level). You would […]
I usually just measure the tank itself, using a height measurement to the normal fill mark of the water, and subtracting for the glass. This gives you a fairly accurate rough measurement of the water contained since it does not account for the space taken up by the substrate and other decor, but it also […]
Thanks Ray, I agree with you also and like to inject my own observations. Hornwort is a great plant to have with a tank of plant eating fish since the hard leaves doesn’t taste good to these fish. Hornwort is known to be a floating plant that is great to use in a nursery tank […]
I use terra cotta pots to plant my plants in because they seem to do better in soil than they do in gravel for me. I put soil in the bottom of the pot (soil that has aired out to release any gasses), then put in the plant and gently cover the […]