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05-20-2013, 09:30 PM
Strange you say that I had a bunch myself but have not seen them in months after I pruned my Val's, seems all gone vanished into Sword plant Heaven I...
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05-20-2013, 08:55 PM
Tank about up now.
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05-18-2013, 10:13 AM
A few pics of the starting to set up.
Excuse the Shop light have not finished the Hood lights yet.:11:
One piece of Mopani seems to...
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05-17-2013, 12:33 AM
God I had a bunch of them but with a Slate bottom, Glass kind of held in by a black Tar putty deal sold by them.
Heavy as all get out, and most...
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05-17-2013, 12:15 AM
Plus 1 on that.
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05-17-2013, 12:05 AM
Thanks Both To cliff and Talldutchie , both good replies I will do on the Pics once I get Plants and all the lights hooked up.
Yes I will have...
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05-16-2013, 10:59 AM
On the brown algae stuff, they all get them even Salt water, once it balances it will disappear.
Sounds like off to good a start.
Jeff
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05-16-2013, 10:56 AM
Okay all Plants shipped Filters in, driftwood all here most of it so water will hit by Saturday.
Now after I start it up using the non fish cycle...
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05-16-2013, 10:31 AM
I am with you 100% there, sort of like you know bacon and eggs is good one month , then bang well not good no more.:14:
Jeff
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05-15-2013, 11:07 AM
But how will it effect the plants?
Will they starve for food?
Will it take the place of the stuff already doing the work?
Will dosing of dry...
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05-14-2013, 10:11 AM
I bought some LED's low watt 12 volt Blue and super white, want to hook them up to come on as sort of moon deal on certain day's and in the morning...
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05-14-2013, 10:05 AM
Fresh Water?
If salt I see no skimmer , so I guess fresh.
Why did you choose a sump for Fresh?
Just asking.
To remove the headache of the...
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05-14-2013, 09:53 AM
Nice read there.
When I was into saltwater, right at the end I made my own reactor ,a Calcium one ,but never got around to hooking it up.
Not...
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05-14-2013, 09:27 AM
What size tank?
Any thoughts of foreground plants?
Some will chime in with suggestions.
Look at some of the ADA setups, might get some ideas...
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05-14-2013, 09:21 AM
Well to add my 2 cents , yes to the root tabs good stuff there.
I also have Val's that over grow each other, I have given away a bunch of them in...
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05-13-2013, 01:07 PM
Anybody try this Rid-X stuff?
I think I might try it as seem so be okay for just about everything.
That sponge looks like the skim stuff from...
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05-10-2013, 12:47 AM
Glad I read that.
The guy at the store swore that a piece of Cake really.
Wanted to sell me one , well two one a t $299.00 a 14 gallon the...
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05-10-2013, 12:38 AM
Any way to get a bigger picture?
Looks like me and you will be in the same boat me with a 125 and you with a hundred .
I have been looking at...
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05-08-2013, 06:12 PM
True all gravel in a what a job that was.
But had enough thank God.
Now the wood and set up my lights and rocks hit Lowe's for some timers and...
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05-08-2013, 03:46 PM
The Stuff I got from Planted Aquarium Fertilizer site.
Magnesium , Potassium and Nitrate, and see how it goes.
Jeff
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05-08-2013, 01:11 PM
Okay I am getting ready most stuff in.
How does this sound for the Bottom.
A light layer of that Black Diamond stuff, followed by another light...
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05-06-2013, 11:47 AM
One more thing is this a SW tank?
Fish only or FW as if SW and Reef setup I think the bed is to thick.
If FW okay then.
But on SW you need...
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05-06-2013, 11:25 AM
Well got my first tank from my sister which actually was a fish bowl with those nice looking colored marbles back in the day.
She got a Metaframe...
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05-04-2013, 12:41 AM
I ordered a Filstar 3 today, and looked not half the parts that were in the older ones.
No spray bar, just an elbow.
Kind of sucks, price was...
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05-02-2013, 12:59 PM
Thanks Cliff , think I will stick with the cuttlefish bone deal I hope pets mart sells it.
Jeff
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05-02-2013, 10:07 AM
I guess I might of answered my own question.
Maybe so should i Buy some calcium in some form to add Cuttle bone and all that other stuff.
...
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05-02-2013, 07:49 AM
Not to hijack, but I will use Fluorite, mixed with that Black Diamond stuff, along with Eco-complete, I think you ought to try that way.
I got...
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05-02-2013, 07:40 AM
Hoods are easy to make.
Just don't use MDF unless a total seal and no exposed edges.
I have made 4 fish tank stands and hoods , as I worked in...
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05-02-2013, 07:36 AM
Looked at the Congo Tetras, nobody local sells them.
A nice fish indeed.
Petco used to have them but no more.
The search goes on.
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05-01-2013, 11:16 PM
Have to look up these Congo tetras.
The wood is in, part of it most of the Gravel ,and the bulbs and ballasts.
So leaves some plants and few...
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