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Sorry, haven't checked in awhile, its been finals week here at my college so I am trying to finalize all of that!


Okay so I agree with you (minus the bit about being an uninformed aquarist...

So hello everyone! I have been running my 29gal planted tank for a few months and I feel its time to upgrade to something bigger, the 45 Arch. I am curious as to what kind of substrate to put down. I...

Yeah they are both very pretty. Thanks for the help! They both came from Petsmart.

These are the images I have at the moment, I will try to get better shots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/soccer_is_serious/DSC07965500x335.jpg

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a little rounded yes, but not too much. They just got in my tank two days ago, and I feed only a little yesterday. On Ram #2, the tail fin does not extend past the base of the tail at all, as is seen...

This is the second image of Ram #2, With a better shot of its dorsal (the other one, it looks like the dorsal is covered up)
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I know there are great other threads on sexing blue rams, but I was just wondering if you could take a look at these Rams I have. I got to pick my own out so I chose these two with the hopes that...

I was going to soak the sand, scoop off the excess, so that the sand is a wet muddy-like consistency, put it in a ziploc bag and submerge it in the tank, cut a corner off the bag and then pour slowly...

thanks for the responses everyone! Well, I mean having no nitrates is an honorable thing to do anyways, but I believe I am going to add one of these sections of fine sand substrate. I have some...

I don't know if its the gravel in my case. It is the fine pebbles from PetSmart, the Top Fin brand? Their cories stay on the gravel for weeks at a time and they don't lose their whiskers. Mixed into...

less than 10 %? its closer to 30% actually, its 8 gallons a week on a 30 gallon tank. My plants are frill, cabomba, ludwigia, and two swords, a melon and a marble. I use ferts, (API Leaf Zone) but...

agreed and thank goodness for that! I have trace nitrates in my well... I have a RODI unit for my reef tank, but have been afraid to use it on my freshwater planted tank. I hear it is too pure,...

it floats around like a slimy mess, but it stays together, unlike diatoms.

nah its not Diatoms, I've seen those before. this looks like a cyano algae, but its brown.

yeah there is a bit of nitrate in there, which is what I don't understand. I have Fluval clearmax in there and it should be removing that nitrate. I just bought some NitraZorb, will that help as...

It looks like all 4 of my cories are losing their whiskers and their noses look like they are turning white, as if they were being rubbed too hard. I've had them for about a week now. any idea whats...

I have this crap growing all over my tank, but only on my plants and my driftwood. Not on the glass, not on any of my equipment. It is especially bad on a few of my plants, my frill and my cabomba....

And also blacking out for a few days, won't that mess up my plants?

Yes but you still have not mentioned what I am supposed to do afterwards.

gotcha. So I removed one of the 54 watt bulbs so now I'm down to one 54 watt 6,700k bulb. I tried to black it out for a day, but failed. I read you should add some CO2 so I dosed with a CO2 liquid...

I've replaced the one 10,000k with another 6.7. I'm currently blacking out my tank and I will be adding more planta today. Should I remove one of the bulbs? It would drop me down to one 54 watt 6.7....

also they are not necessarily compact fluorescent. they are T5s.

I haven't used any ferts yet, except for once last week I dosed with a plant supplement from API.

Right now, I have two smaller swords in there and a few bunches of cabomba, separated. Should I...

I have 108 watts on a 29gallon. They are both 6.7 watts. Is that too much? I mean to keep swords, cabomba, hemianthus baby tears, and possibly some rotalas.

My water is green, pea soup green. I...

yup. that water is greeeeeeen!! I replaced the 10k bulb for another 6.7k. that still means 108 watts.... is that too much for a 29 gallon? Is that was is causing the water to be so green?