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Quick update relative to my previous lucking ... I mean lurking ... do need to edit before posting.

I've been keeping a close eye on the reactor. So, my nitrates are back down to zero on the...

Been both busy and concerned by my nitrate filter from hell (a commercial unit) so have been mostly lucking the last month or so. Now that I have figured out my latest tank issues, I decided to post...

For phosphates in both the tank AND tap water there is only ONE course of action - an algae scrubber. Sponges cost $$$ and always are a pain to test to see if they are failing (used up; those...

Very nice and the planting really adds to the overall effect. CO2 injection?

Sounds good - the 30 C may or may not be good for the GR but other's here say it works. For discus, and Sterba's (ONLY!) cories (that might explain the deaths of the albino cories), that is the ideal...

For most people, it is a question of available space or what tank stand they have or can afford (longer stands cost more but in the future, can often handle greater volume tanks.) All else being...

Side ways is not good - the inability of a fish(s) to hold vertical often means they have a bad infection. If this continues (just not a one day thing), consider a anti-biotic of some type. I'd...

As some have posted, this will not be significant at all if you reduce amount of food; remember - food = waste = nitrate; so, reduce food and nitrates grow more slowly reducing the need for a water...

As some have posted, this will not be significant at all if you reduce amount of food; remember - food = waste = nitrate; so, reduce food and nitrates grow more slowly reducing the need for a water...

If you replace all the filter media, those water parameters will not last; ammonia will build up. Don't see the need for
'stress coat' - a product that is useless. Green water is cased by over...

I think you are all missing the real question here or maybe just the better approch to the question. The issue isn't size alone - even the biggest filter will not remove a host of biological wastes...

Excellent - keep doing what ever you are doing (water changes &/or temp drops) and get them a-spawning! Best of luck this time around! Also, no more apirl fools jokes in the house!

NEVER change pH using chemicals - first, droping pH more than 0.2 can kill fish, and second, every water change will then change the tank's 'new' pH. Also, you are traped adding chemicals all the...

Uh, I hope this is another apirl fools joke; if not, I'm so very sorry! I've experienced that three times (two different pairs.) But the good news is they will do better each time they lay! and they...

Two 125 watts are at the low end for a 125 tank (2 - 3 watts/gal and many say 2.5 watts/gal); best to be a little over for times it may be required to heat the tank to higher levels for treatments....

I agree - water change before they hatch; better for the eggs and parents. Best of luck and break a fin ... I mean ... oh, well. Good luck and hope you get a super sized school of discus!

I agree with you but the issue for me is that there are specific situations that this class of filter is ideal for at a vastly lower price and far more simple operation than other, more oftenly used...

My tap water runs up to 10 ppm nitrates; hence my tank starts off with this level even with a 100% water change.

My water is very soft and drifts: + 0.2 to + 0.3 in a week with no water change. ...

Did you measure for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels? If not, do so and post results.

A lot of questions and some have proven answers and some are guess work or based on others work that I will not footnote.

First off, algae scrubbers remove far more than nitrates - that is a fact;...

While the tank looks nice but there are some major issues; first, two discus (unless a mated pair) are not going to do well together. More importantly, one 50% water change is grossly too small to...

In light of my somewhat silly (OK, very) post in the discus forum on discus grow out and scrubbers, I thought I'd post on my water parameters and current experimental results.

Current water...

I've grown out discus in a 75 gal (over seven inches.) The key is good water, not extra large tanks; of course, with more fish (I had 5 in each tank), you'll need a bigger tank. The issue is mostly...

It appears that neither of your tanks are yet cycled, so watch your ammonia in the holding tank carefully. Do very large water changes, even daily if ammonia levels are detected and try and keep it...

"Sorry for being so flippant, but you can't just "grow" bacteria. ... you have to have a seed population first."

The water generally has spores as I posted. Lady Hobbs is simply stating a fact -...