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White Cloud Mountain Minnow advice

I just set up a tank for my WCMM’s. I currently only have a pair, I had more, but a powerfilure in a co2 enriched tank led to several losses. I decided to make a tank with a little current. I have a 8 gal long I built for my bookshelf that was not being used, so I decided to use it for a “river”…

80 gal tall update

Hey everyone. I have finally beat BGA. I decided I would show some of the progress I am seeing now that I have more or less got things settled down in my tank.Attachment 195461 (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=195461)Attachment 195462…

I sprang a leak

ahhhh, no good. I came home from work today to find my 80gal tall leaking from about the midway point on one of the corners. luckily it was only a small leak, which is also right next to a chip in the glass on the corner that wasnt there before. I will have to question roommates as to what happened…

BGA – killin my flow

my tank has an infection of blue green algae. Before I go buy EM to dose my tank I wanted to stop here and see if any one has some better ideas to try. I have tried cleaning it out of the gravel, and removing plants whom were allowing the stuff foot hold. well now its all over the stem plants,…

natural sunlight

I had a random though this morning watching my school of neons dance about in the morning light. How many people out there use natural sunlight for there aquariums. in the morning from bout 7 until 9 my aquarium gets a nice beam of morning sunlight. It always looks so good, I want to set up a…

dirted tanks

hey gang, I thought it would be interesting to see who on this forum is using dirt, and what their impressions of dirt in the aquarium are. I am still figuring things out, but all in all it is pretty dang sweet. the plants love it, I dont have to dose my water right now since they are still fresh….

what is this snail

I need help Identifying this snail. it showed up with some plants, I really dig its shell, and would like to know what type of snail it is. I have only found this one snail with that batch of plants so I am curious…Attachment 193527…

spray bar placement

hey folks. I got a quick and easy question here. where are you guys placing your canister filter spray bars? I have mine roughly in the middle of the tank, pointing slightly downward towards the rear glass piece. I also have a small powerhead sweeping a current across the bottom from the right…

rosy barb breeding

Hey guys. I decided to try my hand at breeding my rosy barbs, since they are spawning all the time. I noticed the female looking gravid so I plucked her and her male friend up nd placed them into a 20 gall breeder I have as a grow out/quarentine tank for live plants. I lowered water levels and…

black hair algae

anyone have any clever solution to black hair algae. aside from a little green algae on the glass I have beat all other algaes. the black hair algae is worst on the lower, smaller plants and on the lower portion of the stem plants. I did a big cleaning today when I did my big monthly water change….