Recent content by Alexp08

It is a 150gallon heavily planted tank, temp is set to stay at 78F, 30gallon sump, been up and running for about 6month now. Water changes every week, about 30% water change, I use prime as a water conditioner. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10ppm Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Hello, so I have this mysterious illness that is taking my fish in a very quick timeframe. I started about 3 weeks ago on which I lost about half my stock in my 150gal community tank. I started treating with metroplex and sulfaplex, didnt see any response, then I went to ammoxicilin and...

Yeah i would def go with glass. A plywood tank is going to cost more once you tank into account the sealant. I just made a custom 38 gallon out of glass. 36"x19"x12". Was pretty easy. Alternatively you could just shop around for a 15 gallon tank. Dimensions are 24"x12"x12".

Fair enough, what should the gph be on one of those? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

By liquid, do you mean water from another tank? Normally water from other tank doesn't hold any beneficial bacteria. Alsp by transferring media, still monitor the parameters as i had a cycle crash doing the same. Not sure what happened but just a precaution. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using...

What size are you thinking about? Normally the front of tge plywood tank is mostly glass, held on place with the plywood. Are you meaning a viewing window on the side? Also glass is fairly easy to work with and you can also make different dimensions, as well as acrylic. Sent from my...

I've been in the hoppy off and on for 10 years and I've actually never used powerheads. Now that i have buffalo heads who live swift water I've been looking into them. But i have no idea how many gph to get. So i have a 38 gallon, probably 30 gallons after substrate and decor and a 55 gallon...

Hello. I'm cycling my tank with ammonia, done it quite a few times before but I'm having a issue this time. My nitrite is off the chart. I've passed the maintenance dose of ammonia. I'm testing 0 ammonia, literally off the chart nitrite and about 10ppm of nitrate. All API test kit. I did add...

I wasnt able to find another calculator. But i also put in the dimensions of the tanks i salvaged the glass from and it said i needed thicker glass. They were both aquarium made to be aquariums. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Yeah i used that calculator but noticed that it said you needed 6mm glass minimum for a 5gallon so i figured I'd ask here to get a human response Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Hello, so I took apart a 30&35 gallon and salvaged the glass. None of its tempered. The thickness of it all is 3/16inch. I wanted to make a tank that was 3ft long, 19in wide and 16in heigh. I was going to do a simple bracing, center and each end of 3in wide glass, same thickness. Would the...

How thinck? I have some that is about 1/2 inch thick. Its pretty dense as well Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Do i have to use polystyrene foam or can it be any general foam from a home improvement store? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Hello, i know this is the beginners section, i am no beginner but i didnt know where else to post this. So i got an old school 55 gallon tank for free the other day, both top and bottom trim where shot, i.e. falling apart, cracking, missing center brace. Anyways it did come with one...

Hello, so im playing around with the idea of starting up my spare 30 gallon long i have laying around. 36"x12"x18". I want to make it a pretty simple set up. So i was wanting to do more of a show tank with a pair or trio of fish. Play sand substrate and limited decor. So far I'm thinking of a...