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My brother tells me that it is best to get fish in odd numbers. He says that this is best for schooling fish and that for some reason the school better if there are odd numbers. From my experience i'm sure fish can't count. Nor have I seen the team captain taking roll call in the morning and...

Quite true. So maybe the overflow is the best idea.

Well I was thinking of the samy system myself but made by myself. I have just found a Marineland 1140 powerhead, and two large biowheels. The Marineland site calls it a Biowheel Pro 60. The powerhead pumps 300 gph. Not a bad freebie! But the tidepool thing was the design of what I wanted...

I was starting to think the two fluvals would be the better idea. Through my travels I found someone who had no use for a Marineland Pro 60 BioWheel system. So he gave me the powerhead (300 gph) and two massive Biowheels!!!! Can there be too much bilogical Filtration? Will there be too much...

I'd like to theme the tank around African Ghost Knife fish. So that means i'd have seven school of 10 fish. Preferably ones that school, and a few others. I need to look at the kinds of fish in the same area to be for sure. I might also be going with a discus tank if i'm so ambitious...

I am planning a 130 gallon FW tank. I have a fluval 404 to start with and might get another. The tank has a hole in the bottom of it and I could make an overflow with one in each corner. What would you reccomend for a super planted FW tank? Thanks

I totally belive in the biowheel. I have had a 160 biowheel for the past 5 years and love it. So i'm in the process of planning a 130 gallon setup with a sump. I was planning on using an existing 20 gallon for the sump and two fluval 404's. One 404 will draw from the tank and into the sump...

I am going to be setting up a 130 gallon sometime soon. I'm quite excited. But I'm really wanting a super planted aquarium. I was going to use a sump system with two overflows in two corners. I'm starting to think it's not worth it when i'm using two fluval 404's. One can drain into the...

One thing that i'm concerned with aquascaping is the constant tear down from larger fish. I have a 7 inch 5 year old Lepord Sailfin 'Mable'. He's older than my son! And he has the habit of digging himself a corner by the mopani wood and moving the gravel. Sand would look great and help with...

I work at a pet store that gets our bettas in about 75 at a time. They are packaged individually in 2/3 cup water in a small plastic heatsealed bag. It is store policy to keep them in as many tanks as we can and then the rest in cups. I find that no matter where they go they suffer from...

I have just got myself a fluval 404. I took off the 160 biowheel, and the Dynaflow 2 (like an AQ 150 with cartriges not foam, and carbon bags). And I can't hear a thing, freaks me out sorta I have to check and see if it's still working. It came with 4 bags of activated carbon, and 4 bags of...

Well I will have to buy a canister filter of some kind, and i'll use every other filter in the sump. I'm thinking of UG heating as well. I really want to plant this aquarium like crazy so i'll really need some good substrate, co2 and lighting to make that possible. I'm tempted on making a...

I looked into the eheim but there is no LFS nearby that supplies eheim so if anything went wrong i'd have to take a ferry to Vancouver to get supplies or parts. So i've sort of gotten rid of that idea. We don't have the greatest in fish stores in Victoria BC. There is a decent marine store...

I have a plumbed 130 gallon tank. 72x18x22 is the size and the hole has been drilled in the left center of the tank about 6 inches from the sides. I'd like to have it as a basic but beautiful tropical freshwater, with at least one african ghost knife fish..then when i'm skilled enough maybe...