Recent content by jonatheber

I have a 46 gallon bowfront and the center support snapped. I am getting a new tank and am going to try to transfer as much of the livestock (inexpensive freshwater fish like guppies) and plants as I can to the new tank. I have black diamond sand as substrate, well developed live plants...

I have a current 46g bowfront tank that is about to be replaced (center brace snapped). I've got a Fluval 407 canister filter and a CO2 art diffuser. The current setup has the CO2 diffuser and outflow from the canister about 1 foot in from the side wall along the back, directing the CO2 from...

Thanks all. I got one of those clamps to hold it together for the moment, but I've decided to buy a new tank at this point. The LFS happens to have one in stock and it is on sale this weekend. I suspect that the cause was that it is a bit off-level, which means even of the repair takes for a...

This isn't really a fish emergency, but it is an equipment emergency so I figured I'd try here.... I have a 46gallon bow-front tank. Today, for whatever reason, the plastic that runs across the middle of the tank decided to break (see pictures below). I have it clamped so there is no chance...

I have a 46 gallon bowfront tank with a fluval canister filter located about 85% of the way towards the right of the tank and with the outflow directed towards the left along the back of the tank. I currently have a CO2art regulator hooked up by CO2 hose to a single large diffuser pushing the...

Am I better off turning the light to a higher percentage (assuming I can keep the algae under control) or leaving it on for more hours in the day?

I have green and red plants in a high tech tank. I use seachem root tabs and Thrive all-in-one from Niloc-G. The plants are "happy" and are growing. My concern is that the red pants to have new growth coming in green (picture #1), or ALL of the growth of the rotala rotundifolia picture #2 I put...

I just redid my tank last weekend by yanking out the gravel and putting in black diamond sand. I have some established plants in the back, but have bought some others that are just getting started (e.g. rotalla). I also put some Vesicularia on the driftwood on the right using thread and hope it...

I am switching over to aquascaping from a standard gravel bottom. I have a high-tech 46g bowfront tank (other than the substrate) - Fluval 3.0 light, CO@ etc. My tank will have live bearers (mollies, guppies, cory cats, some tetras and a kuhli loach) My water runs high pH (around 7.8) and would...

Maybe I don't - I am new to anything that isn't big gravel. I sort of figured that the ADA/Landen/etc soil would come with nutrients included that would help the plants get established and spread for a while. By the time the soil aged and a carpet covered everything, I'd think they'd be...