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Happy Now Bob!?!?!

i would pick up 2 trach cans, put the lr and ls in one with some water and a powerhead, the other with the fish power head and heater! set up the new tank, put your sand and lr and water in, mix up some new water to finish filling it! get it cycling and test it before you put your fish in...

Yes get rid of the wheels themselves, and keep your pads clean

I have a musical tank! mated perc clowns, simon and garfunkel 2 enginner gobies, slash and axel diamond goby, diamond dave scooter blenny, lenny royal gramma, prince cleaner shimp , well his name is pepe! form the long john silvers commercial! and yes i think we all name them something!

My Bta's do it all the time, My condi gets so small i thought it as gone! If you water is good! (spec's) and you have enough lighting, everything should be fine! Maybe it's time to change your bulbs?

More powerful lights means more alges! Once you find the balance you will be much happier!

no ideas , but i like his, got the same problem, i started out with tap and switched to RO, after a huge outbreak of hair alge! I can control the growth with feeding and lighting, but can not get rid of it!

Originally Posted by ViPeR_930 They're vermetid snails. Wooohooo, Viper got it, I could not remember that for nothing! I do not what to steer anyone wrong here, I was hoping someone else would chime in on why your shrooms are shrinking!

it seems that the hitchhiker thread is no longer on the new hobbist page! Hmmm how do i explain this, I know they are normal because i have them in my tank, and when they 1st started showing, I was told what they are I just can't rememeber what they are called! Sorry it's the best i can do this...

I have 2 about 6 inchs each see if this pic works

Originally Posted by JesseCNC I don't know if they are related, but for the ID I recently have these things in the picture showing up in a decent amount. In case the picture is not clear, they have a round base with a "stick" for lack of a better term growing from the base. They are brownish...

I run 3 maxijet 1200's on my 60 gal, gives me plenty of movement!

I started my tank with about 30 lbs of base and 30 lbs of live, that was over a year ago now, I can no longer tell it was base rock! I belive it is a good way to get things going, Now i see feather dusters and pods all over everything!

If your face swells up and you go numb, You are allergic! Seriously, I touch mine all the time, other then this twitch i have devoloped .....

I am afraid the lfs set you up to fail! They want to make money and you had it to spare! as far as the tang and ick, I can not seem to keep one, I took my achilles back to the lfs and they found him a good home! No more tangs for me till i can get a 150 going! As said before, although your tank...

LOL you guys are ADD! Keep on topic! You are getting your phosphate from the tap water. most likely causing the hair alge! you need to test your tap water before you just dump it in, 2nd you will need to cut back on your lights, trust me cuttin lights down to 6-7 hours a day will not hurt your...

Originally Posted by SpartanPH Does anyone out there have any idea if there is a commercially available product to use as a sponge cover for power heads? I found them at my LFS, i don't have the name on the package anymore! But the come in packs of 2 w/ 1 plastic strainer just like the maxi...

Originally Posted by Mikeyjer I see time and time again about people asking about the age of light bulbs. Nothing against you(lion) or anyone on here. It can be a issue yes, BUT I have a set of really old light bulbs on my aggressive tank. I do not have red slime problem or any algae growing...

I really think there is some common sense that should come in right about now! I personally have spent to much money on my tank to take a chance! But i also understand the others point, that it really should be able to be washed over some time! I think the idea i saw was great! Put it in a tub...

Originally Posted by jakebtc not implying anything just asking... what kind of lights and what size tank are these bubble tips in that don't have bubbles? 260 watt pc combo ans 800 watts MH on my 60