I have been having trouble keeping enough nitrate(and probably everything else) in the water column. Usually at about 2ppm after a day or two. I have been dosing based on nitrate. Can I bump up nitrate to 7ppm without getting algae? I did bump up CO2 from about 8ppm to about 25ppm. I think I'll try ...

anybody know a good pump for pump lots of water up to 5 feet high. I have a 55 gallon tank that I am using for conditioning water and would like to pump the water to the fish tank without using a siphon or buckets.

most of the powerheads on the market have no head pressure, meaing they can not pump water more than a few inches above the water line. Some wet/dry type water pumps have charts that show the head pressure and flow relationship. The higher you pump the water the less flow you get. Supreme Mag pumps ...

I have not grown this underwater, but emersed it almost took over the house. It did not require a lot of humidity like most emersed growth. It grew very large. Almost 2 to 3 feet if I let it.

I liked it alot, but after a cleaning bing I hacked it out and replaced it with a fern.

I think it all comes down to how much work you want to put into your and want you are trying to accomplish. I have one show tank. It is highly automated with most of the gadgets, but if I don't prune or dose it goes downhill pretty quick. In my basement I have a tank with maybe 50 or 60 guppies and ...

If I am using PMDD what ratio should I mix the trace/Mg & Kno3. I had mix according to the Krib and tried to dose based on iron. I had a lot of trouble getting decent iron readings. I would like to dose based on Nitrate. Anybody have any thoughts on this?

My stem plants seem to be growing excessive roots. The plants look healthy and are growing well, but the roots are coming out of most of the nodes on some plant types. Am I dosing to much of something? Anyone else heard of this?

Rick