wandering wonderer

A small sampling of my aquatic collection.

Thanks for all the input Looks like I made a poor purchasing decision....

Hello, Approximately 9 months ago, I purchased 2 48" Coralife fixtures, each containing 2 T5 bulbs - one 6700k and the other, Colormax. I realized after buying them that this amount of light was sort of overkill for a 75 g tank, so I generally only run one fixture at a time (and even with that, my plants and algae go crazy). Anyway, 2 weeks ago the 6700k burnt out on one fixture and the Colormax does an annoying humming/flickering thing. On the other, both bulbs are still going, but flickering to the point of a seizure-inducing strobe. Is it normal for these bulbs to die so quickly (and seemingly all at the same time)? I don't know a lot about fluorescents - could something else be the problem? So far, I've tried wiggling them, but to no avail. Help, please! Thanks, Heather

Hi everyone, I'm a grad student at the University of Lethbridge (Neuroscience). Just moved here from Saskatchewan. I have been collecting aquatic creatures for awhile (even moved much of the current stock from Regina).... I can't stop. It's like a disease. I have: 75 gallon: 4 clown loaches (Edith, Oscar, Myrtle and Agatha) 5 kribensis 5 harlequin rasboras 2 otos (Otto and Gerlinde) 1 whiptail catfish (Jorge) 1 hillstream loach (Horace) 1 elephantnose (Elephanty) 1 synodontis nigrita (Wilhelm) 3 dojo loaches (Richard, Charles and Jesus) 3 flower shrimp many, many plants 10 gallon: 1 apple snail - cana (Kyle) ramshorns, malaysian trumpets, various pond snails 5 gallon: snails, many plants