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I agree with this ^^. All of my tanks are open top and the only one I have a problem with is the one with a bossy cherry barb. He keeps chasing tankmates right out of the tank.

I've recently (about a month) popped a calamistratum in my tank. Nice plant, has put out new leaves, haven't had problems. I'm running CO2 and ferts. I've heard that they like to float but this was a smaller plant so I had no trouble getting it deep enough to stay down.

I always appreciate your humor, but no, this does not look smokable lol.

I ran out of trace element mix so I went happily into All Seasons to get a refill, thankfully I brought my old container (discount for recycling). I normally trust the hippies in there but it was $90 for my little pot of brown powder!! So now the reason I am wondering is because I was looking at other fertilizer retailers (online American... I know :eh: ) and they are no where near $90 for the same amount. my pot is labelled P.P. Trace. Plantex is $14/lb Iron Chelate is $22/lb Can anyone comment on this? Am I getting the wrong stuff?

You have come to the right place, only enablers here!

I've had salvinia on top of a tank and really like it. It has somewhat small leaves but not duckweed small, so it's a lot easier to pull some out when it grows too much. The roots stay really short. I had it in a 10 gallon tank and if I kept the water line right up to the inner lip on the rim I really didn't see the roots hanging down.

I cut the flower stalk off at the base.

Mine sent up a couple of blooms, but then I hacked it back to train it to stay short.

How's the scent? Mine didn't look all that impressive, but sure smelled nice.

I'm looking for something like this to attach to the end of the hose I use for filling tanks (common garden hose.) So that the water doesn't come straight out and dig a hole in the sand, messing up all my plants. Anybody know where to get this?

Are you sure that's real and not a photoshopped pic to help sell a concept? Kind of like staging a house?

If they make them out of really tough glass, that means you have less chance of breaking them. Which means you only buy one set... not so good for profit lol. I haven't tried because I no longer require a lily pipe, but making them out of acrylic would be WAY cheaper and doesn't seem that hard.

I am amazed at how little surface agitation you need for gas exchange. As long as you can see the surface of the water moving the fish should be getting enough oxygen. If you're worried about gassing them with CO2 watch them closely when you first set it up and are adjusting. If they are gasping at the surface turn the CO2 down a little bit.

In Edmonton... Oxypro has been the only place that will not laugh at a person that walks in with a 5lb tank. They do an exchange program so I'm not sure how that would work if you own a shiny new tank. Nisku may be different.

Welcome back!!! To increase height at the back of the tank you could use larger bits of rock, or put lava rocks bits in filter socks to help them hold their shape. Cover in substrate. Go to landscape places for cheaper supplies, fish stores inflate the price astronomically on rock. Dwarf saggitaria is a good bet for grassy ground cover that will spread like a plague. It's pretty tough and will stay fairly short with high light. I find too much filtration can turn into just the right amount as the tank grows in and plants slow down water movement. There are several ways to fertilize a tank, all of them customizable. Do some research on the Estimative Index way of fertilizing. Probably the best way for a tank that size. You can buy ferts at All Seasons Garden center just off Whyte. It would also be a good idea to use root tabs. I've found dwarf sag really likes that. Good Luck!!!

That depends on how accurate you want to be. I use a drop checker with 4dKH solution in it. Keep it in the green and haven't had a problem with the livestock and the tanks seem balanced. There is a way to use pH and kH to measure how much you're actually getting in the water but I've never used that.

Good to know. Finnex America said they wouldn't honor any warranty concerns I had.

Ok, that's changed. I've tried several times to get finnex products shipped up here and no dice. The first finnex light I bought I had to contact the company directly, it felt like a backroom deal lol.

But will Amazon actually ship it to you here in Canada? That's always been the problem.

I have a plague of riccia.

I believe finnex.ca is the only dealer in Canada.

My tap water (edmonton) kH 7-8, gH 11-12. I was hunting at Canar today and came upon 'Alberta Rust'. They didn't know where it came from or if it was limestone or not. I'm wondering if it will really alter water parameters that much considering our water is already rock hard. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? They gave me a couple of samples and I've got them soaking now and I'll keep testing to find out.

That makes a difference. Those seem like decent prices. After reading some reviews it seems like a decent way to go. I'm currently piecing together a paintball system as well. The difference being that if I ever decide (or have the opportunity) to scrap the paintball tank in favor of a CO2 tank, I've already got the system to attach to it.

I can't answer your questions but, I just looked at their prices and I know I did not spend that kind of money when I built my own system. If you're patient and do the research about how to build one you'll probably only drop a couple hundred on a really good system. I'm not really handy, not much of a DIY'er but it's not that scary to build your own, and then you have a really good understanding of how it works and why.

I need to learn to read, sorry!!