aquadweller

you're right about MTS. If you could with your fingers...call ya, Superman. lol

nice break on the Farlowellas and banjos. I don't think ugly ... rather very unique. I had them for years....Keep the banjos in the breeder tank and drop shrimp pellets and/or frozen blood worms. they love them.

I have/had pond snails in my big tank (225g) and I agree if the fish is not overfed the snails don't seem to be a problem. I also have a 20g tank with some snails in it. the not overfeeding is the trick. I occasionally crush couple of snails and the shrimp and fish love them! the snails tend to come back....

Hi WC, I know it's a little late, but I don't have any experience or knowledge of kessil LEDs. Just to report back to everyone, the LEDs that I have added to my tank has definitely helped the plant growth!

i'll work on the pics. I just finished reading Boom's 180 gal journal. What a beautiful tank!!!! When I can get some nice photos I'll start a new post so not to take away from this area.

Hi all, i know this is a little late, but I'll add my two cents.... I'm new to LED lighting and understand the gist of wavelength and lumens and like to see how LED progress in future years. I have a 225 gal tank... The plants were doing okay (all low light plants). Before I had two light strips by Current USA (4 T5s)/unit. Then both failed unexpectedly shortly after the warranty date!!?!?! This was around the time CurrenT USA were having issues. I was tired of spending money on lighting Units and replacement bulbs. So i considered LEDs but the technology is still so new. I reverted back to T5HOs. I got two - 2 T5HOs strip lights with individual reflective lens. It is adequate to get some light into the tank. I remember years back with the same tank I was getting significant growth from the plants and I remember that I was running three or four - 2 CF bulbs for the tank AND dosing regularly. Now looking back I was possibly over dosing... Now, I'm using two - 2 T5HOs bulb units (4 bulbs total) and have been regularly dosing the tank (twice a week) with Seachem Excel and Iron and noticed healthier plants - Anubias, Crypts, Hydra, are coming back. Only several weeks ago I've added two - Fluval LEDs for freshwater / planted tanks to augment the lighting. I'm not sure if the lighting would have an impact or it is from the dosing. Long winded message, but I think dosing is an important part... I agree with other members comment about light penetration with half watt LEDs. Good luck.

Thanks. I have two tanks. - A friend from work intro me to shrimp. So I have a 20 gal shrimp tank with Amano! Red Cherry, and a third kind I can't remember - red and white combo. - I also have a 225 gal planted tank - a variety of rainbow fish, rummynose, rams, Oto, bristlenose pleco, swordtails, a pair of pearl gourami, flying fox, roseline barb! Cherry barb, and I think still one ghost shrimp.

Hi from the Calgary area! Nice to see a local website. I learned of this site from a local shop employee.