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alright, thanks for your help! Its too late to purchase a kit/medicine now, but I guess I'm going to do a huge water change then to improve conditions until tomorrow

Tank is 6 20 gallons tied to 1 sump so essentially a 120gallon. Inhabitants are 1 pleco(1ft), 1 female red devil(6 in), and now, 3 flowerhorns (8in,6in,10in). Filtration is through a sump of pot scrubbers. Not so sure about water parameters(don't have any test supplies on me) Water is changed...

My fish seemed to develop this white coating on their bodies, it doesn't look like cotton it looks more like excessive slime coat, it is also on their fins and their fins looked ripped at the edges. In the past a water change fixed the problem, but this time around it just stays around, I've...

One of my flower horns just went mysteriously after being fine this morning. He was about 4" long and was in his own 20 gallon tank. When I fed his this morning he seemed fine and ate his found, however when I went to feed the fish today, I saw him lying down on his side( like a flounder) so I...

I realized that my arowana and Bichirs are real messy eaters and like to rip up food and let it sink to the bottom where I have to clean it up. So instead of wasting good food, What cat do you recommend for my situation? Its a 125 long with a Jardini, Ornate bichir, Senegal, 2 blood parrots...

I say glass to save you the trouble. I used acrylic on my lids and they all started to bow.

get a Jager heater! problem solved! =) Or if you want to go stealth get a stealth pro

Just A suggestion because they're omni leds and are sunlight bright not to mention it cuts down on the amount of wiring

cold cathode florescent lighting... I'm pretty sure they're in the spectrum of w/e gas is inside the tube

Just a suggestion, but maybe you could try these next time

Most people just use standard t8's to grow their plants so even if these aren't the right spectrum they should still help =p Also Picture with cheapo DIY cardboard and aluminum tape reflector For some reason the camera picks it up much brighter than it actually is. Infrared light Maybe?

They're blue and red because those color spectrums are suppose to stimulate photosynthesis

Wiring is a mess because Its how crap I am. I just know PC wiring because its easy =) My dad is an electrician, but w/e my cheapo reflector covers up the mess until I can find something better as a reflector. and they're used for moonlight all the time just google it

That was the spot I placed my MH and I have an airstone under it. Hot glass + rising water = crack

it says that each bulb produces 28,000-30,000 cd/m. I'm not sure about them and my plants, so thats what I'm testing. I made a Cheapo DIY reflector from cardboard and aluminum tape and to tell the truth, it isn't as bright as i thought it would be. But hopefully the spectrum of light is enough

Ok so They were easy to setup.. I just need to figure out a way to water proof this, as well as get some reflectors. Wiring Need reflectors :irked: but results: Oh yeah, this is why I'm replacing my MH

So Instead of wiring up what could be thousands of LEDs I decided to use cold cathodes instead. I'm using 6 blue cathodes and 6 red cathodes to hopefully provide enough light for my plants. I place my order on Newegg Sunday, and they're here today! Turns out the red cathodes are actually...

I was originally going to buy strips of 250 Led christmas lights from HD for 25$ each, but for that price it would take $100+ to get the same amount that you have.. Glad I chose the Cathode route =)

Good luck drilling all those holes and all that wiring. I'm going the cold cathode route as they are cheap and are less troublesome

After searching on google I have alot more confidence in this DIY as people have had much success growing some err rather illegal plants.... Hopefully same results in an aquarium?