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I am playing with the idea of rearranging my 125 gallon tank. Because I have some big fish in there (4 balas, 1 13" ghost knife fish & 5 rope fish (the rest are small like tetras)), I have stuck to plants with big roots because smaller plants with not much of a root system can be easily...

Just for kicks... Has anyone ever used any of their ferts for a plant NOT in an aquarium. Like putting them in the soils?

I have a 6' long tank with 3 glass tops across it. It makes the tank much harder to clean since I have to move 2 sets of lights to move the glass tops. I cannot get my hand to the back of the tank to grab debri without moving those glass tops. So... Do you guys/gals have glass tops? Do you...

I cleaned the filter tonight, it had been almost 3 months. It was a mess. Hopefully that will help some!

Indeed. I learned that the hard way a few years back. I only clean with tank water these days. :)

Thanks as always! Any ideas what would be causing the bba at this point in time? Too much nutrients by chance?

Wow, that is a lot more often than I was doing it but I am more than OK with that... Just so it doesn't disrupt the cycle I am good with it.

Is there a rule of thumb for cleaning filters or at least how often? I am guessing that because I am less than the 10x turn over per hour that I should potentially be cleaning it more often?

Yeah, that's my bad. I meant to say that it was basically turning over the tank once per hour. It does 165 gallons per hour, I have a 125 gallon tank. But I am still way low. I would say the power head does 125 gallons per hour if I had to guess, that puts me at just less than 2.5 turn overs...

When I had just fish (no plants) I was cleaning the canister filter once every 5 months. Now that I have plants in the tank do I need to be cleaning the filter more often? I can only imagine the answer is yes...

Ugh. I do not want to hear that. That canister filter I have cost a chunk of dough. I cannot afford another one...

Flow rate not even close to great. Eheim canister pumping 1 gallon per hour and a power head doing the same.

I have a 125 gallon tank, 1.2 watts per gallon. CO2 tank and dosing with PMDD and Phosphates daily. I have only been dosing for about 3 months now but it has made a huge difference!!! I did a 20% water change 5 days ago and it seems like since 3 or 4 days now the water has white specs in it...

I have a 120 gallon tank which is now officially doing very well thanks to you guys, thank you for that! I am looking into messing around with a 10 gallon tank for fun. Probably mainly a shrimp tank with 4-5 tetras in it just for some variety. But naturally I could not set up a tank without...

I have SMS so it is easy to stir around if you are not careful. It seems to be very light weight. Thanks for the feedback!

How do you guys clean your tanks when they are stock full of plants? I am always afraid I will uproot the stem plants. And how often do you clean your tank? Before I started planting the tank I was cleaning 1/3 of the gravel each week. But now I am far less and wondering if that is bad.

This place is absolutely amazing! The information I get here is consistent, no arguing, very professional and knowledgeable. I have mentioned this before, but I use this place as my end all confirmation. I visit a few other planted tank forums but regardless what others say elsewhere, I have...

Yeah, the rope fish are calm and do not seem to slam against plants at all. The bala sharks probably uproot the most if I had to guess, ghost knife is probably right there with them.

Before I realized I wanted a heavily planted tank I got some big fish. I have a 12" ghost knife fish, a few 8" bala sharks, rope fish, etc. I do have a fair share of smaller fish in the tank too. But do people here with bigger fish and plants have problems with the plants getting uprooted...

Thanks guys. Tough to think about cycling when the tank has been cycled for a year. But I assumed with ripping out the old substrate I crushed the cycle that was there. I have a good sized canister filter on the tank and hopefully the good bacteria in the canister will help cycle the tank all...

My tank has a bit of a white cloudiness to it today. Let me give you some background... 125 gallon tank, lightly planted. I added SMS substrate 2 weeks ago (I pulled out all the gravel) so I am still cycling. Yesterday I did a water change and it has seemed cloudy ever since. The SMS was a...