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  1. DIY
    Hey All, Brand new here and brand new to terrariums as well. During a night of drinking i promised my wife i would build her a giant terrarium for a birthday present lol....so here we go. I watched the planted glass boxes workshop to give myself some preliminary knowledge. I've got a few...
  2. Fertilizers and Water Parameters
    I have come across this water soluble fertilizer salt at the local plant store, just wanted to check whether if this can be used to fertilize my planted aquarium. Its a 20gallon lowtech tank with no CO2. It has a Neo Helios 13W RGB LED. Here is the nutrient composition for the dry salt...
  3. Lighting
    I recently bought a Fluval Plant 3.0 light for my tropical tank this black Friday. It was a good deal so I measured the length of my tank (Juwel Rio 180) bought the 46w version of the light and gone to install it on my tank with a hood and come a bit stuck.... The existing tanks hood at stock...
  4. Equipment
    So long story long, I got a 75 gallon tank for free with an old aqueon NEXX cannister filter from like 2011 or something. The pump doesn't work but everything else holds water well. I can't find a replacement pump online so I went out and got a new EHEIM professional 4+ 350. Cool part is, they...
  5. DIY
    Hello Community, I recently jumped into the DIY world and built my first aquarium stand from some 2x4s. But, rookie mistake, I didn't pick perfectly straight pieces of wood. Now, the stand doesn't seem quite right, and the water levels are looking a bit off. I've attached some pictures to give...
  6. Tank Journals
    Hi everyone, I’ve unfortunately come down with the dreaded MTS, multiple tank syndrome. I’ve heard there’s no cure, so I’m just leaning into it. So I decided to do shrimp tank builds in my home office, and wanted to get a little creative with the setup. I built a custom stand that will have two...
  7. DIY
    I’m not sure how I could go about this without me resorting to having to buy an entire new Tidal 110 just for the parts. My issue I have is that I lost the leveling device for my hob when I took it off the tank for maintenance so it doesn’t sit right on my 100 gallon and it tilts back. I’m...
  8. DIY
    Hello folks, I have made a diy co2 setup with two 2ltr bottle and 1 500ml bottle I made the setup 2 days back but i am having some issues first of all the co2 started generating after 12hrs and now when i try to tune the control valves in 2 bottles the bubble is coming in the counter but not in...
  9. Lighting
    Does anyone know if Chinese EBAY leds produce sufficient par? Looking to build a diy light for a standard 55g (20 inch tall).
  10. Equipment
    I need some good advice for a 75 gal planted aquarium, This is what I have, I have 2 ? unknown gph hob filters I have 1 on each end of the aquarium to filter the tank & plenty of plant's & a small # of zebra & leopard danios. What I'm looking to do is make a small - medium size filter that...
  11. DIY
    I'm looking into building my own lid for my 40 gallon. Couldn't find anything online anywhere. So, I'll be building one. What's everyone's goto for building lids? I want to incorporate lighting into my lid also. Some if the ideas I see online are chinsey. I want to build something strong and...
  12. Substrate
    Hi all, Im going to try a dirt tank for a new project. I have some organic topsoil on the way. I have Tetra ActiveSubstrate (a clay) and play sand. Should i mix some of this clay and sand into the top soil (if its quite dence - wont know until i get it) or just put the dirt down, then the...
  13. Tank Journals
    Welcome to my Journal Thread! The title will be self-explanatory after a while, but in the meantime, an important disclaimer: You may see things in this thread that have your common sense screaming "NOOOOOO" from the depths of your brain. If you see such things and have such a reaction, but...
  14. Fertilizers and Water Parameters
    Hi, I'm thinking of making some DIY root tabs according to an old recipe i found on here. I just got my ferts, but the plants i have atm are root feeders so i wanted a try a making some. and i don't think i wanna try osmocote The ingredients are CaSo4, MgSo4, Kno3, K2so4, Kh2po4, a cup of...
  15. DIY
    The setup: 3 2-liter coke bottles with 2 cups of sugar per bottle, tap water, and yeast. They are connected via T-valves to a DIY bubble counter and, in turn, an air stone. As the room is cold, I have the coke bottles in a small heated tank at ~80F. I have a diffuser, but I have never managed...
  16. DIY
    I know the idea is to have a thicker medium that slows down the metabolism of the sugar, but I believe this first batch I made is too runny. Rather than going back to square one, can I just dump it in and cross my fingers?
  17. DIY
    I currently live on the second story of an apartment complex, I can’t really put up a fish room. Recently, I had the idea to make a portable system that I think might work. Basically it consist of 3-5 buckets/large bins, syphons between the tanks, and a sponge filter type apparatus. The water...
  18. DIY
    Hey planted tank, At the moment I'm running 6ft mml tubes and they are begining to fail. The tank is 1800mm(L)x600mm(W)x750(H) Roughly 650-700 to substrate depending on the area. What I want to create is a light that will last and will decent. I'm thinking: 5 Meanwell LDD - which will let...
  19. DIY
    Hello, sorry for bad english but please bear with me, i have built a 120x60x50 cm terrarium with 40mm wooden beams as support for a royal/ball python and will purchase acrylic bathroom paint today to paint it with, the paint has 1g of VOC/L wich is the lowest i was able to find but since it is...
  20. Lighting
    I used to have a 20gal long (30" length) tank with a Finnex 24/7 planted+ Recently, I upgraded to a 40 gallon breeder (36" in length) Since have new grow lights for my 40gal, I would like to use the Finnex as moonlighting only. What is the easiest way to mount the Finnex on to a longer tank?
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