Hello all! My very first post, as I'm moving from the reef world into planted tanks. My tank is a SC Aquarium rimless 80 gallon. 32" long, 24" deep, and 24" tall. I'm looking to ease into planted tanks by starting low tech, without CO2 bubbler, etc. I've spent hours online and on this forum...

I am new to the forum and signed on hoping to get some answers for lighting my tank. I'm looking for low/medium lighting fixture, around 30 PAR with 3 in of substrate and about 18 inch's form light to substrate. I would prefer not to have to spend more then 100 on a new fixture with an ideal...

I have some spare Java Moss that needs a trimming. $5 Java Moss (baseball size) About 5 available. Willing to trade? lmk what you got. (8) Rasbora Lacrimula "teardrop rasbora" $10 for all (2) Siamese algae eaters $7 for both (3) 1m/2f Blue Delta Dragonscale Bettas $12 for all (2) Red female...

Has anybody bred for lack of color? Fully clear RCS would be kinda cool.

i have a bunch of the following Giant Baby Tears ( micranthemum umbrosum) 5-8 stems-5 bucks blood star grass bunch 8 bucks, regular star grass 4 bucks, micrantheum umbrosem (giantbaby tears) 4 bucks. red root floaters 4 bucks , pogostemon helfrie 5 bucks, rotala magenta 5 bucks baby tears...

Looking for the low grades, however many you have. Thanks!

Visual log of my progress. Too much to be said for now, only wish that I hadn't tried to get so fancy with the whole thing! Had tried to add in DIY skimmers, had a power head, have a sizable HOB but am currently only using it to create a soft current and collect debris in a DIY screen filter...

Too bad there is not a riparium sub-category on this forum... Anyways it is similar to a paludarium so I thought I'd post it here. This is my 10 gallon low tech riparium that I have set up at work. It uses only natural lighting from the big windows that I have there. 1080HD available...

Hi everyone. I am new to this site, but not to aquariums. I have kept freshwater fish only tanks and saltwater reefs for many years, and I have decided to take the plunge, so to say, into planted tanks. I don't want anything to time consuming, so I figured a low-tech tank would be a great way to...

*SOLD OUT* Marsilea Minuta: 20 node portions for $4 each (or $3.50 via PayPal Gift option). The portions will likely be greater than 20 nodes, but I just want to be safe so no one is disappointed. :smile: This plant grows to <1 inch in height (at least for many people) and establishes long roots...

I have been contemplating lighting on my 55 gallon tank for about a month now and am currently considering building a fixture using spiral compact fluorescents. I am planning on low light, no CO2 and dry ferts as necessary. Substrate is half flourite, half gravel. I made a spiral compact...