Coralife (Energy Savers) ACL53112 65-Watt Double Freshwater Aqualight Power Center Strip, 24-Inch

I have three of these 24" units over my 72" long 125 gallon tank.

They are great for my purposes of growing plants, but I will give the pros and cons as I suspect that the negatives may outweigh the positives to many people.

Pros:

Great lighting that makes the tank and the fish look gorgeous!

My tank is freshwater, and I can grow any kind of plant I want with these lights! I also credit Purigen and Sea Chem fertilizers for my success with plants).

As my tank is filled with new growths of easy plants that tolerate less light but flourish in higher illumination like java moss or hornwort almost every week, I routinely produce new plants for my other tanks with standard T8 lighting.

Cons:

Because these lights are bright, they run hot, making the fan on the fixture loud. One of my three lights routinely gets stuck in a noise pattern in which a hum developed near the fan vent which is on the top of the fixture and keeps getting louder and LOUDER. Although I can quiet the light by (gently) thwacking on the fan, I doubt that this is very good for the light in the long run! The noise overwhelms any noise coming from my Eheim and Penn Plax canister filters, so if you are noise sensitive forget these lights unless you are good at fixing this type of thing.

There are TWO light bulbs on the fixture, and a replacement light bulb for these fixtures are quite expensive, so you have to shop around in order to spend a bundle on a light bulb.

Again, the look of my planted aquarium and the production of plants outweighs these (admittedly big) negatives to me, but you must decide for yourself.

I needed a light fixture of this length for a project. The fixture had to be of good quality and very reliable-no funky power failures or over-heating. This unit has performed flawlessly. It looks great and works great. NO problems. Buy with confidence.

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12.5 in. Ecoxotic Stunner 6W LED Strip Light - 24 x 403nm Ultraviolet

Awesome little led strip in my nana tank, this would be enough like for a tank 6gallons and under, my corals grew great with it and lit the tank up nice, but any bigger tank, it would be more for accent lighting, and I would recommend the panorama pros instead. Still an awesome light, I have them connected with my panorama pros. In my bio cube 29

Salifert Flatworm eXit Aquarium Treatment - 10ml/300 Gallons

This stuff did the job for me. I was infested with the little buggers so I followed the directions and they were gone.

Works perfectly if you follow the directions. Not dangerous if you have some water to perform a water change with and some high quality activated carbon to throw in. Some helpful points. Use a powerhead to blast the rock and get out as many as you can that are inside of it. The ones you see are only a small portion of what is in the tank. Use a small tube to remove as many as you can before you treat the tank. Flatworm Exit dosent harm the corals or fish in your system, the dead flatworms do. I have used this numerous times on new corals as well as 3 different systems iv had setup over the years. If there are still some after a treatment, just treat again. Its not always a one shot kill. Prevention is the best way to keep these little buggers out of your tank.

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I used a double dose of this and never see any more flat worms.. They almost immediately begged for their lives and got sucked out with a tube. Didn't harm any of my inverts including feather dusters and anemone.

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This is a dangerous and ineffective product. The first application stressed all the inhabitants of my tank, and killed some but not all of the flatworms. The second application killed ALL my fish. Now, I don't know if this was from the product or the dead flatworms, but either way killing most of the flatworms all at once is extremely dangerous for the tank. I used the product exactly as directed. My corals eventually recovered after a couple of weeks, but the loss of my fish was not worth the attempt. Months later and the flatworms are still there. The product will NOT kill all the flatworms, only stress the aquarium, and the worms will be back in no time. After the second application, there were a large number of flatworms after only a few days, so it was not very effective. Please try a different method, or live with the worms. I did try a velvet nudibranch a few months later, and it DID eat a lot of worms (it was fun to watch), but unfortunately only lived a couple of weeks.

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Within 30 min all the flatworms were dying. But so were my corals. Presumably from the toxins in the flatworms and I did suck out as many as I could but apparently I counldnt get enough. There are still a few survivors so I need to do it again. Most of my corals have bounced back (applied two weeks ago). Have plenty of fresh saltwater ready.

Recylced Glass Aquarium/Fish Tank Gravel 4lb Size #4

First of all I must say this seller is the most reliable by far. Out of the 10 items I ordered this was the first to arrive. The product is exactly as described. It's mainly green, clear and brown glass with a generous amount of blue glass. I was surprised since I really wasn't expecting blue at all. Amazing gravel and would recommend to anyone. Can't wait to get my tank started!!

Hagen Marina Ecoscaper Variety Pack including Echinodorus Silk Plant, Nupar Japonicum Silk Plant, a

The plants are decent, but the way they are packaged causes them to be crushed and twisted.

You really have to re-work the plants to get them to look right.

Good color and movement in tank.

I bought this when I was setting up my first 5 gallon aquarium. I didn't really like it. The plants seemed too big for a 5 gallon, and looked a bit fake. Removed and don't use them. Why 3 stars and not two? Well, they are what they say they are... fake plants...they didn't lie. Hard to tell from a picture on the internet what something really looks like, unfortunately have to buy it to find out, but felt it was a waste of money.

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These plants are very soft, and therefore very good for delicate betta fish fins. However, they look kind of cheap. The tops of the plants look great, but the bottoms are not painted, and the plastic parts stick out. They still look better than most plastic plants, but they still are not convincing.

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To be honest, I've seen better silk plantsmore realistic movements, better at hiding plastic. I've also seen much, much worse. This looks realistic enough to not be visually jarring.

The package contains three plants: a broadleafed light green plant, a bladeleaf medium green plant, and a very, VERY leafy dark green plant. The broadleaf came with the leaves nested like spoons, which I'm still struggling to correct; it looks decidedly unnatural, though I do like the color and shape of the leaves themselves. The positions of the leaves on the bladeleaf is much more natural and easier to shape. The dark green one is by far the most natural, but really needs to be in a tank larger than 1 gallon because it literally covers the entire inside of my betta's tank. You can get around this by sliding all the leaf segments all the way to the top, but it doesn't look as good that way.

Like I said, not super-duper awesome quality, but passable enough that I'm going to keep them for my tank setup.

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Barrons Books Aquarium Fish Handbook

Helpful book on aquarium fish. My grandson checked this one out of the library after winning 5 goldfish at a carnival and needed information how to take care of them and make a tank that would be healthy. He requested this book for his birthday after he kept renewing the original from the library.

It is good. Shipping was quick and happy with my purchase

This is an informative book that my 17 year old son has found to be most helpful in choosing the fish that he wants in his tanks.

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Marina Betta Kit Plastic Plant, Amazon Sword

I actually suctioned this sideways at one end of my betta's tank and turned the leaves a certain way so that they look like little hammocks. She loves sitting on the leaves this way. I also have a betta leaf in the tank, but she prefers to lay on this plant.

As a plant it is just so-so. My betta has not hurt itself on it and liked to rest on the leaves but what bumped me from 3 stars to 4 is the suction cup base. Even if the tank gets bumped or the rocks move that plant is staying put. And to clean it the plant pulls out of the base-but i still usually just pull the whole thing up.

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This plastic plant is pretty small but works great for our Beta. Since it has a suction cup, I hung the plant on the side of the tank so that the leaves can serve as little places for our Beta to rest. It looks great in the tank with our other plants.

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i bought it originally for my other betta Larry as an alternative the Zoo Med hammock...i stuck it to the side of the tank. He slept in his tree next to it. Its kinda flimsy. Larry has since passed and my new betta, Fish Sticks, doesn't even go near it...he hangs in the feather trees next to it as well lol. Maybe it'll look better if it's used correctly, in the upright lol

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This product is just as described and "Fred the Fish" loves it. Looks nice and is soft as to not scratch up Fred