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How many Watts is your UV light? The "max flow rate" of a UV is what the unit is rated to handle before it leaks... if has nothing to do with efficiency... To be fully effective you should not push more than 10 gph per W past a UV bulb...

Quote: neverending algae bloom. Just out of interest, how long do you guys think it will be before i see a differnce? Can only relate my tanks experiance..55g with a 9 watt UV. and 120gph pump. 12hr. an obvious clearing 24hr, a clean looking tank, at last 36hr, never seen it this clear At that point, I turned the light off. The water stayed crystal ever since, without turning the UV light back on. I pulled it out of the system and made it so...

Yep... that's the one. The Eheim is the only autofeeder I would really trust. Make sure you set it up a couple of days in advance so you can make sure it's working the way you expect.

renas are great filters and aren't very expensive, and the rena smart heaters attach as the intake

Sorry it took so long, but uploading the pictures of the tank now... I've decided to scrap my idea and copy bface1212's slate background concept, and incorporate some changes into it to meet my needs. First things first, my current background. Wanting to change my background, I went out and got 100 lbs of emerald green slate (looks pretty gray to me), and a background layout that I like so far looks like this. This picture also...

I'm also considering the Anubias and low-light plants. I'll let you know what I decide.

To be honest kmuda, priming isn't a problem. Just fill up the cansiter with tank water before you seal the lid That is what I used to do with the Magnum filter I had on my 90G saltwater tank years ago. But I'm not sure I like the in line shut off valves that the classic series use. Thanks for the tip on the leakage problem on the Pro IIs.

Thanks kmuda, clear now I've decided to put my C360 on my 30 long brichardi colony and get a fluval fx-5 for my 55 malawi community thanks a bunch everyone Tom

I can vouch for the performance of a few hungry Otocinclus affinis (oto cats). Plus they stay relatively small.

I cannot say that I've ever heard about a 1W per gallon limit to avoid algae... I've certainly had algae free tanks with more wattage than that and I've had brown diatoms with less wattage than that. If you want to reduce the amount of algae growth, the cheapest option is simply buy a timer and decrease the length of time the lights are on. Many people shut the lights off during the day on weekdays when they are at school or...