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Ok, thanks!

I read that you end up getting very little RO water compared to what you are using. So say you need 25 gallons of RO water, it will take like 3 times that to make it, which is wasting a good amount of water. And you are right. If my tank did make that much waste, it would be over stocked. It...

It is a 55gal. I considered doing RO in the beginning, but the amount of time it would take to make 55gal of RO water, the amount of waste water created, the affect of my water bill, the additives needed to re-mineralize it, the fact that it could lead to unstable water conditions if I don't...

*Short version*: Just moved to a new state and took my fish with me (South American cichlids). I need help to find a product to filter my new tap water to remove nitrates. My tap has 20ppm nitrates to start with and I really would like to get it as close to zero as possible. Not interested in...

Does anyone have anymore info on this fish? I have been searching online for a couple hours and have not come up with much.

Ya, I figured that he/she would not be that beautiful, but I figured that if he/she was even half that colorful I would be happy! Here is a pic of my juvenile. His coloring might be a bit off (dark maybe) cause I am still acclimating him in the bag.

Hi, So I just bought a "Synspilum" cichlid and I am having a bit of a hard time finding info on it. It is still a juvenile, but the guy at my lfs told me that it will grow up to look like this (attached photo). I am having issues finding it's full name because Synspilum seems to be a general...

I was going to plant some plants under the water as well, and I think the air-lift system (the tube in the middle with bubbles) will help aerate the tank a bit as well. Regardless, betta's have a labyrinth organ which allows them to breath surface air, and many prefer to do so anyway. If I...

I planned to address both of those issues. First, I figured I would try to use my liquid ferts that I put in my planted tanks, cause adding more inhabitants is out of the question (though I considered trying to add a ghost shrimp or two and worst case scenario, my betta would get a tasty...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to see if anyone had any experience with this tank? I was looking around online and saw this and it sounds incredibly cool! I am a biology major in college and I love everything living! I have done a decent amount of research on the topic, but still want to know...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to give everyone an update and to also to ask some more advice. So since I last had been on, I had my rams separated in the tank. I then tried to reintroduce them again and the complete opposite reaction occurred as last time: my original female got completely...

She absolutely laid them, the other one was completely stressed in a corner and I took her out. And she completely abandoned the eggs. She and the others in the tank ate the eggs by the next day.

Also I dread saying it, cause I know some people will say it will not work, but I know people who have has spawning pairs with my same conditions. It is a 10 gallon planted tank. I watch my parameters very closely and do water changes every week to week and a half (depending on my schedule and...

I understand that the one outside appears male, but she does have a pink stomach (though it is light) and she has laid eggs before (I originally thought she was female, but posted on here just to make sure, and everyone said she was male, so I bought a female and when I introduced the female...

I am 100% sure the one I had already is female, and I am 99% sure the one I bought is male. I only have a couple of photos and they are kinda cruddy. I can take more when I get back to my dorm (I went home for the weekend), but until then, here are the ones I have. The first two are of him after...