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I am about to get plowed by Irma as I am in the Tampa Bay area. I have battery run air stones but would like advice on water changes, and rising temperatures as it's going to get hot without AC. Any other advice like feeding,etc. would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! ~J

Back in June I started my fishless cycle for my new tank. I followed The (Almost) Complete Guide and FAQ To Fishless Cycling found on this forum. I have used that process two other times and have not had a problem but for some reason I have with this one. It began with my Nitrates rapidly rising...

I believe my platy fish may not be getting the nutrients they need solely from food and am considering adding a little salt and some Seachems Trace Elements for Freshwater Fish to my tank. I have plants, a nerite snail and fry in my tank. Will they be harmed by the salt and Trace Elements? Does...

My Platy Variatus female is looking emaciated especially on the right side of her body and her right pelvic fin is clamped. She is swimming around fine and is eating and alert. I noticed about the end of September she looked kinda thin but also observed tiny fry in the QT tank she was in and...

Right now I have a light cream colored sand in half my tank and gravel in the other half. I want to switch to one or the other but can't decide. The debris from my driftwood created by my nerite shows up very well on the light colored sand and doesn't look very good. I do weekly vacs but its...

What does it mean when water sprite leaves start to curl under and have brown tips? It is putting up new shoots but they don't grow very tall before they start to turn brown and melt away. I have been dosing my 10 gallon quarentine tank where the plants were held for 5 to 6 weeks with .50 ml of...

I am currently quarantining some plants in a 10 gal. tank that I am also fish-less cycling. I am planning to quarantine fish in it eventually. A day or two ago I discovered a very tiny baby ramshorn snail feasting on some java moss. I am leaning towards keeping the snail but I am not sure as I...

I don't need much probably about 1/2 cup. Some already rooted would be my preference. Thanks! ~J

I ordered guppy grass from someone on Etsy and this is what she sent me. I am pretty sure neither are guppy grass but I don't know what they are. Can anyone tell me? Thanks! ~J

Hello, I am trying to grow algae on rocks in glass containers placed in a window for my nerite snails to eat. I have grown something but I am not sure what kind of algae it is and if it is safe for me to put in the tank. If anyone can identity it I would appreciate it. To me it looks like brown...

Hello! I just got a piece of cuttlebone for my two nerite snails as I heard they need some calcium. Can someone tell me how to or if I need to prepare the cuttle bone to go into the tank and then how much they would recommend for just two snails? Thanks! Tank Info: 7/23/15 13 gallon widescreen...

I am planning on making an aluminum frame with clear screen top for my tank and wanted to spray paint the aluminum black as it only comes in brown and white. Anyone foresee any problems with this? Thanks!

If all I have is nerite snails in my tank do I still need to quarantine my plants? Can I just rinse them well with tap water and wait to get fish for a couple of weeks? Thanks!

Well I had a disaster in my tank two days ago. I did a 25% water change/ cleaning and then accidentally dosed my tank with PraziPro instead of Flourish. Then I panicked because I thought the PraziPro might kill my biofilter and my snails so I did a 50% water change, used water out of my tap...

Hi, I have a 13 gallon wide screen tank from Aquean and it came with a hood equipped with nine diodes at .5 watts per diode giving a total of 4.5 watts for the whole tank. Aquean said that this equals about 9 to 10 watts of fluorescent lights. They are cool white lights at 6500k which I heard...

Hello, I'm interested in having a few Nerite snails in my aquarium to feast on some greenish brown algae that is very slowly starting to form on my tank walls and 'cause snails are cool. Anyway I am thinking of setting up a quarantine tank for them as I heard they could carry disease dangerous...

I was thinking of getting a battery back up to plug in my heater, lights and filter. I have a 13 gallon tank with a Quietflow 10 filter, 4.5 watts of light, and a Pro 50 heater that is 50 watts. It would be great if it could run for 24 hrs. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thanks!! ~J

I have just finished fish-less cycling my new tank and added three female platy three days ago. Two days ago I noticed one tiny white spot on the tail of the mickey mouse platy. I can only see it with a magnifying glass. The next day there was another one and then one more today. These spots are...

I just got these fish Tuesday. I requested all female Platy but am starting to wonder if one of the fish is a female sword as its back area seems more elongated than the others. Are all of these Platy? Also there has definitely been some fighting over territory going on and fins are being...

I have been following eco23's fishl-ess cycle plan and my tank is moving rapidly though the cycle most likely due to the fact I had two guppies in the tank who unfortunately died. Not sure if they were sick when I bought them or if the tank wasn't cycled, or a combo of both. Anyway I had...

Well I thought I had my tank cycled but apparently not. Both my guppies died of parasites and fungus. I have had my 13 gallon freshwater tank up and running since April 18th. It also contains Dwarf Sagittaria, Guppy Grass and Watersprite. The plants seem to be doing fine. I had taken part of a...

Hi all! I am new to this forum, actually any kind of forum, so if I make some mistakes I apologize in advance. After setting up a very small tank and loosing my fish with in a week I decided to do some research and see what went wrong. Boy, did I screw up in every way possible! I have combed...

Hi all! I am new to this forum, actually any kind of forum, so if I make some mistakes I apologize in advance. After setting up a very small tank and loosing my fish with in a week I decided to do some research and see what went wrong. Boy, did I screw up in every way possible! I have combed...