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I just want to make sure they are indeed aquatic plants. I know chain pet stores are notorious for selling non-aquatic plants in those clear cylinder things with the gel, but these are from their actual plant tank.

I watch most of mine eat just to make sure everyones healthy and accounted for. Sometimes I'll sit and watch them finish up. A few weeks ago when I was watching them eat I noticed that my cories were now coming to the top to eat food when previously they had just stayed at the bottom and...

I recently bought a few plants from Petco (NOT the ones in the plastic containers...learned that lesson the hard way) and was wondering what exactly these were. I have them in a smaller nano planted tank now but can move them if they are not suitable for that kind of tank. Thanks for any...

Ugghh, I think you would change your mind after seeing 100's of the disgusting things swimming in your tank :D Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm going to keep doing daily water changes (or almost daily, depending on when I get over there to do it), add some aquarium salt, and slowly raise...

Hello, lately I've been working on cleaning my parents 55g tank which had fallen into somewhat disarray since I moved out a few years ago. There are over-feeding problems and the tank is not cleaned near enough. Anyways when I was doing a water change the other day and trying to clean...

I've heard many conflicting opinions about use of sponges and ceramic things in filters because they become nitrate(?) factories if not kept clean.....I have a 10g tank that is currently cycling with 19lbs of LR and 20lbs LS...should i keep them in the filter or just keep the carbon in there??

just did some tests..... Temp: 78.1 F SG: 1.025 pH: 8.2 Ammonia: .25ppm would you take the shrimp out yet or not??

i havent tested any parameters but what reading would indicate a good ammonia spike?? (ill test when i get home from work :D )

Hey, I put a raw shrimp in my tank about a week ago to start/speed up the cycling process and now I'm starting to see a thin film of algae on the glass and the powerhead......what exactly is this? or what is it called?

yea i think you guys are right about the feather duster...is it dead or will it come back when my tank is finished cycling??? also, what is all the stuff around the possible feather duster? could they be red mushrooms??

its white, theres several of them on the rock

hey, im just new to this and wouldnt know something if i saw it...so ill let you guys look....all my LR is fiji except this piece, which is Brazilian....this is the only rock with this "stuff" on it....let me know what you think....in addition to all the stuff on the rock ive pointed out...

I just added sand to my tank and its really cloudy too.....i dont think turning on the powerheads would help though, wouldnt that just churn around the sand in the water that you want to settle to the bottom? anyways, im not turning on the powerhead or filter until the sand is completely...

well i went ahead and put it all in at the same time......but im going to add a piece of uncooked shrimp, so hopefully not that much die off will fall off the LR

do you run your filter and powerheads during the cycling process??

I'm getting ready to add 20lbs of LS and 12lbs of LR to my 10g tank....what goes in first, sand or rock? i know the rock has to be in contact with the bottom of the aquarium so im thinking about adding the first level of rocks...then adding the sand...then adding the rest of the rocks.....also...

im in hagerstown, way out west......i might take you up on that xenia offer in a few months though.... using PVC to raise the rocks would require too much effort......haha....wont the cleanup crew do a good enough job of cleaning the sand once the cycling is complete? so do i leave the lights...

i know the LR has to be in contact with the bottom of the aquarium...but wouldnt it be a lot harder to add the sand AROUND the rocks?? but youre right, it would make cleaning up after cycling a bit easier

without light though, wont whats on the LR die? or not?

I've read some places that lights should be kept off during the cycling period.....is this right or would you leave them on normal 8-10 hrs/day?

so maybe 2 bags of carbon on one side (is that overkill?) and live rock on the other side of the filter?

so maybe 2 bags of carbon on one side (is that overkill?) and live rock on the other side of the filter?

havent started cycling yet....i ordered 12lbs of LR and 20lbs of livesand from satlwaterfish.com......should be here on Wednesday....is that enough "fuel"?

no, i wont have any fish in the tank.....just LR and live sand

During the cycling process, do you still perform water changes every week or two? Also......do you cap it off every night during this process?