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I want to put a pair of Blue Rams in a planted 20g I'm using as a snail breeding tank (Ramshorns) for my puffers. - I'm wondering if the Rams would potentially eat baby snails/snail eggs, and deplete the population? - Also, is there a chance if I don't QT the rams, that they could introduce...

Going to pick up a 36g corner bowfront tank on Thursday, and I'd like to get a canopy for it (by canopy I mean the wood finishing piece that sits a top the hood, light, filter etc.). I've searched online but I can't find one anywhere. Anyone know? The tank is black with a black stand. Thanks!

I'm thinking about starting my first SW setup in a 20 gallon I've got laying around. I know I should start out bigger, but I'm still in college, and live in an apartment and need to keep the tanks in my room because I fear people will mess with them. I currently have a 45g brackish puffer tank...

I am considering consolidating my 45g attempt at a brackish planted tank into a 20g freshwater planted tank with lots of snails (for my puffers) and a few fish. I would be using a 50/50 60 watt PC, so 3 watts/gallon. I don't know much about C02 or particularly want to spend the money on a...

45g brackish (~1.005) 2 figure 8's/2 knight gobies pH: ~8.2 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: negligable, ie. ~ 2ppm Several weeks ago my male knight goby had exopthalmia of one eye (pop-eye-ish... it bulged out a LOT, got cloudy and looked like it had blood behind it). After a day or two it...

I am preparing a 38g puffer fish tank, on which I will be using an Eheim 2213 filter. This is not my first fish tank, but it is my first canister filter. I find the directions that came with it to be very vague, and I had a few questions. Questions: #1) What are the two gray nozzle looking...

My African Leaf fish, I just noticed today, has a tattered fin on one side. The base of the fin is pink and swollen - it looks like he grew a pink ball joint. It doesn't appear to be bothering him at all. Anything I should be worried about or should treat? Thanks.

I went on vacation for 2 nights. Came back today and checked everyone in the tank. Everyone looks fine. Wait - the L052 Pleco under the log looks he has something on his head. I go get a a flashlight and check to see what it is, and it looks like something is erupting out of his brain. They're...

I recently added a few new fish to my 45gallon tank: two African butterfly fish, 2 cories and a baby clown pleco. All are doing great so far. The African leaf fish are pretty territorial with eachother, but don't bother anyone else. Here's a whole tank shot. The background is nowhere near as...

My female blue ram hasn't been acting in her usual exploratory, hungry ways the last day or two. She is lethargic (stays in one place staring at a wall for long periods of time) and was not interested in food today (VERY unlike her). Her coloring is also darker than normal (she looks to be in...

Right now I have a 45 gallon tank filtered by a Penguin 350. Inhabitants include: 6 Zebra Danios 3 Otos 2 Blue Rams 1 L052 pleco 1 baby clown pleco 3 dwarf cories (<1") 1 regular cory I am looking for a a larger size fish or two to fill out the tank a little. If I was looking for a larger...

I brought home 4 new fish yesterday, all from the same fish store: 3 corys and a baby clown pleco. Two of the cories were one variety and from the same tank, the other cory was a different variety and from another tank, and the pleco is from another tank. The two cories of the same variety did...

I currently have a 45 gallon tank. Inhabitants include 2 blue rams, 6 zebra danios, 3 dwarf cories, 3 Otos and a dwarf Pleco (L052). Filter is a Penguin 350 dual biowheel. Gravel substrate with no real plants, but lots of fake ones; lots of hiding and visual complexity. Basically, the tank is...

I am recently planning on moving my fish to their new tank in a cooler w/an airstone. While transferring their old gravel/decorations/filter media into the new tank, I was planning on acclimating them to the new tank while they're in the cooler, because the new tank is much larger and ~ an hour...

I have a bunch of several day old GBR fry in a bare 5.5g tank with a heater, air stone and filter. They hatched, fell of the slate piece they were attached to, and seemed to be wiggling a bit this morning. Upon inspection tonight, I can distinctly see eyes and a tail - but they're all just...

I have 6 little dwarf cories (< inch full grown) in my 20g high at the moment who seem to be doing fine. I am moving all my fish into a 45g soon, which is 24" high, which for a 1" bottom dweller, is pretty deep. They almost seem to have trouble getting to the surface in my 20g, but they might...

I just bought a 45 gallon setup. I am going to be moving the fish from my 20 gallon high up at school to the 45 at home, which is already filled with water, filter running etc., but will obviously not be cycled with bacteria, since there are no fish in it. School is about an hour and 15 minutes...

I recently purchased a 45 gallon aquarium setup used, and everything is beautiful. I am still cleaning it up. But I noticed today that the aquarium has a small crack at the top corner. It is ~ 2inches long, and goes diagonally from one seal to another. Here is an artist's depiction :) I...

I am planning on purchasing a 46g bowfront tank within the next few weeks. Was planning on upgrading from my 20 gallon, but want more interesting fish than my freshwater community. Then I considered a marine tank, but I simply can't afford it; not to mention all the saltwater fish I love require...

I know the title sounds lame, but... I recently acquired a 38 gallon tank, and am contemplating turning it into a saltwater setup. Now, I'm sure I'm like most people are; what appeals to me about saltwater is the beautiful/interesting fish that live in marine environments. I fall in love with...

I recently purchased a 38 gallon tank, and will be moving my fishies from their 20 gallon high into their new home in ~ a month, when I come home from school. 1) My first question is, am I going to need to go through a cycle again, or will placing all my equipment/gravel/decorations in the new...

Recently one of my Von Rio (flame) Tetras became extremely bloated and had difficulty swimming, as whenever he wasn't paddling with his fins he would begin to float. He was like this for several weeks, and I didn't think anything was wrong because he would still eat and chase other fish around...

I am currently a college student with a 20 gallon tank, containing 6 Danios, 3 small guppies, 2 Blue Rams, 6 dwarf (> an inch) corys and 1 Butterfly Pleco. I will be going home this Friday until next Sunday (9 days) for spring break. I purchased an automatic feeder that feeds twice a day, and I...

I have a pair (male and female) of blue rams, which I absolutely love. Lots of personality and very pretty. They both greet me when I come close to the tank, and the female is a notorious beggar - she always hangs completely vertical at the top of the tank waiting for me to drop food in anytime...

I am going on vacation for a little over a week soon, and I'm going to have an automatic feeder feed them several times while I'm gone, but I'm still worried about the power going off/on and my filter losing suction. I have a Marinland Penguin w/a Biofilter. Does anyone know if this particular...