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So after a lot of research, even more trial and error, a serious amount of frustration, and a great amount of learning along the way thanks to this community, I present to you my modest, moderately planted barb tank. It's now at a point where I feel I can show the community here. I know this...

So I have a 70 gal long planted tank. Inhabitants are 20 mixed tiger barbs all juveniles, 10 Odessa barbs, 8 giant danios and 2 rainbow cichlids. I've had tiger barbs in the past but never had any fish that was not fast or had long fins. With 20 tiger barbs (6 green, 7 albino and 7 tiger) I...

I got these two rainbow cichlids in my planted barb tank as centrpiece fish. My understanding was they don't mess with plants or uproot them or dig. Two days in, my Pygmy swords are all but gone. They have been yanking on the leaves, not really eating them but just pulling them apart. Anyone...

So I've had this newly planted tank for about 2 months now. The tank is 70 gal with an Eheim 2217 canister filter and there is also a marineland penguin 150 in the 20 gal sump. So overall is say adequate filtration. It's a moderately planted tank. Pic below: There are several stems of Java...

After a pleco disaster with my swords, I plan to move to a combination of crypts and Vals in my 70 gal tank. I was thinking about some crypto lutea and undulata plus Vallisneria Americana. I'm looking to hear about your experience with them especially in low tech tanks. I have no experience with...

So I have a 70 gal planted low tech tank. The plants I have in there: Amazon Swords Java Ferns Pygmy swords Anubias Nana He plants are generally thriving, the swords have been doing great. Recently I found young sword leaves becoming transparent with holes in them. At first I thought this was...

I've always in the past had small aquariums up to 30 gallons. Water change was a relatively easy affair. With my now larger 90 gallon aquarium, I've progressed to a python water change system. It makes water change a breeze, but I seem to have trouble matching the water temperature. Even a...

Hi there, I'm currently going through the fishless cycling process in my new lightly planted tank. Its a 70 gallon long tank (4 ft x 1.5ft x 1.5 ft) with a 20 gallon sump and an eheim 240 GPH canister filter. After reading through a lot of material, I've come up with a stocking scheme, but would...