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Has anyone mixed eco complete with sand? I have 7 bags of eco complete in my 75 gal, need to add at least 4 more to get proper depth. I was wondering if anyone has mixed sand with it and would it be helpful in anyway.

Went to feed the fish this morning and sadly found my red tail shark belly up on the bottom. He looked good yesterday. It could be natural that sometimes fish just pass. This is the second mystery death in my tank in a month, thinking about putting up a night surveillance camera to see what...

Been dosing excel every other day in a 75 gal with 4 amazon swords thought all was well. Today I noticed a brownish buildup near the top of my eco complete near the glass, slate rock has a brown tinge to it, and my swords are browning on the edges. My water parameters: 7.8 pH O Ammonia 0...

Going through this forum I'm amazed by the skill, beauty, and creativeness of these planted tanks many of you have. For those of you doing planted only tanks what kind of filtration do you incorporate? How do you determine how much filtration you need? Do you still perform water changes or is...

I have a 75 gallon, with 4 amazon swords to start. *In January I plan on adding more plants background, middle, and front. I also have the following fish: 5 Buenos Aires Tetras 4 Neon Tetras 2 Angelfish 2 Red Velvet Swordtails 2 Creamsicle Mollies 2 Albino Cory's 2 Plecos (may rehome them) 1...

I was at my one of my LFS earlier and was very disappointed on the health and variety of live plants. By the looks of some of them I would be probably compromising my aquarium. I believe in supporting LFS even if I could find a product cheaper online. But when I go and see something like that...

I have a few questions about pH in relationship to adding fish and plants.* My pH is at 8 out of the tap and also conditioned with Prime and sitting for at least 24 hrs. The same pH in my tank as well. My kh is 5 * * * GH is 8 I have tried the Api pH down and I get it to 7.8 then I check it...

Saw a video on a new planted 24/7 coming (YouTube). I emailed Finnex to confirm. They replied its still in testing - no date set for release yet. Thought I'd share for those who might be interested.

Started a 10 gallon reef tank with a damsel, shrimp, and a few snails. Should I have an air pump with stone or is that not appropriate for saltwater setups? Thanks for any advice.

I'm setting up a 75 gallon and I plan to get the Universalrocks crevice background. My question is if anyone is familiar with this product, I would like to know if the perfecto glass top will work with a PennPlax cascade filter intake/return along with this background or will I need a different...