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I don't know much about lighting. actually, nothing. that being said, I'm replacing lights, and I don't know what to get, upgrade, what have you. I have a 30" t5, with a coralife 6700k and a colourmax bulb. I have a 36" t5, with a I believe the same thing. the tank with the 30" is well...

At least that's what I assume it is. I'm looking for pics now, but I've got a swarm of pinhead biege coloured balls with what looks like tails attached. Prett sure they're krib fy. Now, how do I keep them alive? The tank they're in has tons of plants a nooks and crannies. I've got 6 kribs...

About eight months ago, I picked up a dozen Malaysian Trumpet snails. I figured my kribs will eat any boost in breeding, and I'll just pick out any extras. FastForward to a month ago, and the population EXPLODED! There are little tiny snails everywhere. The kribs don't touch them anymore...

One of my Yo Yo Loaches enjoys sitting in his clay pot. Sadly, he made an attempt at exiting his pot from the little hole on top, instead of the giant hole on the bottom. of course, he didn't fit. Luckily, it happened right before I got there, and he wasn't struggling for long before I was...

I've got 2 small tanks that I'm pulling out of my kids room; a 2g and a 5g. They're both empty and dry, out of service for about 6 months now. It occured to me that perhaps I could use the larger as a hospital/breeding tank. Thing is, I've never really set up either, and would like to know...

Little white spots...covering my clown loaches. I'm suspecting that it's not ich; the temp is up to 90 and no other species in the tank have anything similar (kribs, weather and kuhli loaches). Any thoughts on what this could be, or how to treat it? I don't think I've lost any loaches to this...

I woke up this morning to the sight of all but one of my tiger barbs (12) and 2 of my yo yo loaches at the surface. 1 tiger barb is dead. This is a 40g. I put an orange in the tank last night, and I'm thinking I must have had some soap traces on my hand when I did. There are a few small...

A couple of days ago, I decided to move some rainbows so I could make room for some baby clown loachs. Well, the rainbows didn't want to go, and it was a bit of work to net them. This , apparently, has really freaked out my bristlenose pleco. For two days now, he hasn't come out from his...

what different kinds of bracing are there? I hear mention of euro bracing, but when I google bracing I don't find very much. what are the pros and cons of each type? why are some more common than others?

why don't any stores carry mystery snails. Each store I go to says they do, but only about once a year, and apparently I never see them. is there anyone in the vancouver area interested in selling any?

Looking for a name on this barb, so I can look into keeping them...I don't have much to go on, but barbus ???, they get about 5 inches long have a black stripe and a red strike running their length, and they're a longer fish, not a tiger barbish type of tall fish. I think the portrait entitled...

I was looking for another fish to put in with my Tiger Barbs (7 reg, 3 albino, 3 green) and I was recomended Electric yellows as a fairly mellow cichlid that would mix well. So I go to the store, and the guy there (dealt with him for a few years now, as yet to misguide me) says the EY's will...

What is the difference between marine salt or aquarium salt? For that matter, cooking sea salt that's in my cupboard (besides being iodized)? I've never had to worry about it, hence never looked into it. Why can't salt just be salt?

I'm from Canada, and I'm making a little trip to the states this weekend(Vancouver down...don't know if we'll go much past Mt. Vernon). Looking for reccomendations by other cross-border shoppers on what's the best price difference. All I "need" is one of those Coralife digital timers. I know...

what's the best way to attach a new background? I heard about some oil trick (breifly, in passing, no explanation) and I've seen some stuff (can't remember name) at big al's. what's the best way to attach a background without getting those dark patches, just nice clear background?

I know very little about goldfish. My daughter got a 4g tank, and wants to keep a goldfish or two. I know that they can get quite large, but are there any varieties that don't get very big?

Live in Vancouver, BC, wife wants to take a trip towards Seattle. Figure I might as well make this a buying trip, so looking for suggestions on good stores to visit, between Peace Arch and Seattle. I don't know how far we'll get, having two kids in the car, we might not make it all the way to...

curious what kind of live food folks feed their dwarf gouramis. I've seen it written lots of places that worms are good, but what kind of worms? Also, what about crickets or stuff like that that I can get at my local Petcetera? My gouramis haven't really energetically eaten anything I've...

4 days ago, I cranked the temperature in my tank, and thank goodness, it looks like I may be clear of the evil ich! I was working these crazy night shifts for a few days, and they were messing with me pretty bad, and I didn't catch it right away. It was sad, as I lost 3 tiger barbs, likely the...

Right now, I've got 10 tiger barbs and 4 dwarf gourami (2 male 2 female...ummm, any suggestions on male to female ratios?) in a 40G. There's a pleco in there too, but he's moving to a different home in the next couple of days. Anyway, curious on suggestions to join them. I might want to add...

New to snails...about 2 weeks ago, I purchased 2 golden apples. 1 week ago, I notice the smallest part of the cone is starting to disinigrate. Now, they both are and the first really looks bad. What do I do? What do their shells need that I'm not providing them? I tested water yesterday...

getting ready to stock a new 40g...thing is, I'm not 100% on what to put in there. I'm leaning towards gouramis, likely banded, perhaps paradise, then maybe, mayybe, pearl or dwarf. But, hey! Let hear what you think. When I get off work tomorow, what should I go looking for? Any...

I'm looking to put some snails in my tank. I would like some that have already grown a bit, so my kribs will leave them alone (see http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=92748). So, does anyone have a couple of snails available? preferably golden apples?

I want to get some snails...I like the look of the Golden Apples, but I'm not going to be picky. Here's the rub; I had a dozen or so small snails a while back. Then some kribs and rainbows moved in, roughly the same time, and a couple of days later, my snail "problem" (mostly my wife called...

I'd like to start off by saying that it's kinda disapointing that I don't see any rants in here about stuff folks have seen. Me likes a good rant. That being said...so I get this magazine; Aquarium Fish International. I'm reading through, some stuff kind of interesting, and then I read it. A...