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Lone male GT 5 Tiger Barbs 2 Buenos Aires tetras, just here temporarily

Hello all. Thought I'd share my current setup. 10 gallon and a 2.5 underneath my 75 gallon. 75 houses 2 pairs of calico and albino convicts and a bristlenose pleco, 10 houses a betta and a clown pleco, 2.5 is being prepared to become a shrimp tank. I'll post on each tank as things progress...

Inspired by my curiosity about plants getting "aerial advantage" over algae (not like I have much to speak of in this tank) but the Anubias came from another tank of mine along with the chunk of wood. I want to let the moss, anubias and ferns break the water surface, and see if they will climb...

Anybody do this? I have a new bunch in my 2.5 pico/nano, and I don't have the light or desire to do it as a carpet. Any tips for keeping it as a little foreground bush?

I would like to show what I have done with "garden variety" species commonly available at most pet shops locally. I am planning on adding more rocks to increase the amount of real estate for any fry that may come in the future, but for now this is what I started with. Parameters are as follows...

I went bigger and now have a C-360, so I am selling the C-220. This is a great filter and has been on my 55 gallon for about a year, producing excellent results. I have no extra media with it, it is just the filter. You will probably need new hoses since mine were cut to length. Original...

Like new condition, comes with 3 extra carbon inserts, 4 sponge inserts and ceramic media in un-opened boxes. I installed some of the media in the filter already for easier shipment, but it is unused. I recently upgraded to a larger system. Price is $35, neogitable if you're on a budget or a...

I am posting these to try and spur interest in cichlids from the "other" lake. Doesn't seem to be many people keeping them here, I think they are some nice looking fish and would like to get some more people to discuss em. These are by no means show quality fish, and please don't bash me on the...

I just found out about these guys, man I like them as much or more as Frontosa! I think they are going to play center stage in my new large system. Anyone keep them, and can you give any info on personality traits, social dynamics, how to stock, M-F ratios, did you get them to breed, diet, tank...

Got this today while doing my weekend maintenance on my tanks. Heard a noise, happened to have a camera close by... This guys been raiding my cans at night for a year now, never seen him in broad daylight! I know they are a pest, but I say live and let live... If you want to live in a storm...

Or they are just looking to get rid of? I need some!

I saw some nice looking specimens today, all coloring up nicely. I was actually shopping for some malawi mbuna, but I saw them and thought, hmmm? Anybody know anything about them besides that they are from Lake Vic? What are some good tankmates? Aulonocara or Peacocks I'd guess... Also, this...

I am gonna do a 125 gallon built in a wall in the house this year (like soon). My plan is thus: 1) Big, lumbering Frontosas 2) Lamprologus Leleupi, for a nice color/size contrast to the Fronts, that will live in the rock wall I plan on having. I would like to know if this is a good match up...

After pruning/rearranging the 2.5 gal:

Anyone have any advice on running a high-light setup for only a few hours in the middle of the regular photo period? On my 2.5g I am running a 13w CF. I am not getting the algae I had when I was running twice that amount... But I am thinking about putting the second ballast/bulb on a separate...

Seems like a dumb question, but this keeps coming into my little brain whenever I read about plant uptake of nutrients and out-competing algae... If we are not supposed to allow nutrient levels to bottom out, as in, we keep a certain level available at ALL TIMES to our plants, why is it that if...

I see this in discussion all the time, and I suspect my cheapo nitrate and phosphate test kits to be off the mark. Can someone please explain it to me as if I was a five year old? What chemicals do I use to make the calibration solution? Do I need RO water to do it, etc? Any help is appreciated!

When I test with my API KH kit lately, it does not turn BRIGHT yellow from blue like it used to... It turns pale yellow after the second drop is added. Anyone think that indicates 2 degrees hardness? Additional drops don't make it any brighter yellow. It is confounding me as I distinctly...

I did a major overhaul of my tank, and finally got around to getting some test kits... not sure of their accuracy, but what I can do is gauge whether levels are rising or falling by comparison... But I have seen the areas where I did not scrape algae off shrinking rapidly, and the plants are...

Can algae growth be helped along by a bright white substrate, or conversely, be hindered by a dark grey/brown/black substrate? I am just wondering if anyone has a theory on this... I am thinking you just don't notice it as much on the darker substrate.

I do weekly water changes of 50% in my planted tank. I started DIY co2 in the last week, as well as began dosing basic seachem ferts and excel. That is the only thing I have done differently in the last seven days, and now, my Betta has lost much of his tail, almost overnight. Am I jumping to...

I've been wondering what could be the problem with my first DIY co2... I was getting nice production from the twin generators thanks to Purrbox, but was getting nothing out of the diffuser... At Purrbox's suggestion, a leak test of a soapy solution at all joints led to the discovery of a faulty...

My Betta suddenly discovered the small brown (edible) ramshorn snail that is his tankmate, who is now one antennae short... Is the eye at the tip or the base of the antennae? He is too small for me to tell. Can he survive if the Betta bites off the other one? I have heard they grow back.

I would like to add another bulb over my 2.5 nano plant tank. I am currently using a 13w CF 5000k lamp, and am not happy with how the light reaches the back corners, mainly not penetrating deep enough to the lower leaves of my stem plants. I am adding another lamp, but would be switching to 9w...

I am reading one of Peter Hisocks' books, and in it he recommends a "siesta period" of lights out during your photo period, laying claims it helps in the battle against algae. Supposedly, plants can stop and start photosynthesis easily, whereas algae can not and will have trouble living if you...