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i have an established 26 gallon with tiger barbs and cories, i have 3 anubias plants growing on driftwood and i would like to be more planted, i have just plain natural gravel , about 1-2 mm and 20 watt lighting( soon converting to a compact 65 watt). what should i get before i get started? will...

would a sponge filter make a lot of noise running on an air pump?

1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.). my Bronze cory( corydoras aeneus i think) it has a red pimple like structure growing on the base of its arm fin. 2~What are your...

will my tiger barbs bother shrimp if i ever get any? because i want something to go on the bottom of my 26 gallon tank, and the bronze cories i have are going to be moved to the 100 gallon due to fin nippers.

for some reason, this morning until now, some of them are barely moving, are they resting for night or what?

i recently purchased a new bio wheel filter 150, it is 8 inches long and the hole at the top of my tank has only 7 inches to spare, how can i make it longer? can i cut it somehow?

my water parameters are 1ppm ammonia <.25 nitrites( a couple of days ago, it was 1.5) 5.0 nitrates i think some of my bacteria might have died when i turned off my filter 2 nights ago, it was off for about 12 hours. could this be the cause?

my cycle has started!! it has been two weeks and last night i checked my ammonia and nitrite, it read 3.0 and 1.0. I am sooo happy! thanks everyone who has helped me and thank you 7enigma for your guide to fishless cycling. i hope it finishes quickly, I cant wait to get fish

my first tank hasn't even come close to completing its cycle and I just got another tank and some fish from my dad's co worker. there are a lot of fish in there: 2 ghost catfish 1 silver dollar 1 angelfish 3 platies( or guppies, or mollies, I dont know. tey are bigger than most of my guppies) 6...

i just went down to Ralphs and bought some ammonia, i dosed a little too much. is this okay? will it eventually go down? or do i need to do a water change?( I hate the smell/ feeling of ammonia) 8O this is the beginning of my fishless cycle and i'm wondering if i got off on the right foot.

i know this thing is shunned upon on this forum buut im wondering how it works. do i have to keep dosing it forever? can i just put all at once?

how do i put on the suction cups on the brackets? they are soo hard to fit on

I have a 26 gallon tank and when I'm done cycling I would like to stock it with 6 of tiger barbs, neon tetras, and panda cories, is that too much? are they compatible? any suggestions for stocking is accepted.

To all of you who have contributed to my latest post, you have convinced me to do a fishless cycle. I have read all of the articles on fishless cycling on this site and on others and it seems really confusing, i need a step by step tutorial on how to do this, can anyone help? I also read...

I am getting a 26 gallon tank soon so I am wondering how often should I test: regularly and during the nitrogen cycle, and what to test for. plz help

can I cycle with a school of tiger barbs? setup: 26 gallon aquaclear 30 filter visitherm 100w heater. (no fish yet)

i just got a new 26 gallon tank ( my first) and I am wondering if the aquaclear 30 filter and visitherm 100 watt heater I ordered are enough for my tank.

i dont kno wat this is

for a 20 gal tank stand, how much time and money would i spend, and what tools do i need? please help

is it possible to put too much prime into water? i heard that this stuff was very concentrate.

I wonder what fish I should start out with, is it okay to start out with tiger barbs? For Cycling? Does any one have any sugestions, and plz state quantity.

i'm curious to know the differences and advantages of each

I've seen some of the black framed ones and I dont like the way they look, can someone tell me of some good ones? or better, a DIY stand would be good.

can I use either as substrate? or does gravel only go ontop of substrate?

any suggestions on tank, filter, hood, light, heater, ect. plz help