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Have a friend that lives in barbados. She was thinking of bringing me back some coral (I'm assumign dead and I've told her if she was to make sure it was dead) to put in my tank. Would thi scause any problems in a freshwater planted tank that I should be aware of?

I have recently added a new piece of driftwood and rock. On these I have tied down some plants and only now have I noticed how much sediment I truly have in my tank, as the new plants and driftwood seem to attract them more then the other plants and driftwood did. So, whats the quickest and...

I was thinking of using magnets to hold a backdrop up against the inside of my aquarium. Was wodnering if they would harm the fish or tank in an way? Was thinking of using 1/2" dia Neodymium magnets.

Hello, I am working on my aquarium right now and got a question that may be a little stupid. My heater has a line on it that says do not submersed above this mark. Though I swear when I bought it, the package said submersible water heater, not sure where the packaging is now though. I'd like...

Hello. So I went out and bought a bunch of java moss from a LFS. Was hoping to create a wall of moss, somehtign similiar to the one in this tutorial. So went out and bought soem fiberglass window screen, the screen that goes in windows. But as I started, I realized two problems I hadn't...

Hello. I havethis plant that I always thought was a java lace. Reading on the internet I found that you could tie it down ont a piece of rock or stone, as it prefered this spot to grow. Upon uprooting the plant, I realized that it was growing from a bulb, at leats it appears to be. Now my...

Question, is there any tricks in keeping new plants buried within the substrate? My substrate is 1/3 black gravel 2/3 Flourite Black Sand. I find trying to keep plants in this substrate, which is really soft and light, very hard. The one bushy steam plant I bought, I had to find a spare lead...

Wasn't sure if I'd ask there or here, so thought I'd go here and if wrong, it would surely be moved by a moderator. The LFS around here don't offer much in variety when it comes to plants. These are some plants that I am looking for and was wondering how you think they would fare during...

Setting up a 20g L tank. right now just have it cycling and all. What I am worried about though is that I may have too much of a oxygen supply form the air stone. Basically, I have a air bar hidden at the back of the tank, suppling the tank with air. My small 15G also has one of these, tbut...

I have heard you can feed a pleco cucumbers. Is there any other vegetables that can be feed to a pleco? Also, how would I go about weighing these down? Fishing line and a lead weight? Will the lead harm the fish at all (thinking of lead weight for fishing).

Basically, thinking of getting a stand built for myself. Was wondering how heavy a 20G L tank would be. Also, why I am at it, does anyone know of any DIY tank stand designs that I could get for such a tank, if I chose to build out of wood. Right now I am looking at steel.

I bought a canopy set and I am having trouble determining how many watts the current bulb is or how many watts the canopy itself can take. It's a "Perfect a Lite" made by Marineland for a 20G L. Any help?

Okay, well I had this one tank and I ran into a problem. My two Mystery snails, the only snail in the tank luckily, decided that they would turn into omnivores. One day I looked into my tank to find my dwarf gurami looking very ill. This I found very strange, as the previous day he was fine...

Hello, I have recently bought a 20G L tank and I am thinking of setting it up as a low light planted tank but I have a few questions. Here they are: 1) Where can I find a list of all the low light plants for a freshwater tank? 2) Where I live there is a very slim selection of plants for...

Well. I recently set up a crabitat. I threw in 7 red claw crabs and 4 fancy guppies into a 15 gallon tank. This tank was probably reduced to 10 gallons due to a some dry land that I added to it. Now that the tank has been up and going for a while, I have seen the errors of the first set up. •...

Hello. I just bought some fish today to put in my tank to replace some fish that died on me. But I noticed a few critters in my tank. The first one is a small white speck that seemed to be swimming around. I am pretty sure this is ich, so I dosed my aquarium with Ich treatment and increased the...

Okay so I tried to change the sponge filter in my HOB filter. But I ran into a problem and thought I'd ask a few questions before I try this again. When I pulled out the 'tray" that holds the filter medias, I discovered that there was a bunch of garbage stuff at the bottom. This stuff wasn't...

These are the results I got: pH ~ 7.6 (My tap water tests at 8.6) NH3/NH4 ~ >0.6 but <0 (The book said it was testing for both NH3 and NH4, I assume these are similiar things? NO2 ~ >0.1 (I'd almost call it a 0 other then there was a hint of color to the water) GH ~ 140 ppm KH 60-70 ppm...

okay, I was looking at getting some silicon but I am stuck. The silicon at the LFS is priced at $20 a tube. I can buy 100% Clear Silicon at the LHS for $6-8. I'd rather buy the cheaper stuff, but the only problem is the stuff doesn't state whether it is water tight silicon. It says...

I am looking at making a Crabitat and was thinking of the ramp that goes form dry land to the bottom of the water side of the tank. I was thinking of using some silicon and "gluing" on some rocks to enable the crabs a way of climbing the glass ramp. Is this good or would there be a better...

I've been looking at several stores around the area, constantly asking them week after week if they have certain fish and plants I'd want. Week after week I'm told nope, try again next week. So, I ask you fine people, whats the best way of obtaining the items you want? The two main things I...

I have a case of ich in mt 10 gallon tank. I treated with a ich chemical and raised the temp a little and all of the affected fish seem to be cured (visually) but one. He has gotten himself worse. If ich gets too bad, is there no hope? He is covered fairly well now with ich, twice as bad...

I was going to set up my 35 Gal tank as a low light tank, but I am so wanting to have some high light plants in there. My problem is that there is no place near me that I can think of that I could get cheap tanks of CO2. So I was wondering, is there any DIY projects that could produce enough...

I asked in the Getting Started forum how much salt is needed. I got a reply saying that the person believes that salt is not needed and bad for live plants. Is this true? I am setting up a 35 gallon tank.

1) What would be the best filter for a 35 gallon tank? Would a 50 gallon AC work? 2) How much such is needed in a tank/ 1 tsp per 10 gallons? 3) I do PWC but I am affraid when I do them to disturb the gravel around the plants and kill off the roots. Also, I find it sometimes hard to get...