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I got a 90 gallon tank without center brace. It is used as a reptile tank by previous user. But I want to use for fish and I need a one piece of 48" x 18" glass canopy (glass top), I can't use 2 pieces of 23.5 " x 18" as it dones't have cetner brace to support the glass tops. Anyone know...

I am considering to buy large amount of Flourish Excel but don't know how long it can be stored. I read in the forum that it will break in 24 hours in the tank, but if not used, how long can it be kept until expire?

Since no much useful information on the web about it, here I am writing my breeding report. The male guards eggs. I moved about 30 eggs to a 20 gallon planted tank. The female actually laid more than 120 eggs in total during a period of 3-4 weeks. The rest of eggs in a community tank probably...

I have this brown algae problem on the rock and plant. Ottos do not touch it. The tank is old. So it is not diatom. Is this a red algae? But the color is like iron rust to me, brownish, not red at all. Or a cyanobacteria? Need id it. Thanks! here is the picture,

I am using McAfee SecurityCenter on WindowsXP. Last several months it gave me warning of spyware, etc. In this month, it have stalled my computer three times when I found it tried to jump to a web site although I did not do it. I have to kill the process in Windows Task Manager as it...

I recently got a bucket of free swimming pool sand and but don't know wether it is pool filter sand or 'normal' pool sand. I was told it was used in the swimming pool but not in the filter. I went to a pool store to take a look at the swimming pool filter sand, and also went to a playground to...

I am setting up a 20 gallon high tank (16" high, but after less substrate, it is only 13" high), with a Coralife 65w PC light. If I let the light on 5 or 6 hours per day, do I need have pressurized CO2? I have low-medium light plants. I am planing to have shrimp and other very friendly fish...

I have lots of red brush algae and need the fish to clean it up. But, can't find it anywhere in USA.

I wish to buy a shrimp/fry-safe powerhead. I mean even shrimp and fry be sucked into the intake of powerhead, they will not be killed/wounded. Another prefer feature is easy cleaning of plant debris if that is attached to the intake. Which powerhead meets this requirement?

I have a pair of American flag fish. I have noticed the male guards a java moss patch for several days. Today I find they are mating and the female lays one egg each time. There have been some eggs on java moss and driftwood already. This is a community tank and I assume all free swimming...

What is the difference between water pump and powerhead? Are they the same thing? Can I use an AquaClear Powerhead outside tank and put it in tank stand and connect it with inlet and outlet tubes to the tank? Will it leak?

When you inject CO2 to water and maintain it at 30ppm, have you considered how much injected CO2 is used by all plants in the tank? I wonder to reach and maintain a balance of CO2 in the tank, it is likely to be, injected and solved CO2 + fish/inhabitant released CO2 + absorbed CO2 from air =...

I have a Coralife 2x96w CF light fixture on a 58 gallon tank. If use both lamps I find it is too bright so I normally use one lamp only (i.e., 96w). By using one lamp, the other no-using lamp blocks the light to reflector and it has less useful light than one lamp only fixture. I feel the...

I wonder what size cylinder I should buy. I know the bigger the better since it lasts longer before refill and the cost difference of refill is small. But I want to put the cylinder with regulator inside the aquarium stand. The stand is 32" height from stand bottom to tank bottom. The...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Striplight-50-LED-Ultra-Bright-BLUE-AC-Strip-Light_W0QQitemZ130144932909QQihZ003QQcategoryZ46314QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem They have many colors.

I want to plant my 10 gallon aquarium but can't find proper light for it. Currently I have a standard 15w flouresent light with black hood. But I guess the flourescent light may be not good enough for plants. I wish to have a CF light to provide around 2wpg. It is a standard size 20X10X12...

When I read fish food labels and I found many fish food contain copper sulfate, the foods such as Hiraki flake, fancy guppy, micro pellets and many other wafer, pellets, etc. I know the amount of copper maybe trivial, but are they poison to shrimp with this tiny amount?

Can a female black molly and a male golden molly mate and breed?

Does cherry shrimp die easily? Or, are they very sensitive to nitrate that above 20ppm?

I have a unique short-body female guppy raised from a breed of fry. All others have long normal guppy body, but this one has very short body between its abdomen to the tail. Now it is about 3 months old. I wonder should I use it for breeding to produce a specific strain. Any suggestion?

My female blue ram spawn again, but I still can't find a male for her. I am living in NJ.

My java fern has many holes and dying. Does it mean lack of trace elements?

3 stems of Rotala rotundifolia, a rapid grower 3 stems of Vallisneria americana v. 'Biwaensis' (Corkscrew vals), a rapid grower 2-3 stems of Bacopa Monnieri (Moneywort) 1 stem of Alternanthera reineckii ''roseafolia'' (Red Temple), in fair condition. This plant is red and beautiful as the...

Someone caught several small catfish at a New Jersey river and gave my kid one. It is a 1 inch small fish. Can anyone tell me the name of the fish? Thanks! After a little search, I guess it is a Black Bullhead Catfish. It can reach 24" . http://njscuba.net/biology/fw_fishes_bottom.html

I will go to Florida for two weeks. Do you know any good place I can catch aquarium fish or collect aquarium plants?