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I have been battling tiny white worms in my tank for a few months. They aren't crawling on the glass, I ocassionally see them free-swimming in the water. I have heard them described on some sites as "whip worms" but I think this is a misnomer, as whip worms are a pretty pathogenic parasite, and...

Not sure what the deal is. I bought a dozen ghost shrimp, and threw them in quarantine. I wanted to test them out as a cleanup crew / snack for my discus. I fill the tank with the same water as the discus, temp 84, ph 7.5, everything zero except nitrate at 5ppm. The discus even breed in it. So I...

What is a good substrate to fill pots for potted plants in the aquarium? I have a bare bottom discus tank, but I want to add some plants. Probably swords, vals, nothing fancy. Thanks! -J

I picked up a ~10" pleco to help keep my tank clean. He gets a chunk of zucchini daily, but I'm not sure if that's enough. The problem is, he's never out during the day, so any algae wafers that I toss in just get pushed around the tank bottom and not eaten (I have a bare tank, so the current...

I've got my tank up and running again, and I have globs of white goo sprouting on my rock background. I don't know what to make of it. I try to suck it out when I siphon, and when I pull it out by hand, it's like a wad of snot in my fingers. eew. Salt/High temp seems to make it subside a bit...

Hi all I'm in the process of cycling my tank (70 g). I started with 4 small goldfish a few days ago. I lost 1 each of the first 2 days, and then the last 2 were gone this morning. I've done a 25% water change each day, 2 yesterday. Ammonia isn't registering, I'm still waiting on the rest of my...

I'm planning on builiding a Foam insulation background for my tank, and coating it with Quickcrete . I'm setting this up for a Discus tank, so I'm wondering how long I'll need to cure the concrete to prevent it from raising my pH. As an alternative to massive water changes over a long period...

I'm in the process of tearing all of the lava rock out of my 75 so I can move it. The tank was a hand-me-down, and the silicone is beginning to peel on a few corners. There is still a good 1/4" bead on either edge of the corner, but I'm still nervous about it. I am thinking about resealing the...

Can anyone recommend a good stainless heater? I need ~300 watts. Thanks! -J

I'm moving to New Orleans at the end of the summer, and would like to start my tank running once I get there. However, it was such a nightmare to move my rock-filled tank last summer, that I'm gonna have to tear it down, remove the rocks, and glue them onto removable plastic racks that I can...

So here's what I'm thinking- would it be feasible to make a wet/dry out of a piece of 4" PVC pipe extending from just below the overflow, down behind the tank and stand, with a 2" pipe coming off at a right angle to empty into the sump? I would fill it with bioballs, and put a removable endcap...

Is it ok to put ss in an aquarium? Not alot, maybe 10 small screws in a 70g. -J

I'm moving across the country in a few months, and so I'm probably gonna get rid of my AC's, rather than lugging them with me. I'm thinking about getting Discus, but have a few questions before I take the plunge and go buy an RO/DI unit- -How quickly do discus grow? -If I stock the tank (70g)...

If anyone in the Ann Arbor, MI area is interested, I have: 1 Adult Strawberry Peacock pair, 5" 1 Female Kennyi, 5" 1 Orange Zebra, 5" 1 OB Blue/white zebra, 5" 1 Albino Pleco, 4" 1 Synodontis, 6" 1 Unknown Pseudo., 3" (brown, light stripes when flaring) 1 Juvenile Peacock- maybe Freibergi?, 3"...

Would this work to keep the siphon primed if the pump was turned off? I'm not sure what fittings it would use exactly, but I think it could be made cheap out of PVC. -J

I have a 5" Male kennyi with a 1/4" dia sore just behind his jaw, on the side of his face. I have had him in QT for almost a month now, and have been treating with Maracyn for 2 weeks. While it doesn't look like it's getting worse, the sore does not look like it is getting better. Does anyone...

I've just added lights to my open-top 70g AC tank. Now, a stringy brown algae is starting to grow on the rocks and plants. The fish keep it from getting too long, but it's giving a brown tinge to my rocks. I'd like to get green algae to grow on my rocks, to give my fish something to nibble on...

A while back there was a huge post about how to DIY overdriven NO flourescent bulbs. Couldn't find it through the search. Does anyone know where it went? Thanks, -J

I'm trying to put together a hood for a 30 gal long tank. I was going to use NO bulbs, but while I was at the hardware store I saw what were basically flourescent bulbs that screwed into a normal incandescent lamp socket, 15 watts each. So 5 bulbs and the sockets for each cost $30, about half...

This morning, I noticed my male kennyi had developed a sore on the side of it's face. It's about 1/4" across. I'm thinking that he may be scratching on rocks in the tank because of the ich I'm currently dealing with, and got an infection. I'm trying to net him now, and would appreciate any...

I recently added a pair of Strawberry Peacocks to my 70g Malawi setup. After 1 day, the female had a big ich outbreak (20+ "granules") and the male also had a handful. Should've QT'd. It has been 2 days since, the pair is now isolated in the QT, with high salt (1 tbsp/5gal) and high temp (88...

I've been trying to grow a small Amazon sword in my 70g. It's only lighted on 1 side, 18W in about a 1' circle over the plant. (I know it's low light, but there is alot of light in the room so I thought I'd give it a shot) The sword grows fine, now that I'm using a substrate fertilizer tab, but...

I finally got my hands on a nitrate test kit, and after testing for about 2 weeks, it seems like my philodendrons are removing enough nitrogenous wastes that the nitrates don't ever rise above 2-3.0. Even better, most of my evaporation happens from lava rocks which stick out above the surface of...

Um, will activated carbon remove chloramine? I'd like to put a refidgerator water purifier in line with my auto top-off, so I don't need to add dechlor to my water. Says it will remove chlorine, but doesn't say anything about chloramines. Any ideas? -J

Last night, I recieved 9 3-4" AC's from a friend who is moving out of town (I already had about 10 labs in my 70g) This morning, I noticed that the yellow lab I got from my friend has a clamped fin. All other fish look healthy. Searched online, coldn't find any info about what sort of treatment...