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Hi guys, finally finished playing around with my tanks. This is what they look like, any comments are welcome. 4 gallon biorb: Fish list: checkerboard cichlid, weitzmani tetras Plants: java fern, java moss 29 gallon biocube: Fish list: apistogramma trifasciata, apistogramma borelli, ornatus...

Hi guys, as I have posted several times regarding cycling my new tank, I think my cycle is over, or is it? I purchased my tank (29 gallon biocube) 4 days ago and bought many of plants and fish at the same time (not recommended by lfs). I set up the tanks and added fish immediately. For...

Hi, I am keeping weitzmani tetras in a 4 gallon and they absolutely MUST have low pH (5-6.5). I am aiming for 6.0. The tank also has very weak lighting because the fish dislike bright lights. 5 watts at 4 gal (1.25wpg). Furthermore, I am using small pebbles for substrate so the plants cannot...

Hi, I just got a 29 gallon biocube and just started adding alot of plants and water. Is it safe to add Kordon's Amquel and then add fish immediately? The back of the Amquel (NOT amquel +) states that it will not interfere with the biological cycle. So, if I use Amquel with ALOT of live...

Goal: To get a pH of 6.0 in my 4 gallon biorb. Tank description: undergravel filter, 1.2gpw, heavily planted with java fern, anubias, anacharis, java moss. 1 piece of mopani wood. I am using the seachem acid buffer and adding it to spring water in gallon jugs. I realize that I can get a pH of...

Hi, 2 of my black morpho tetras have a white spot on their head. I thought that it could be a hole in the head disease but pictures I saw of infected fish online shows more than one hole on each fish so I'm not sure. The tetras are still swimming and eating fine. This one does not even look like...

Hi, I have set up my biocube 3 weeks ago and because I have not done much reading, have decided to add fish only two days after setting up. My LFS gave me a bag (approx 3 cups) of "dirty water" which is basically water squeezed from a used sponge with brownish dirt and was told this would...

Hi, this is my first attempt at a planted tank. I do not have much experience as an aquarist and hope to learn alot from this forum. My previous experience with freshwater would be having neon tetras and guppies years ago when I was a kid, obviously I had no idea about water chemistry so it was...

Hi, I currently have an 8 gallon biocube which is heavily planted and my list of species are crystal red shrimp, amano shrimp, weitzmani tetras, boraras merah and scarlet badis. Tank has been set up for 3 weeks. Temperature is at 76-78 F and I have no ammonia, no nitrite and 10-15 ppm nitrate...