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Background: I currently have 4 tanks running, 55 (cichlid tank), 46 (livebearer tank), 40 (cichlid grow out tank), 10 Gal (breeder) Always been interested in fish, but within the last year I went from 1 tank to 4 and I am now trying to learn more about the water quality and monitoring it, so I...

Hey I haven't updated anything in awhile... Currently have 4 tanks running now 55gal with custom DIY stand, just finished last weekend - 1 male, 2 female electirc blue cichlids - 1 male 1 female convict cichlids - 4 yellow lab cichlids 46gal Bow front tank - 5 red swordtails - 3 blue...

I just got this 7 inch electric blue hap a week ago, he is acting very strangly, although I have never had cichlids before... He will shake he head quite rapidly...almost like a siezure or something, also he is loosing his scales or something on the right side, near the gills and on the very...

Hey, so I am in the market for some new (cheaper) subsrate! I have a new 46 gal Bowfront Tank with a general array of community fish and some catfish type. I have thought about the Pool Filter Sand and can get that for roughly $9 for 50lbs at the local Pool shop, but I would love something...

Just bought a used tank, and it came with a few fish, was wondering if you could help me identify them... thanks Pretty sure the yellow ones are Yellow Labs, and there is a type of pleco...dont know the name though, its mostly the brownish one and the Blue one I would like to know the names of

Eventually I would love to build an aquarium into my house which is flush with the wall or juts out, but more like it was built in, not just placed into a room afterwards. The point of this thread is just pictures, NO COMMENTS PLEASE Its not about whats in the tank but what the tank itself...

Hey, may seem like a silly question, I currently have a HOB filter on my 40gal, but was planning on switching it with a canister, if I hook up the canister and run it along side with my HOB with nothing in it but sponges, then after the 4 weeks remove the HOB and add the carbon, ammonia...

Hey Not that I should be buying another tank, but I found a 35gal tank for cheap with a 205 fluval filter. My questions are: It was used as a salt water tank, I plan on using it for freshwater, will that pose any sort of problem? Just clean the tank and filter well before using it? Also...

I am just looking for places to find cheaper aquarium gravel and or sand... The only bags I can really find from Petsmart or Big Al's are about $25 Canadian for a 25lb bag of sand or gravel The ideal substrate I would prefer would be that moonsand, I do not plan on having a planted tank. I...

Alright, so I would really like to make up a simple circuit with 6 or 7 blue LED's that is able to plug into the wall and thus have it on a timer. I know there are other posts regaurding this, but I wanted to start a new fresh one and then post up a nice step by step process... I have a...

I have a question about feeding my common pleco... He is about 8 inches now, I was just curious on how much too feed him, I have those algea waffers that are about the size of a quater, is one a day enough or should I aquire some other types of food? I use fresh veggies once a week also...

I have posted a few times on here so far, so I just thought I would introduce myself, as it appears to be the right thing to do. Always been interested in aquariums, but never started to really care until a couple months ago when one of my swordtails had some babies, and ever since then I cant...

So I have been searching the forum for hours and constantly staring at my own tank, and have decided I need a show stand and hood for it. However I am stuck for inspiration so thats where you come in... I am looking for pics of your own stands, or random pictures from the web, advice, ideas...